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Metals in sediments: bioavailability and toxicity in a tropical reservoir used for public water supply
(2016-05-01)
Sediments may be a repository of contaminants in freshwater ecosystems. One way to assess the quality of this compartment, in terms of potentially bioavailable metals, is by the analysis of acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) and ...
Assessment of metals, emerging contaminants, and physicochemical characteristics in the drinking water and wastewater of Cuenca, Ecuador
(2022)
Background: Traditional drinking water and wastewater treatments used in Latin-American and Caribbean coun-
tries are meant to improve the organoleptic, and microbiological characteristics and to remove nutrients. How-
ever, ...
Contaminantes inorgânicos em suplementos alimentares
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilUFSMCentro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, 2016-12-05)
Dietary supplements have gained prominence in the last decade, and their consumption and production has increased dramatically. In search of health, the population has seen in these products the opportunity to lead a ...
Phytoextraction of metals from contaminated soils: Chance or utopia?Fitoextracción de metales desde suelos contaminados: ¿Oportunidad o utopía?
(Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Austral de Chile, 2021)
Monitoring heavy metals in royal sun medicinal mushroom, agaricus brasiliensis (Agaricomycetes)
(2019-01-01)
Agaricus brasiliensis is popular because of its nutritional and medicinal properties. Brazil supplies this edible mushroom to international markets, where quality standards are very restrictive regarding the allowable ...
Evaluating the use of predatory insects as bioindicators of metals contamination due to sugarcane cultivation in neotropical streams
(SPRINGER, 2011)
Streams located in areas of sugarcane cultivation receive high concentrations of metal ions from soils of the adjacent areas causing accumulation of metals in the aquatic sediment. This impact results in environmental ...
Evaluating the use of predatory insects as bioindicators of metals contamination due to sugarcane cultivation in neotropical streams
(Springer, 2011-06-01)
Streams located in areas of sugarcane cultivation receive high concentrations of metal ions from soils of the adjacent areas causing accumulation of metals in the aquatic sediment. This impact results in environmental ...
Evaluating the use of predatory insects as bioindicators of metals contamination due to sugarcane cultivation in neotropical streams
(Springer, 2011-06-01)
Streams located in areas of sugarcane cultivation receive high concentrations of metal ions from soils of the adjacent areas causing accumulation of metals in the aquatic sediment. This impact results in environmental ...
Metals uptake by Sagittaria montevidensis in contaminated riparian Area of Matanza-Riachuelo river (Argentina)
(Springer, 2020-11)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the accumulation and uptake of Cr, Zn, Cu, Ni and Pb in Sagittaria montevidensis growing in highly contaminated riparian soils of Matanza Riachuelo Basin (MRB). It is a native ...
Assessing legacy contaminants in sediments from marine protected areas of the central coast of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
(Inst Oceanografico, Univ Sao Paulo, 2017-10-01)
The presence of legacy contaminants in sediments from three Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) of the coast of Sao Paulo State was evaluated. Four sampling surveys were conducted between 2013 and 2015 in 10 sites, distributed ...