Article: Causes and effects of heavy metal pollution.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Heavy metal pollution.(Brief article)(Book ...
SciTech Book News;  March 1, 2009 ;     457 words ...9781604568998 Heavy metal pollution. Ed. by Samuel E. Brown and ... with thermal energy processes, heavy metal toxicity to legumes, natural and synthetic materials for removing heavy metal and humic acid, and heavy metals ...

Dictionary definition: heavy-metal pollution
A Dictionary of Biology;      300 words ...heavy-metal pollution Environmental pollution by metals with a high relative atomic mass , such as lead and mercury. These metals derive from a number ...

Article: Bacteria from deep ocean could serve as powerful clean-up tool ...
Asian News International;  June 5, 2009 ;     593 words ... ... which can prove to be highly effective in cleaning up heavy metal pollution. The bacteria, a particular strain of Brachybacterium ... it could provide a more efficient way to clean up heavy metal pollutants." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News ...

Article: Heavy Metal Pollution Reported in Major ...
Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  May 26, 2000 ;     385 words ...Sewage sediments along major streets of Seoul's business districts, industrial complexes and residential areas are seriously contaminated with heavy metals. A research team led by the environment and geology division chief Lee Pyong-ku of the Korea Institute of Geology, Mining & Materials

Article: Sunflower power may be used against heavy metal ...
Geographical;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Yugoslav researchers believe they may have discovered a partial solution to the problem of depleted uranium pollution: soak it up with sunflowers. In recent experiments at the country's Centre for Pesticides and Environmental Research (CPER) in Belgrade, scientists found that out of several

Article: Use of Algae for Removing Heavy Metal Ions From ...
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... KEYWORDS algae, biosorption, heavy metal, immobilization, isotherm ... periphyton I. INTRODUCTION Heavy metal pollution of waterbodies due to indiscriminate ... it is necessary to alleviate heavy metal burden of wastewaters before discharging ...

Article: Heavy metal contamination in roadside soil and ...
Soil & Sediment Contamination;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... busy roadways. The degree of heavy metal pollution, which serves as an index ... Analysis For the surface soil, Heavy Metal Index (HMI) was determined ... function for indicating total heavy metal pollution of each site, according to ...