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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Immobilising of Cd, Pb, and Zn contaminated arable soils close to a former Pb/Zn smelter: a field study in Austria over 5 years.

29 Sep 2009 Numerous smelter sites are surrounded by rural land. The entrance of non-essential metals such as lead or cadmium into the food chain is very likely as well as phytotoxicity effects of zinc. Finding a realistic solution for these large-scale ... Read more...

Bioassays for evaluating the water-extractable genotoxic and toxic potential of soils polluted by metal smelters.

29 Sep 2009 Physicochemical analyses of polluted soils are limited in their ability to determine all hazardous compounds, their bioavailability, and their combined effects on living organisms. Bioassays, on the other hand, can evaluate environmental quality ... Read more...

Subchronic lead feeding study in male rats and micropigs.

29 Sep 2009 This study compared the lead uptake from contaminated test soil of known lead concentration with a soluble lead acetate standard, which was considered to be 100% bioavailable. This study also compared the lead bioavailability from this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Lead'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Immobilising of Cd, Pb, and Zn contaminated arable soils close to a former Pb/Zn smelter: a field study in Austria over 5 years. 29 Sep 2009
• [2nd addendum to "lead monograph--reference--and "human biomonitoring" values of the "Human Biomonitoring" Council of the Environmental Office] 29 Sep 2009
• [New and revised reference values for antimony, arsenic and metals (lead, cadmium, nickel, mercury, thallium and uranium) in blood of children in Germany. Position of the "Human Biomonitoring" Council of the Environmental Office] 29 Sep 2009
• Bioassays for evaluating the water-extractable genotoxic and toxic potential of soils polluted by metal smelters. 29 Sep 2009
• Subchronic lead feeding study in male rats and micropigs. 29 Sep 2009
• High bone matrix turnover predicts blood levels of lead among perimenopausal women. 29 Sep 2009
• Hunting with lead: association between blood lead levels and wild game consumption. 8 Sep 2009
• A prospective study of bone lead concentration and death from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer in the Department of Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. 6 Sep 2009
• Search for a plant for phytoremediation--what can we learn from field and hydroponic studies? 3 Sep 2009
• New direct contact approach to evaluate soil genotoxicity using the Vicia faba micronucleus test. 31 Aug 2009
• Effect of pH, temperature, and lead concentration on the bioremoval of lead from water using Lemna minor. 30 Aug 2009
• Determination of lead and zinc concentrations in the blood and liver of the captive common green iguana (Iguana iguana). 30 Aug 2009
• Stress proteins and oxidative damage in a renal derived cell line exposed to inorganic mercury and lead. 27 Aug 2009
• Evaluation of the efficiency of a phytostabilization process with biological indicators of soil health. 22 Aug 2009
• Metal smelting plants poison hundreds of Chinese children. 22 Aug 2009
• Product release rather than chelation determines metal specificity for ferrochelatase. 20 Aug 2009
• Blood cadmium and lead and chronic kidney disease in US adults: a joint analysis. 19 Aug 2009
• Childhood lead poisoning associated with lead dust contamination of family vehicles and child safety seats - Maine, 2008. 19 Aug 2009
• Is lead dust within nuclear medicine departments a hazard to pediatric patients? 17 Aug 2009
• Polyamine receptors containing dipyridine or phenanthroline units: clues for the design of fluorescent chemosensors for metal ions. 8 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Lead'

Definition: A soft, grayish metal with poisonous salts; atomic number 82, atomic weight 207.19, symbol Pb. (Dorland, 28th)

Chemical name: Lead

Registry Number: 7439-92-1

Descriptor UI: D007854

Alternative terms: Lead;

Related Mesh Headings: Lead Radioisotopes;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; deficiency; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; physiology; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D01.268.556.435; D01.552.544.435;

Technical Notes: Pb-208; Pb-204, 206, 207 = LEAD (IM) + ISOTOPES (NIM); Pb-194-203, 205, 209-214 = LEAD RADIOISOTOPES (IM)