Environmental Management and Health: Volume 13 Issue 2
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Recycling of granite industry waste from the northeast region of Brazil
Romualdo Rodrigues Menezes, Gelmires de Araújo Neves, Heber Carlos Ferreira, Hélio de Lucena LiraSolid wastes are today one of the worst problems in the word, mainly because of the increase in volume and the high capacity of environmental contamination. The aim of this work…
Integrating construction pollution control with construction schedule: an experimental approach
Zhen Chen, Heng Li, Conrad T.C. Wong, Peter E.D. LoveA quantitative approach for managing construction pollution control that is based on construction resource leveling is presented. The parameters of construction pollution index…
An analysis of pesticide impact on air quality, especially surface ozone
Hoda F.S. Rizk, Ahmed A. El‐Abssawy, Mamdouh I. KhoderThe present study aims at shedding some light on the serious effect of insecure pesticides to the surface ozone as a secondary pollutant resulting from some photochemical…
Chemical treatability of dairy wastewater
Aysegul Tanik, Esra Ates Genceli, Alpaslan EkdalChemical treatability of dairy wastewater originating from a dairy and dairy products plant at Istanbul was investigated on the basis of chemical oxygen demand (COD) parameter as…
An analysis of groundwater vulnerability and water policy reform in India
Vikas Chaudhary, Gunnar Jacks, Jan‐Erik GustafssonWater is a basic human need, a finite life support system and a key to prosperity. Unplanned industrialisation, urbanisation and impact of liberalised import of wastes intended…
The Baltic environmental information dissemination system: a tool for sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region
Walter Leal FilhoThe on‐going economic development of EU‐countries as well of the countries in the Central and Eastern (C&E) European region has been leading to a significant use of a great deal…
Effluent quality and wastes from petroleum drilling operations in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
M.J. Ayotamuno, A.J. Akor, T.J. IghoThe research assessed the development of petroleum drilling activities and its associated waste discharges in the Niger Delta environment of Nigeria. Field visits were made to 18…