Despite the overwhelming advantages of mechanic villages, their heavy metal pollution of soil due to poor waste management is causing serious ecological and public health concerns.

The potential of Vigna subterranean commonly called Bambara beans for phytoextraction of copper in a crude oil contaminated soil was investigated. The contamination levels of crude oil in the soil for this pot experiment were 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10% (w/v). Amendments were added to increase the uptake and translocation of metal to aerial biomass.

Uranium content in groundwater varies markedly depending upon geological terrain, climate, proximity of uranium deposits, as well as composition of the water. In India, the average reported range of uranium in groundwater is from 0.01 to 19.6 micrograms/litre (ug/L).

CHENNAI: MERCURY LEAK: JAIRAM ASSURES TO LOOK INTO CLEANUP STANDARDS ISSUE

UNION Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has said he will look into the dilution of cleanup standards for mercury dumped in the Pambar Shola forest, Kodaikanal, by Hindustan Unilever (HUL).

Move provokes outcry from residents of Kodaikanal

Based on established linkages between ferrimagnetism and heavy metal concentration of anthropogenic particulates, we attempt here to delineate pollutant residing domains and study the role of surface runoff and
wind circulations over its redistribution in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) in Maharashtra.

Pune From now on, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) may have to be cautious while sanctioning more industries, thanks to a study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has launched a series of short-term plans as well as long-term surveys to curb contamination in critically polluted regions of Maharashtra, including Dombivali and Navi Mumbai. This follows a study by the Central government which calculated a Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) for 88 key industrial clusters in India.

Following a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report about high levels of pollution in Mangalore, the State government has sent a team of scientists and officials to probe matters of air, land and water pollution in the area.

Remediation of arsenic contaminated soil was studied in this work, experiments were carried out out using simulated soil contaminated arsenic treated with an extractant solution comprising of citric acid, oxalic acid, sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate. Experiments were carried out by treating the soil with the extractant solution.

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