Heavy Metals
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Heavy Metals Articles
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Heavy Metals' Monitoring [Jun 2010]
Monitoring airborne heavy metals in rural areas
Much of the focus on measuring heavy metals in the ambient atmosphere has been to establish monitoring sites at locations close to local sources of heavy metals in industrial and urban areas. However, there is also a specific legislative requirement to monitor heavy metals in rural areas where concentrations are considerably lower. The Rural Heavy Metals Monitoring and Deposition Network determines the concentrations of heavy metals in samples of ambient air and rainwater collected at remote rural sites across the UK, which are not unduly influenced by local sources of anthropogenic emissions. This article describes the operation of this monitoring network and how the data are used to determine background levels of heavy metals in the UK (and thereby demonstrate compliance of the UK with the relevant EU legislation for rural areas), and in the quantification of heavy metal deposition from the atmosphere.
Monitoring For Heavy Metals [Dec 2009]
Many articles have been written regarding pollution by heavy metals in this and other journals and we all have perception of heavy metals. But what is a heavy metal? Firstly let’s look at the dictionary definition of a metal: An element which is shiny, malleable and ductile, is a good conductor of heat and electricity the atoms of which readily loose electrons to form positive ions (cations).
Monitoring Heavy Metals [Jun 2009]
Recent changes to the monitoring of heavy metals in ambient air
The UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Network measures the concentration of metals in ambient air in order to assess the UK’s compliance with European air quality legislation and the exposure of the general population to potentially harmful compounds. This article describes the operation of the Network, and how its constituent monitoring sites around the UK have recently been reorganised in order to ensure compliance with European legislation.
Heavy Metal Pollution of Soil [Jun 2009]
The determination of metals in soil through on-site and laboratory analysis
Soil and its uses have been neglected or have been taken for granted for centuries. The human race has been disposing of waste via the soil for as long as we have been on the earth.
The Impact of Processes and Products [Sep 2008]
The laboratory plays a key role in identifying emerging contaminants
Over the past thirty years, the European Union has introduced a range of legislative measures aimed at improving the quality of the environment. More recently, EC Directives have particularly focussed on the discharge of contaminants into the aquatic environment. The implementation of these directives has delivered significant ecological benefits, but for these to be sustained, investigations into the impact of modern processes and products must continue. The laboratory plays a key role in better understanding these impacts and identifying compounds of detrimental effect to the environment.
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Heavy Metal Monitoring [Sep 2008]
Improved data quality, targeted remediation and lower operating costs
The monitoring of heavy metals in our environment has increased significantly in importance over the last few years. The bio accumulative properties and resultant health effects have been well documented, with a monitoring requirement for regulatory compliance the result.
Heavy Metals Monitoring [Jan 2008]
Observations on concentration levels and trends over 25 years
Air pollution is an issue that concerns many communities.
The need for air quality measurements has many drivers including: measuring the exposure of the general population to a variety of toxic compounds; informing policy development, assessing compliance with legislative target values. The measurement infrastructure must be able to readily respond to rapidly changing requirements such as the specification of new pollutants, or assessment of episodes e.g. trans-boundary pollution events. In particular, the determination of the total concentrations of metals in ambient air is of great importance within this framework.
Hazardous Waste [Jan 2008]
A bitter legacy for generations to come
Although hazardous waste is produced by practically all areas of society, some of the worst waste produced, with a legacy of the poorest controls, comes from the military-industrial complex.
Heavy Metals Monitoring [Jan 2007]
Observations on concentration levels and trends over 25 years
Air pollution is an issue that concerns many communities. The need for air quality measurements has many drivers including: measuring the exposure of the general population to a variety of toxic compounds; informing policy development, assessing compliance with legislative target values. The measurement infrastructure must be able to readily respond to rapidly changing requirements such as the specification of new pollutants, or assessment of episodes e.g. trans-boundary pollution events. In particular, the determination of the total concentrations of metals in ambient air is of great importance within this framework.
Heavy Metals Monitoring [Sep 2006]
Technologies and methods for analysis and monitoring - from industrial waste to environmental samples
Monitoring heavy metals has never been more in the spotlight. Recent regulation and legislation are set to keep it that way. This article outlines the impact heavy metals can have on human health and the environment and goes on to provide an insight into the wide range of analytical techniques available to the analysts involved in monitoring heavy metals today.
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Sludge and Biosolids Management [Mar 2006]
Sludge and Biosolids Management
State-of-the-Art Spectroscopy [Mar 2006]
Protecting our environment is the most important strategy for maintaining a high quality of life for current and future generations.
Dealing With Contaminated Land [Mar 2005]
The Environment agency estimates that there are some 300,000 hectares of land in the UK affected to by contamination left by industrial activity alone.
Contaminated land is a general term used to describe land containing substances that, when present in sufficient concentrations, are likely to cause harm to man, the environment, or materials used in construction. This contamination can manifest in soil, in air, as a waterborne hazard or as a combination of these.
