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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-…
Khageshwar Singh Patel, Dhananjay Sahu, Nohar Singh Dahariya, Bharat Lal Sahu, Shobhana Ramteke, Borislav Blazhev, Laurent Matini, Eduardo Yubero, Jan Hoinkis
At least 15% of 0.1 million people residing in 117 villages of Tamnar block (Chhattisgarh, central India) are suffering from fluorosis diseases. In this work, the contamination of F - in the environment (i.e. water, soil, rock and urine) of the Tamnar block i…
Valérie S. Azzi, Ali Kanso, Ahmad Kobeissi, Véronique Kazpard, Bruno Lartiges, Antoine El Samrani
Cadmium (Cd), one of the most toxic heavy metals added to soil after phosphate fertilizer treatment, was investigated. The effects of this metal on morphological and physiological changes of Lactuca sativa were studied in addition to its partitioning in diffe…
Etienne Sagbo, Marielle Agbahoungbata, Wilfried Kangbode, Arthur Cakpo, Jacques Kinlehoume, Jean-Baptise Mensah, Yves Noack
In this work, by the use of several physico-chemical complementary methods for the characterization of soil (diffraction of x-rays, chemical analysis, density, cationic exchange capacity, specific sur faces, m?ssbauer, granulometry, etc.), the smectite of the…
Moonampadiyan Shiji, Prabhakar Kavya, Puthenveedu Sadasivan Pillai Harikumar
Sediments play an important role in elemental cycling in the aquatic environment; it can be sensitive indicator for monitoring contaminants in aquatic environments. The heavy metal prominence, the amount and different forms of phosphorous present in the surfa…
Emad A. Salah, Ahmed M. Turki, Shemma N. Mahal
To evaluate the concentrations of heavy metals and identification of their sources, 20 composite soil samples were collected randomly in Fallujah city, Iraq. To assess the pollution level, we used the soil metal index (SMI) and enrichment factor. We investiga…
Khageshwar Singh Patel, Shobhana Ramteke, Yogita Naik, Bharat Lal Sahu, Saroj Sharma, Jutta Lintelmann, Matuschek Georg
Environment in India is contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) due to occurring of large anthropogenic activities i.e. fuel combustion, mineral roasting and biomass burning. Hence, contamination of 13 toxic PAHs: phenanthrene, anthracene, f…
Sheri L. Herron, Kristofor R. Brye, Andrew N. Sharpley, David M. Miller, Mike B. Daniels
A substantial body of research has been conducted on the potential water quality impairments associated with land application of poultry broiler litter. However, until recently, little attention has focused on the potential for nutrient runoff from dust emitt…
Nicole Mölders, Scott Gende
Managers at Glacier Bay National Park must annually determine the allowable number of cruise-ship entries into the park. This decision considers how differences in visitor volume may affect park resources. This study quantified the impacts to air quality and…
Anthony G. Tumba, Shahidah Bte Mohd Ariff
This paper develops a model that could be used to visualize and predict the violation of restrictions in a given forest. The violation of restriction in this case is assumed to be the difference in areal extent between two forest cover scenes with time; terme…
Márcio de Almeida D’Agosto, Cintia Machado de Oliveira, Fabiana do Couto Assumpção, Ana Carolina Peixoto Deveza
From 2003 to 2009 in Brazilian municipalities of over 60,000 inhabitants, buses accounted for more than 25% of urban trips. This trend is not expected to change in the medium term. Worldwide, buses rely on petroleum diesel as fuel. In Brazil, alternative fuel…
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