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Multielement and chlorinated hydrocarbon analysis of municipal sewage sludges of American cities
A. Keith Furr,Alonzo William Lawrence,Steven S. C. Tong,Marian C. Grandolfo,Robert A. Hofstader,Carl A. Bache,Walter H. Gutenmann,Donald J. Lisk +7 more
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An analytical survey of 68 elements, dieldrin, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) was conducted in municipal sewage sludges sampled during 1972-73 from 16 American cities using several instrumental methods.Abstract:
w An analytical survey of 68 elements, dieldrin, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) was conducted in municipal sewage sludges sampled during 1972-73 from 16 American cities using several instrumental methods. Unusually elevated concentrations of certain toxic elements were found in sludges from specific cities. Relatively high levels of gold and mercury in sludge from San Francisco possibly derived from geochemical sources. Fluorine was high in several cities which fluoridate their water. PCB's were highest in sludge from Schenectady. Municipal sewage sludges result from the treatment of city sewage wastes containing human excreta, residues from food, and sometimes lumber processing, and a galaxy of industrial chemicals. These latter chemicals may derive from the manufacture of paper, textiles, rubber, plastics, leather, paints, detergents, drugs, agricultural chemicals and electricalread more
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Trace Elements in Soils and Plants
Iain Thornton,John S. Webb +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the essential roles of arsenic, fluorine, nickel, silicon, tin and vanadium have in recent years been established in animal nutrition, and they are known as trace elements, minor elements or micro-nutrients.
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4-Nonylphenol in sewage sludge: accumulation of toxic metabolites from nonionic surfactants.
TL;DR: Anaerobically treated sewage sludge was found to contain extraordinarily high concentrations of 4-nonylphenol, a metabolite derived from nonionic surfactants of the nonyl phenol polyethoxylate type that may be highly toxic to aquatic life.
Toxicological profile for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Obaid Faroon,James N. Olson +1 more
TL;DR: A toxicological profile for PCBs, Draft for Public Comment, was released in December 1998 as discussed by the authors, which supercedes any previously released draft or final profile, but no less than once every three years.
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The behaviour of heavy metals in sewage sludge-amended soils.
B. J. Alloway,Andrew P. Jackson +1 more
TL;DR: The consequences of the application of sewage sludges to agricultural soils, with regard to the long-term bioavailability and movement of metals in soil profiles, are incompletely understood.
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Trace element inputs into soils by anthropogenic activities and implications for human health.
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Mercury in soil gas and air--A potential tool in mineral exploration
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