Multidisciplinary approach to assess the toxicities of arsenic and barium in drinking water

M Kato, N Ohgami, S Ohnuma, K Hashimoto… - … Health and Preventive …, 2020 - Springer
Well water could be a stable source of drinking water. Recently, the use of well water as
drinking water has been encouraged in developing countries. However, many kinds of …

Effective adsorption of hexavalent chromium and divalent nickel ions from water through polyaniline, iron oxide, and their composites

A Muhammad, AHA Shah, S Bilal - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water pollution caused by industrial wastes containing heavy metals and dyes is a major
environmental problem. This study reports on the synthesis, characterization, and utilizations …

Removal of Cr (VI) from water by adsorption using low cost clay-perlite-iron membranes

MÁL Zavala, H Romero-Santana… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to commercial membranes are costly and the energy required to operate them is high,
there is an urgent need to develop alternative technologies based on earth's crust abundant …

Increased levels of renal damage biomarkers caused by excess exposure to trivalent chromium in workers in tanneries

T Tsuchiyama, A Tazaki, MMA Al Hossain… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The process for leather material production is carried out in developing
countries using a large amount of trivalent chromium [Cr (III)]. Assesment of health risks for …

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid induces surface erosion of zero-valent iron for enhanced hexavalent chromium removal

W Shen, J Zhang, M Xiao, X Zhang, J Li, W Jiang… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
The wide application of zero-valent iron (ZVI) technology was limited by its slow electron
transfer rate because of the dense iron oxide on ZVI surface. In this study, we reported a …

Lithium promotes malignant transformation of nontumorigenic cells in vitro

M Sudo, K Hashimoto, M Yoshinaga, MD Azimi… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Because of the deficiency of water caused by the regional disparities of rainfall due to global
warming, attention has been given to the use of well water as drinking water in developing …

Transcriptome analysis and histopathological observations of Geloina erosa gills upon Cr (VI) exposure

G Wang, C Zhang, B Huang - … and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The heavy metal contamination like Cr (VI) has been increased by human activities and that
threats the ecosystem health of mangrove areas. Bioindicator is an emerging tool in the …

Cr (VI) adsorption from aqueous streams on eggshell membranes of different birds used as biosorbents

J Badillo-Camacho… - Adsorption Science …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The discharges enriched with heavy metals, particularly Cr (VI), are a serious environmental
problem. In this work, it is presented the use of biosorbents from eggshells membranes of …

A sensitive impedimetric sensor based on biosourced polyphosphine films for the detection of lead ions

T Chabbah, H Abderrazak, R Souissi, P Saint-Martin… - Chemosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, impedimetric sensors were developed for the detection of the four WFD heavy
metals Pb2+, Cd2+, Hg2+ and Ni2+, by the modification of a gold electrode with four partially …

High levels of boron promote anchorage-independent growth of nontumorigenic cells

H Xu, K Hashimoto, M Maeda, MD Azimi… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
WHO has presented a health-based guideline value for boron in drinking water. That fact
indicates that a high level of boron is toxic for humans. However, there is no direct evidence …