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Nitrate pollution in dairy farms and its impact on groundwater quality in a sector of the Pampas plain, Argentina
(Springer, 2020-05)
The aim of this work is to evaluate the nitrate content and its impact on groundwater quality used for supply in dairy farms in a sector of the Pampas Plain in relation to specific point sources of pollution. Samples were ...
Organic pollutant levels in an agricultural watershed: the importance of analyzing multiple matrices for assessing streamwater pollution
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013-03)
This study is aimed at analyzing the occurrence and transport of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Quequen Grande ´ river basin, as ...
Are soft tissues of urban rats good indicators of exposure to heavy metal pollution? A study conducted in one of the most polluted basins of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Springer, 2020-05)
The overall goal of this work was to analyze the relationship between the concentration of lead in the kidney, liver, and stomach contents of rats captured in a polluted urban basin and the concentration of this metal in ...
Threats Underestimated in Freshwater Plastic Pollution: Mini-Review
(Springer, 2019-07)
Plastic pollution is one of the most acute environmental topics of our time. While there is a great scientific effort to tackle this problem, it has not always been well-coordinated or properly targeted. In this short ...
Vitellogenin and Lipovitellin from the prawn Macrobrachium borellii as hydrocarbon pollution biomarker
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2012-08)
During reproduction vitellogenin (VTG) is transported to vitellogenic oocytes as a precursor of egg yolk lipovitellin (LV). As VTG synthesis is affected by environmental stressors, it is widely used as biomarker in endocrine ...
A new measurement tool to consider for airborne pollutants evaluations using lichens
(Springer Heidelberg, 2019-04)
An important factor affecting acquisition of pollution elements could be the lichen growth form. The Brunauer–Emmett–Teller theory approach has been used to determinate the specific area surface (BET-area) of solids by gas ...
Assessment of persistent organic pollutant in the atmosphere of Latin America
(American Chemical Society, 2014)
The widespread use and distribution of pesticides, industrial and urban chemicals and their consequent release into the environment is of great worldwide relevance. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are stable organic ...
Potential bacterial bioindicators of urban pollution in mangroves
(Elsevier, 2019-12)
Despite their ecological and socioeconomic importance, mangroves are among the most threatened tropical environments in the world. In the past two decades, the world's mangrove degradation and loss were estimated to lie ...
Groundwater Pollution: Sources, Mechanisms, and Prevention
(Elsevier, 2018)
Groundwater pollution, caused or induced by human activities, is a phenomenon that has occurred since the earliest Holocene, about 10,000 years ago, when mankind became sedentary and began to settle villages and farm the ...
Alginate Loaded Montmorillonite beads: Adsorption of cationic pollutants
(Nova Science Publishers, 2021)
This chapter presents the synthesis, characterization, and optimization of alginate beads loaded with different amounts of montmorillonite (0, 5, 30, and 70%). Besides, their application as adsorbent material for the ...