Black carbon (BC) is an important part of the combustion product commonly referred to as soot1. BC in indoor environments is largely due to cooking with biofuels such as wood, dung and crop residue. Outdoors, it is due to fossil fuel combustion (diesel and coal), open biomass burning (associated with deforestation and crop residue burning), and cooking with biofuels1. Soot aerosols absorb and s...

Introduction: The Río Tinto mining district can be considered as the largest volcanogenic massive sulphide district worldwide and probably one of the oldest in the human history being in continuous operation from the Bronze Age to the XX. An important characteristic of the Rio Tinto system is derived from the interaction between the river waters and the iron-rich sulphide minerals. This interac...

Article history: Received on: 08/06/2013 Revised on: 29/06/2013 Accepted on: 15/07/2013 Available online: 31/07/2013 The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of magnesium and copper sulphates on blood glucose and serum electrolytes levels in fructose-induced diabetic Wistar rats. Diabetes was induced by administration of 20% (20g/100ml) of fructose dissolved in distilled water and admin...

in the past, mining activities have generated major acid drainage sources, which usually carry dissolved metals that flow into the main rivers of the affected basins. the study looks at natural attenuation processes in local, sub-basin and basin areas, in the el bierzo and odiel basins of spain, where coal and metal mining activities were formerly conducted. in this study, sampling and in situ ...

Abstract Water is the basic necessity for a living being and detritions in quality of water led to many harmful impacts. It important regulate maintain balance all variation lives. In present study, samples were collected during pre-monsoon post-monsoon periods February 2015–January 2017 from Mohan Nagar barrage, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh, India). The assessment seasonal its impact on Hindon Riv...