In urban areas of Brazil, vehicle emissions are the principal source of fine particulate matter
(PM 2.5). The World Health Organization air quality guidelines state that the annual mean …

Samples of rainwater (RW) were collected to characterize the chemistry and sources in two
representative megacities at Pune (Southwest) and Delhi (Northern) India from 2011 to 2014 …

Metallic smoke released by steel industries is constitute by a mixture of fine and gross
particles containing metals, including the emerging ones, which sedimentation contaminates …

In the city of Limeira, located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, the major ions of 30 rainwater
samples, collected from Sep/2013 to Mar/2014, were quantified by ionic chromatography …

The effects of an atypical dry year on the rainwater chemical composition were investigated.
Conductivity, pH, major inorganic ions (Na+, K+, Mg 2+, Ca 2+, H+, Cl−, NO 3−, SO 4 2− and …

A mercury film electrode was used to determine direct and simultaneously Pb (II)(at−
410mV) and Cu (II)(at− 100mV) in biodiesel by anodic stripping voltammetry. A linear …

Considering the necessity to monitor rainwater quality and the limited existing data
regarding wet precipitations' toxic potential, the toxic potential of rainwater (RW) samples …

Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is a cosmopolitan and potentially toxic planktonic
Cyanobacteria that produces and exudes copious amounts of dissolved organic materials …

Two sampling points were chosen and forty samples were collected between January and
December 2006 at Alto Sorocaba basin. The rainwater pH varied from 5.46 to 6.36 (Ibiúna) …

The main anatomical features of Tibouchina granulosa (Desr.) Cong.(Melastomataceae)
have been investigated in order to assess the potential of the species as a possible …