Soil contamination is a public health concern in many countries but methods to assess dietary risk from soil metal toxicity have not been standardized worldwide. Laboratory data on urban soils are limited and do not adequately link metal content to associated food plant uptake. Cadmium is a health risk because it accumulates in lettuce and may be consumed at high levels by childbearing women. T...

It was a pleasant, warm evening. Franco found a soft grassy area in the park, and sat down. He took a packed ball of spaghetti from his left pocket and an open beer from the right. He ate, drank, and rested quietly in the fading light of a beautiful Spring evening. It wasn’t a night to spend with the Salvation Army, he thought, as he watched the darkening sky. “Please stand up and report to the...

Twenty-five thousand fans crowd a park in New York City to hear a popular rock group give an outdoor summer concert. In all the noise and fun nobody notices two men driving a pickup truck bearing official city markings around the periphery of the park. Mounted on the back of the truck, a fog machine sprays a steady stream of thin vapor into the air. The people in the park have just been exposed...

Soil compaction adversely influences most terrestrial ecosystem services on which humans depend. This global problem, affecting over 68 million ha of agricultural land alone, is a major driver of soil erosion, increases flood frequency and reduces groundwater recharge. Agricultural soil compaction has been intensively studied, but there are no systematic studies investigating the extent of comp...

In recent times, attention has been focused on the role of urban green spaces in promoting human health and well-being. However, there is a lack of evidence-based research on the physiological effects of walking in urban green areas. This study aimed to clarify the physiological and psychological effects of walking in urban parks during fall. Twenty-three males (mean age 22.3 ± 1.2 years) were ...

In the City of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Province, development carried out by government continues. One them is construction a park which green open space for community. parks very popular as recreation area in Kupang Nostalgia Park, therefore researchers are interested conducting research on sustainability spaces Park.The method utilized this study descriptive with qualitative approach, condu...

The Dutch cities Utrecht and Wijk bij Duurstede were founded by the Romans around 50 B.C. and the village Fijnaart and Graft-De Rijp around 1600 A.D. The soils of these villages are polluted with Pb (up to ~5000 mg/kg). Lead isotope ratios were used to trace the sources of Pb pollution in the urban soils. In ~75% of the urban soils the source of the Pb pollution was a mixture of glazed potsherd...

protein-rich hydrolysate from feather waste was obtained using a mixed culture of selected thermophilic actinomycete strains, and was tested for possible application as soil amendment and biological control agent. for this purpose, a 4 months laboratory experiment was carried out using two types of urban soils (sofia, bulgaria): native park soil and anthropogenic soil. the effect of the obtain...