In the last few decades, the rapid technological evolution has led to a growing generation of
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Not rarely, it has been exported from …

The concentrations of heavy metals and organic carbon in sediment of the Homa Lagoon
which is one of the most productive lagoons and commercial important active fish trap in the …

Abstract The concentrations of Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, As, Fe, Mn, and Al were determined in
sediments and biota of Songkhla Lake, a shallow coastal lagoon located in southern …

Abstract The Sepetiba Bay (SB; SE Brazil) has been severely affected by growing of
urbanization and industrial activity. This work aims to analyze the evolution of contamination …

Background. Water supplies can be contaminated by anthropogenic activities. The poultry
industry uses a variety of heavy metals as additives in chicken feed, but excretion, runoff and …

This research was conducted to examine the impact of some essential heavy metals used as
a supplement during animal feed formulation and the toxic from unregulated discharges of …

Lagoons in the southeast coast of Brazil have experienced eutrophication due to the
exponential increase of human population and sewage discharges. Living benthic …

The heavy metal concentrations (Al, Fe, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Pb and Cu) in sediment
samples collected from the Moroccan Mediterranean coast were studied. The heavy metal …

This work enhances the importance on determining regional geochemical background by
normalizing chemical data of archaeological ceramics, using one element as grain-size and …

The concentrations of eight elements (Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Ti, V, and Zn) in surface sediments
from Segara Anakan Nature Reserve (SARN), Indonesia, were determined using inductively …