High-energy materials such as emulsions, slurries and ammonium-nitrate fuel-oil (ANFO)
explosives play crucial roles in mining, quarrying, tunnelling and many other infrastructure …

This article presents the general causes of preanalytic variability with a few examples
showing specialists and practitioners that special and improved care should be given to this …

Floods in catchments affected by historical metal mining result in the remobilisation of large
quantities of contaminated sediment from floodplain soils and old mine workings. This poses …

Concerns about motor vehicle emissions on human health are typically focused on aerial
pollution and are regulated via controls on tailpipe emissions. However, vehicles also …

Background. Hitherto studies in response to the June 2010 lead poisoning, Zamfara State,
Nigeria, have focused on clinical interventions without information on livestock and other …

Livestock from the ancient mining area of Sierra Madrona and Alcudia Valley (Spain) is
exposed to elevated levels of lead (Pb), as previous studies based on blood monitoring …

Technological advances in hyperspectral remote sensing have been widely applied in
heavy metal soil contamination studies, as they are able to provide assessments in a rapid …

Environmental contaminants are gaining more attention in the livestock sector lately due to
their harmful effects on productivity and fertility of livestock. Recent research indicates that …

The purposes of this study were:(1) to determine the δALAD activity and δALAD ratio in
blood of four free-living bird species (Griffon vulture, Eagle owl, Slender-billed gull and …

Health risks in both animals and humans are associated with chronic exposures to levels of
trace elements (TE) eliciting toxic and/or antinutritional effects, including excess exposures …