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The Journal of Environmental Protection (JEP) is published monthly and one of most prospective international journals with multiple disciplines. It covers various aspects of environmental issues, such as research, strategies and the state-of-the-art technologies for prediction, prevention and protection addressing up-…
Obenne Pearl Gopolang, Moatlhodi Wise Letshwenyo
Water quality index has been used in various researches for the assessment of water quality for various uses and discharges into the environment. The purpose of this study was to determine the water quality index of the effluent from waste stabilisation ponds…
José C. R. Gouvêa Jr., Fernando Simão e Silva, Reginaldo A. Bertolo, Tiago R. Moura, Stephen Emsbo-Mattingly
This article presents the results of a forensic investigation concerning the origin of hydrocarbons detected in the subsurface soil of the residential neighborhood Volta Grande IV, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil. Previous investigations identified several areas wi…
Esraa ElMitainy, Salah M. El-Haggar
Healthcare is one of the core operating sectors all over the world with a designated Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being of the international Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), while three other goals addressed the eradication of causes of healthcare problems…
Marius Kounbèsiounè Somda, Donatien Kabore, Iliassou Mogmenga, Cheik A. T. Ouattara, Assietta Ouattara, Yerobessor Dabire, Mahamadi Nikiema, Henriette B. Mihin, Agbémébia Yawovi Akakpo, Ousséni Ouedraogo, Alfred S. Traore, Aboubakar S. Ouattara
Tomato fruit enormously consumed in Burkina Faso is a source of health risk due to its quality. The plant of tomato cultivated in most the industrially polluted area as Ouagadougou, accumulates significant quantities of heavy metals and microorganisms and cou…
Mitsutoshi Tomotsune, Yohei Suzuki, Yuki Kato, Rina Masuda, Nobuhiko Suminokura, Yuta Koyama, Yoshiaki Sakamaki, Hiroshi Koizumi
To understand the role of forest ecosystems in the global carbon cycle, it is important to clarify the factors affecting the carbon balance of forest ecosystems. However, little is known about the direct effect of forest types, especially dominant species, on…
Guillermo Espinosa, José-Ignacio Golzarri, Alfonso M. Román-Sedano, Fermín Castillo
This work presents the results of the Radon ( 220 Rn and 222 Rn) measurements made with 486 chips of CR-39 (Allyl Dyglicol Poly Carbonate) MASL ? bared detectors, in a reticular mode distribution, inside of a cellar with average indoor radon concentration 862…
Aboubacar Coulibaly, Mikael Motelica-Heino, Edmond Hien
Under the combined effect of both climatic and anthropogenic factors, agroecosystems and especially arable soils undergo a worrying and fast degradation in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Western Africa threatening its socio-economic development. Food systems nee…
Adedeji Idowu Aduwo, Israel Funso Adeniyi
The physico-chemical water quality of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching and Research Farm Lake, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, was studied over an annual cycle (September 2006 to August 2007) almost 40 years after its impoundment in 1967. This was with a view to obt…
Sharifah Mazrah Sayed Mohamed Zain, Wan Nurul Farah Wan Azmi, Yuvaneswary Veloo, Rafiza Shaharudin
Formaldehyde is a chemical commonly used in hospitals as a tissue preservative; histopathology laboratory personnel are therefore among the workers most heavily exposed to formaldehyde. This study measured the formaldehyde exposure through ambient and persona…
Margarida Lopes, Ana Russo, Célia Gouveia, Francisco Ferreira
Maritime transportation, widely used both in international transport of goods and touristic purposes, has been identified as a significant source of ultrafine particles (UFP). In-land passenger ferry is a source of UFP far less addressed; however, in location…
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