Heavy Metals in the Environment: Athens, September 1985, Volume 1

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CEP Consultants, 1985 - Heavy metals

Contents

Focus
1
Role of Heavy Metals in Forest Ecosystems
8
Towards a Scientific Basis for Regulating Lead
16
Environmental Concern in the Greater Athens Area
28
Interaction Between Heavy Metal Accumulation and Acid Deposition in Forests
30
Intrauterine Lead Exposure and the Status of the Neonate
35
Further Results from the Institute of Child
41
Blood Lead and Classroom Behaviour of Children in Two Communities with Different
47
Trace Metal Deficiency in Convulsion Control
405
Explorative Study on the Neuropsychological Effects of Lead in Belgian Urban
411
Lead in Milk and Indicators of Lead Absorption in Cows from Lead Contaminated
417
Lead Speciation and GI Absorption
423
The Possible Effect of Different Anticoagulants on the Results of Blood Lead
430
A Method for Assessing HandToMouth Activity in Children as a Possible Transport
436
Contributing Factors to the Production of Acceptable Analyses of Lead in Blood
442
Relationships Between Blood Lead Haemaglobin and FEP in Children Aged 616
448

Essential versus NonEssential Elements
54
Heavy Metals Toxicity to Nitrifying Bacteria in Activated Sludge
63
SourceReceptor Relationships for Trace Elements in Southern Scandinavia
76
Element Concentrations in Athens Atmosphere in Relation to Other Air Pollutants
94
Chromium Levels in European Inland Waters
107
The Fate of Trace Elements in an Oxidation Ponds Type Wastewater Treatment Plant
122
Chemical Reactions between CuII and Activated Sludge Particles
128
Estimates of Dry and Wet Deposition of Several Trace Metals in the Southern Bight
135
Wet Deposition of Heavy Metals and Anions in the Federal Republic of Germany
141
Rates of Heavy Metals Deposition Around Traffic Roads
147
lonic Alkyllead Species in Atmospheric FallOut and Surface Water
153
Primary and Secondary Measures to Reduce Fine Particle Emissions and Heavy Metal
159
Emissions of Domestic Stoves
165
Total Speciation of GasPhase Alkyllead in the Atmosphere
171
The Atmospheric Emissions of an Industrial Area FosSurMer France and Their
177
Wet and Dry Deposition of Trace Metals in Ontario
192
The Investigation of Relation Between Sulphur Dioxide and Some Trace Element
206
Atmospheric Pollution by Heavy Metals at the Valley of Ptolemais
221
Influence of Pesticide
236
Distribution of Zinc in a North Western Mediterranean River
239
Chemical Composition of Recent Sediments from Lake Como Northern Italy
252
Scavenging of Heavy Metals by Hydrous Fe and Mn Oxides Precipitating from
266
Effects of Hydroelectric Development on Microbial methylation and Demethylation
282
Incorporation of Heavy Metals in the Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate
295
Blood Lead and Blood Pressure in MiddleAged
303
Renal Tubular Function and Calcium Metabolism in Children with Increased Lead
310
Lead Intakes of Young Children from Dust and Other Sources
317
Deaths from Chronic Renal Disease in Two Cohorts of Lead Workers
324
Study of Health Effects of Lead in Urban Children
330
Evaluation of Distribution of Heavy Metals Chemical Forms in Urban Sludges
336
Speciation of Cd and Cu during OrganoMineral Interactions between Sludge
342
Chemical Speciation of Heavy Metals near the Athens Sewage Outfall
348
Comparative Analysis of Trace Metal Accumulation in Forest Ecosystems
356
Lead Distribution and Fluxes at Camels Hump Vermont
362
Deposition of Atmospheric Trace Metals in Northern Sweden as Measured in
368
The Estuarine Environment
374
Potential BioAvailability of Particulate Metals in Estuarine and Coastal Systems
380
Mercury Dynamics in the Rushikulya River Estuary Orissa India
389
Gastric Cancer in Two Cohorts of LeadExposed Workers
396
LeadinDust on Childrens Hands
457
Duration of Exposure to Lead and Reproductive Performance in Rats
463
In Vitro Study of Movements and Actions of Lead in the GuineaPig Myenteric Plexus
469
b Sewage Sludge Treatment and Disposal
475
Fate of Heavy Metals on a Deep Coal Mine Refuse Bank Reclaimed with Municipal
481
Town Refuse Compost as a Potential Source of Zinc for Plants
487
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489
The Biological and Ecological Criteria of Cadmium in Sewage Sludge Amended Soils
494
Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Spruce Seedlings
500
Dry Deposition of Heavy Metals in a Beech Stand
506
Mineral Element Composition of Two Species of Finnish Mushrooms
512
Mercury in Rain and Throughfall in a Tropical Rain Forest
527
Cadmium Pollution in the Scheldt Estuary
542
Estimates of Increased Risk for CadmiumInduced Renal Dysfunction
558
Importance of its Chemical Form
571
Ј Heavy Metals from Sewage Sludge Dumped at Sea LaboratoryField Comparison
579
Industrial Waste Treatment and Disposal
585
Effects of Heavy Metals on Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachate
592
J The Uptake of Trace Elements in Plants
600
Heavy Metals in Tree Rings and Forest Disease
607
Ј Industrial Sludge Disposal by Incorporating in Tiles
619
Effect of Heavy Metals on the Degradation of Synthetic Detergents
625
Pilot Scale Treatment of Industrial Effluents Containing Heavy Metals by the Mexico
631
Tare S Chaudhari
637
The Use of Activated Carbon Following Sulfide Precipitation for Removal of Residual
644
b Biomonitoring Uptake and Accumulation by Animals
652
Heavy Metals in Mollusca and Sediments in the Littoral of Havana Bay Cuba
658
Research Program on the Contamination of Marine Mammals by Micropollutants
664
Trace Elements in Selected Species of Zooplankton and Nekton from the Open
670
Variations in the Chemical Speciation of Heavy Metals Reflected by Mussels
673
Seasonal Variation of Heavy Metal Concentration Cd Pb Zn in Four Ponds
679
The Impact of Abandoned Lead Mines on Aquatic Organisms in Missouris Old Lead
685
Effects of Prenatal Administration of Methylmercury Chloride on Behaviour
691
DoseResponse Effects on Reproductive Performance and Tissues
697
Mercury Residues in Aquatic Fauna of a New Jersey USA Tidal Marsh Adjacent to
703
Seasonal Concentration Changes of Hg Cd Cu and Al in a Population of Roach
709
Biological MonitoringSome Preliminary Findings Using Deer Antlers
715
Environmental Monitoring of Heavy Metals with Birds as Pollution Integrating
721

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