<abstract> <p>Radioactive liquid wastes are produced at hospitals from diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radionuclides. The most usual management these is temporary storage the hospital for radioactivity decay and, then, discharge into sewage if not other pollutants present in waste, always after authorization corresponding institution. In some cases, radioactive have hazar...

The analysis of foods for radioactivity should not be considered as a primary defense against human intake. The first indication should always come from information on releases or from measurements of radioactivity in the airborne or waterborne releases. Once the existence of contamination has been established then the foods can be analyzed to evaluate potential hazard to man. In contrast to mo...

Kineococcus radiotolerans SRS30216 was isolated from a high-level radioactive environment at the Savannah River Site (SRS) and exhibits gamma-radiation resistance approaching that of Deinococcus radiodurans. The genome was sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute which suggested the existence of three replicons, a 4.76 Mb linear chromosome, a 0.18 Mb linear plasmid, a...

The fifth framework EU project BORIS (Bioavailability Of Radionuclides In Soils: role of biological components and resulting improvement of prediction models) had three scientific objectives. The first was to improve understanding of the mechanisms governing the transfer of radionuclides to plants. The second was to improve existing predictive models of radionuclide interaction with soils by in...

sir, the big flooding in thailand in 2011 is one of the problematic flooding in asia. it causes several destroying to many things in the disaster areas. an important concern is on the effect on the setting with the radioactive elements usage. in thailand, there are some places with radioactive elements including to the university, hospital as well as radioactive research center. luckily, during...

Bee products can be contaminated from different sources. The contamination can arise from beekeeping practices or from the environment. Environmental contaminants are covered in the first part of the review. They are: the heavy metals lead, cadmium and mercury, radioactive isotopes, organic pollutants, pesticides (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and bactericides), pathogenic bacteria and g...

The greatest natural resource on the Planet, the World Ocean is both the origin of most life forms and the source of survival for hundreds of millions of people. Pollution of the oceans was an essential problem of the 20th century that was associated with the rapid industrialization and unplanned occupation of coastal zones It continues to be a concern in the 21st century. The most serious envi...

The discharge of heavy metals into aquatic ecosystems has become a matter of concern in India over the last few decades. These pollutants are introduced into the aquatic systems significantly as a result of various industrial operations. Industrialization in India gained a momentum with initiation of five year developmental plan in the early 50's. The pollutants of concern include lead, chromiu...