Industrial and domestic waste waters in Chile are discharged without previous treatment into rivers and other inland waters which are used to irrigate agricultural lands. The present study reports on results obtained when ...

Different chemical forms of cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn) were determined in agricultural soils cultivated with lettuce and celery. These soils have been ...

This article provides an overview on the application of metallic ions in the fields of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, focusing on their therapeutic applications and the need to design strategies for controlling ...

Extraction of Cd,Cu, Ni and Zn by BaCl(Ba(ClO-4)2 solutions from El Recuerdo(Vertisol) and Puerto Octay (Andept)soils was used to measure the amounts of metals remaining extractable during a 60-d storage period under air-dry ...

In Chile, the increasing number of plants for the treatment of wastewater has brought about an increase in the generation of sludge. One way of sludge disposal is its application on land; this, however involves some problems, ...