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Environments, Volume 7, Issue 9

September 2020 - 9 articles

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Cover Story: Analysis of total arsenic and six arsenic species (arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonic acid, dimethylarsinic acid, arsenobetaine, and arsenocholine) in 180 seaweeds produced off Korea’s southern coast, 2018, shows the varying distribution of arsenic species depending on the species of seaweed. The results indicate no correlation between concentration of inorganic arsenic and total arsenic in most species of seaweed. The margin of exposure values reveal no substantial risk to the general population, but low levels of risk to seaweed consumers with high intakes of gulfweed and hijiki. View this paper

Articles (9)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,377 Views
9 Pages

Reactive barriers, such as denitrifying bioreactors, have been identified as a clean-up option for nutrient-laden agriculture runoff. Here we tested a 20 m long, 3.75 m wide and 2.2 m deep woodchip bioreactor receiving tile drainage water from a 5.2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,052 Views
18 Pages

This article provides a sectoral innovation system perspective of the development of energy efficient and clean process technologies in the Swedish pulp and paper industry. Specifically, the analysis elaborates the importance of knowledge development...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,989 Views
15 Pages

Gd3+ forms a strongly colored complex with 4-(2-pyridylazo)-resorcinol (PAR) in aqueous solutions. We characterized the Gd3+-PAR complex in order to use it as a probe of Gd3+ speciation in the presence of environmentally relevant ligands. The formati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,708 Views
14 Pages

Monitoring Arsenic Species Content in Seaweeds Produced off the Southern Coast of Korea and Its Risk Assessment

  • Min-hyuk Kim,
  • Junseob Kim,
  • Chang-Hyun Noh,
  • Seogyeong Choi,
  • Yong-Sung Joo and
  • Kwang-Won Lee

Seaweed, a popular seafood in South Korea, has abundant dietary fiber and minerals. The toxicity of arsenic compounds is known to be related to their chemical speciation, and inorganic arsenic (iAs) is more detrimental than other species. Due to the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,852 Views
24 Pages

Although a growing body of research has debated the array of sustainability lessons of vernacular architecture, social sustainability discussions remain less advanced in comparison to the other pillars of sustainability. This has narrowed the plural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,001 Views
12 Pages

Continuous OTM 33A Analysis of Controlled Releases of Methane with Various Time Periods, Data Rates and Wind Filters

  • Robert S. Heltzel,
  • Mohammed T. Zaki,
  • Aron K. Gebreslase,
  • Omar I. Abdul-Aziz and
  • Derek R. Johnson

Other test method (OTM) 33A has been used to quantify emissions from natural gas sites since it was introduced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The method relies on point source Gaussian (PSG) assumptions to estimate emissions rates from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,215 Views
15 Pages

Foundry Sand Source Reduction Options: Life Cycle Assessment Evaluation

  • Samuel Ghormley,
  • Robert Williams and
  • Bruce Dvorak

Foundries represent a significant part of the world’s economy and are a large consumer of energy and producer of solid waste. Sand-handling processes can use 5–10% of a foundry’s total energy. The goal of this research was to explor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,720 Views
16 Pages

This study applied a passive sampling approach using low-density polyethylene passive samplers to determine the treatment efficiency of the Kearl surface flow treatment wetland for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Oil Sands Process-affected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,558 Views
17 Pages

Identifying Problems in Watering Ponds with Different Purposes

  • Manuel Pulido,
  • Alberto Alfonso-Torreño,
  • Jesús Barrena-González,
  • Rafael Robina-Ramírez and
  • Mohamed Amine Abdennour

The main goal of this study was to identify the problems that are putting the viability of watering ponds at risk. For doing that, we have analyzed five different study cases: (I) livestock consumption, Mediterranean climate (rangelands of SW Spain),...