The highly leachable mercury contaminants of brine purification sludge (BPS) generated from the Hg-cell electrolysis process in chlorine production can be stabilized in the treatment procedure employing ferric-lignin derivatives (FLD) (Ligmet binder) and Portland cement (PC). The stabilization effectiveness has been examined by time-based multiple toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCL...

Disposal of discarded chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood in landfills raises concerns with respect to leaching of preservative compounds. When unweathered CCA-treated wood is leached using the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP), arsenic concentrations exceed the toxicity characteristic (TC) limit of 5mg/L in most cases. The majority of discarded CCA-treated wood, howeve...

The toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) is one test used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine if a waste material is hazardous; the TCLP test is widely used by the environmental testing community. The elements of concern for toxicity are arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium, and silver. As an environmental forensic laboratory, the N...

Recent revision of the arsenic in drinking water standard will cause many utilities to implement removal technologies. Most of the affected utilities are expected to use adsorption onto solid media for arsenic removal. The arsenic-bearing solid residuals (ABSR) from adsorption processes are to be disposed of in nonhazardous landfills. The Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) tests ...

The flagellar pocket constitutes an active and strategic site in the body of trypanosomatids (i.e. parasitic protozoa that cause important human and/or livestock diseases), which participates in several important processes such as cell polarity, morphogenesis and replication. Most importantly, the flagellar pocket is the unique site of surface protein export and nutrient uptake in trypanosomati...

Mine tailings from an abandoned metal mine in Korea contained high concentrations of arsenic (As) and heavy metals [e.g., As: 67,336, Fe: 137,180, Cu: 764, Pb: 3,572, and Zn: 12,420 (mg/kg)]. US EPA method 6010 was an effective method for analyzing total arsenic and heavy metals concentrations. Arsenic in the mine tailings showed a high residual fraction of 89% by a sequential extraction. In To...

The present study evaluated the leaching of arsenic from sludge/waste of seven SONO filters that were operated in Rajarampur of Chapai Nawabganj district. For this, Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) test was performed. To understand actual leaching of arsenic, a Simulated Natural Column (SNC) that is comparable to natural mature landfill was devised. Total arsenic concentration ...

A Hg-contaminated site in B.C. Province, Canada was caused by the previous operation of Hg-cell in chlor-alkali process for over 25 years. The soils and groundwater at the site are highly contaminated with mercury. An analysis of groundwater at the site has shown that most of the mercury is bonded with humic and fulvic acids (HFA) in colloidal form. The Hg-HFA colloids can be completely removed...

The Toxicity Leaching Characteristic Procedure (TCLP) is used by some to estimate the potential hazard that chemicals in solid wastes represent to public health and the environment. This use is done mechanically without understanding the origin of this procedure and the severe limitations and unreliability of this procedure in estimating public health and environmental hazards of the potentiall...