This contribution deals with the waste from the processes in which raw hide is transformed into leather, as well as with the waste generated during further leather processing and the final waste of leather industry, the worn-out shoes. All this waste, if deposited in the open-air dumps, represents a potential threat to human health, because it contains trivalent chromium (Cr III), which can oxi...

flight. The trip lasted 2.5 h and the kidney was transplanted into ‘D’ after 4 h of cold ischemia at the HVN. During this time, the kidney of ‘C’ remained in cold ischemia until the plane that landed in Granada came back to Barcelona and was transplanted in ‘E’ with 5 h and 15 min of cold ischemia. At 7:30 PM, the transplant was completed and the chain was closed (Fig. 1). The donors of both ho...

Role of Bacillus subtilis Error Prevention Oxidized Guanine System (GO) in 1 Counteracting Hexavalent Chromium-Promoted-Oxidative DNA Damage 2 3 4 Fernando Santos-Escobar, J. Félix Gutiérrez-Corona and Mario Pedraza-Reyes 5 6 7 Department of Biology, Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Guanajuato, 8 P.O. Box 187, Guanajuato, 36050, Gto. México. 9 10 11 12 13 Running Title: Rol...

This research involved the synthesizing of a reactive polymer, long alkyl quaternized poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PVP), and coating it on the surface of silica gel to produce a granular sorbent to remove Cr(VI) from water. Batch experiments were conducted to determine the kinetics, sorption isotherm, pH effects, and influence of other anions on the chromium adsorption onto the coated silica gel. The...

Industrial wastewater contain higher quantities of salts besides chromium (VI) ions, therefore, the effect of these salts on the adsorption of chromium (VI) should be studied. In this research, the batch removal of toxic hexavalent chromium ions from wastewater and aqueous solution using two different activated carbon marine algae Gracilaria (red algae) and Sargassum sp. (brown algae) were exam...

The remediation of chromium-contaminated sites requires knowledge of the processes that control the migration and transformation of chromium. Advection, dispersion, and diffusion are physical processes affecting the rate at which contaminants can migrate in the subsurface. Heterogeneity is an important factor that affects the contribution of each of these mechanisms to the migration of chromium...

One of the most important and toxic heavy metals in wastewater is chromium. Cr (VI) is released from different industrial operations, including metallurgy, leather tanning, paint, textile industries, chemical manufacturing, pulp production, ore and petroleum refining, metal corrosion, electroplating products etc. Hexavalent chromium is toxic, carcinogenic, probably mutagenic and highly soluble....

Chromium is an important industrial metal, an environmental pollutant, and a human carcinogen. To investigate the mechanisms of chromium-induced carcinogenesis, activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases ERK1 and ERK2 was examined in rat hepatoma cells following exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). Cr(VI) was found to activate both forms of MAP kinase in a dose- and time-depende...