Properties, use and health effects of depleted uranium (DU): a general overview

A Bleise, PR Danesi, W Burkart - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2003 - Elsevier
Depleted uranium (DU), a waste product of uranium enrichment, has several civilian and
military applications. It was used as armor-piercing ammunition in international military …

Biomonitoring atmospheric heavy metals with lichens: theory and application

J Garty - Critical reviews in plant sciences, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Recent records of environmental contamination noted a moderate decrease of SO2
pollution, whereas the burden of atmospheric heavy metals is still considerable. The present …

[图书][B] Mine water

B Lottermoser, B Lottermoser - 2003 - Springer
Water is needed at mine sites for dust suppression, mineral processing, coal washing, and
hydrometallurgical extraction. For these applications, water is mined from surface water …

[图书][B] Лишайники в экологическом мониторинге

ЛГ Бязров - 2002 - elibrary.ru
Монография обобщает результаты оригинальных исследований автора, а также
обширные опубликованные материалы о применении лишайников в мониторинге …

The removal of uranium from mining waste water using algal/microbial biomass

M Kalin, WN Wheeler, G Meinrath - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2005 - Elsevier
We describe a three step process for the removal of uranium (U) from dilute waste waters.
Step one involves the sequestration of U on, in, and around aquatic plants such as algae …

Antifungal properties of silver nanoparticles against indoor mould growth

A Ogar, G Tylko, K Turnau - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
The presence of moulds in indoor environments causes serious diseases and acute or
chronic toxicological syndromes. In order to inhibit or prevent the growth of microorganisms …

Experimental Study of Uranyl Adsorption onto Bacillus subtilis

DA Fowle, JB Fein, AM Martin - Environmental Science & …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Uranyl adsorption onto the Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis was measured
using batch experiments in 0.1 M NaClO4 as a function of pH, time, and solid: solute ratio at …

Thermodynamics of U (VI) sorption onto Shewanellaputrefaciens

JR Haas, TJ Dichristina, R Wade Jr - Chemical Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
We have conducted acid–base potentiometric titrations and U (VI) sorption experiments
using the Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens …

A review on the use of lichens as a biomonitoring tool for environmental radioactivity

J Anderson, N Lévesque, F Caron, P Beckett… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lichens have been widely used as a biomonitoring tool to record the distribution and
concentration of airborne radioactivity and pollutants such as metals. There are limitations …

Fungal transformations of uranium oxides

M Fomina, JM Charnock, S Hillier… - Environmental …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The biogeochemical activities of free‐living and symbiotic fungi must be acknowledged in
attempts to understand uranium cycling and dispersal in the environment. Although the near …