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2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Preambule


Preface

  • Filip MG Tack

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Organisation

  • Filip MG Tack

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Programme

  • Filip MG Tack

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Plenary Lectures


Fate of Technology-Critical Elements in the Environment, With a Focus on Less-Studied Ones

  • Montserrat Filella

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Developmental Effects of Metal Neurotoxicity

  • Philippe Grandjean

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Current Status, Gaps and Needs in Sustainable Treatment and Management of Metal Contaminated Sediments

  • Anna Knox

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Green Revolution and Worldwide Decline in Concentration of Trace Metals in Our Food Supply

  • Jerome Nriagu

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S01 - Contamination in the Urban Environment


Impact on the Environment from Steel Bridge Paint Deterioration Using Lead Isotopic Tracing, Paint Compositons and Soil Deconstruction

  • Brian Gulson

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The Influences of Rainwater and Surfactants on the Desorption Processes of Heavy Metals from Road-Deposited and Sewer Sediments

  • Jin Zhang

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Temporal Dynamics of Urbanization-Driven Environmental Changes Explored by Metal Contamination in Surface Sediments in a Restoring Urban Wetland Park

  • Shen Yu

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Sequestration of Traffic Related Heavy Metals in the Leaves of Roadside Plants in a Megacity

  • Shidharth Sankar Ram

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Plant-Fungi Association: Track to Dig for Sustainable Agriculture; Beware of Metal Pollutions in Urban Areas

  • Antoine Pierart

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Heavy Metals in Site-Specific Urban Runoff in Beijing, China: Occurrence and Partitioning

  • Md Tariqul Islam Shajib

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Lead in the Urban Environment: Case Study of Yerevan, Armenia

  • Gevorg Tepanosyan

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Physico-Chemical Characterization of Manganese-Bearing Particles in an Urban Area Located Close to a Manganese Alloy Production Plant

  • Ana Hernández Pellón

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Heavy Metals in the Finest Size Fractions of Road Dust

  • Christof Lanzerstorfer

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Trace Metals in Topsoils and Street Dust Sampled in the São Paulo University Campus, Brazil

  • Christine Bourotte

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Capacity to Accumulate Thallium in Surface Microlayer of Water of Urban Ponds (north Poland)

  • Damian Panasiuk

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Geochemical Characterization of Road Dust in Urban Environments

  • Ewa Adamiec

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Co-Occurrence of Mercury and Carbon in Size-Segregated Particulate Matter in Urban Air

  • Halina Pyta

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Particulate Mercury and Carbon in Urban and Non-Urban Sites in Poland

  • Halina Pyta

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Heavy Metals in Urban Dust - Anthropogenic Versus Natural Sources

  • Neele van Laaten

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Assessment of Composition and Properties of Urban Dust Near Large Cu Smelter

  • Yury G. Tatsy

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Accumulation of Trace Metals in Leaf Vegetables Cultivated in High Traffic Areas in Ghent, Belgium

  • Veronique Troch

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S02 - Remediation of Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil, Water and Air


Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron for Metal Sequestration from Fracturing Flowback Water and Wastewater

  • Daniel Tsang

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Prospective Remediation of Antimony Mine Area

  • Vladimir Matichenkov

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The Calcareous Deposit Formed Under Cathodic Polarization of a Galvanised Steel Electrode as Metals Remediation Device of Seawater

  • Peggy Gunkel Grillon

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An Innovatice Approach to Bioremediation of Mercury Contaminated Soils

  • Damien McCarthy

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Extraction and Transport of Cd Ions Through a Polymer Inclusion Membrane Containing Tetraalkylphosphonium Ionic Liquid as a Carrier

  • Claudia Fontas

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Removal of Metals and Metalloids by Mg-Fe Layered Double Hydroxides

  • Barbora Hudcová

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Washing Sludge from Neutralization Cyanide in the Process of Benefit of Gold in a Mine in North of Colombia

  • Iván Urango Cardenas

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Immobilization of Co2+ and Sr2+ on Lesscrystallized Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH)

  • Sayo Moriyama

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Modeling of Cr(VI) Adsorption on Mixtures of Selected Soil Minerals

  • Veronika Veselská

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S03 - Bioavailability: 21st Century Nexus between Site Characterization, Risk Assessment, and Remediation


Predicting Arsenic Bioavailability in Contaminated Soils by Using in Vitro Gastrointestinal Bioaccessibility for Site-Specific Risk Assessment

  • Nicholas T. Basta

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Deriving Metal Bioavailability Parameters for EU Environmental Compliance Assessment

  • Christopher Cooper

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The Link Between Soil Geochemistry in South-West England and Human Exposure to Soil Lead

  • Joanna Wragg

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Arsenic, Lead, and Cadmium Bioavailability in Contaminated Soils: Comparison of in Vivo Animal Models and Prediction Using in Vitro Bioaccessibility Assays

  • Lena Ma

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Comprehensive Evaluation of in Vitro Bioaccessibility Methods to Predict Bioavailability of Arsenic in Contaminated Soils

  • Brooke N. Stevens

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Independent Measures for More Confident Selection and Application of Arsenic Bioaccessibility Methods to Predict Bioavailability

  • Shane Whitacre

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In Vitro Assessment of Arsenic Bioaccessibility and Intestinal Transport, Including Gut Microbiota Contribution

  • Marta Calatayud

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Speciation and Bioavailability of Lead in Complementary Medicines

  • Shiv Bolan

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Real Metals for the Real World: Mixture Bioavailability & Toxicity in Soils

  • Steven Siciliano

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Heavy Metals and Gut Microbes Interactions

  • Shiv Bolan

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Mechanisms and Permanence of Sequestered Pb and as in Soils: Impact on Mobility and Bioavailability

  • Nicholas Basta

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Combined Bioassays and X-Ray Spectroscopy for Studying the Bioavailability of Arsenic in Contaminated Soils Using Earthworms

  • Gattullo Concetta Eliana

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Modelling the Effect of Sorption Model on pH Buffering and U Retention

  • Diederik Jacques

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Comparison of Bioavailability Measurements Determined Using Juvenile Swine and Adult Mouse Models for Arsenic Contaminated Soils

  • Brooke N. Stevens

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Predicting Arsenic Bioavailability in Moderately Contaminated Soils

  • Shane Whitacre

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S04 - Heavy Metals in Terrestrial Ecosystems


Soil Contamination in the Seine River Basin: an Attempt to Relate Land-Use to Persistent and Emerging Metallic Pollutions

  • Sophie Ayrault

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From Old Mines to Brown Trouts - Tracing the Fate of Hg & Pb in a High Mountain Catchment Using Stable-Isotopes

  • Sophia V. Hansson

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Soil Cadmium Uptake by Cocoa in Honduras

  • Anja Gramlich

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Soil Organic Matter and Salinity Modify Cadmium Mobility in Soil

  • Lana Filipović

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Barium Leaching from Alluvial Soils and Certified Reference Materials

  • Valérie Cappuyns

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Hexavalent Chromium Dynamics in Acidic and Limed Soils and its Effect on Origanum vulgare

  • Vasileios Antoniadis

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Modeling Chromate Partition in Soil Minerals/Water Phases

  • Xueyuan Gu

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The Role of Clay Minerals, Hydroxides, and Timing of Dissolved Organic Matter Addition in the Competitive Sorption of Heavy Metals: a Soil Column Approach

  • Yasser Refaey

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Cumulative Distribution Functions to Describe Uranium Solid-Liquid Distribution Coefficients in Soils

  • Anna Rigol

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A Generic Reactive Transport Model to Simulate the Fate of Heavy Metals in Soils: Mercury as a Case Study

  • Diederik Jacques

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Heavy Metal Bioaccumulation in the Spider Xerolycosa nemoralis (Lycosidae) from Variously Polluted Areas

  • Elżbieta Szulińska

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Coordination Chemistry of Selenate in Ettringite

  • Binglin Guo

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Vegetative Parameters and Mineral Components of Salt-Sensitive Strawberry Exposed to Combined Salt Stress and Cadmium Contamination

  • Gabrijel Ondrasek

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Solubility of As and Sb in Soils Enriched from Various Sources in Lower Silesia, Poland

  • Katarzyna Szopka

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Canopy Influence on Trace Metal Dynamics of Snowfall, Snowpack, and Snowmelt

  • Yannick Agnan

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S05 - Heavy Metals in Sediments: Biogeochemistry and Remediation


Ecological Risk Assessment of Trace Metal in the Sediments of Hooghly-Matla Estuarine System

  • Punarbasu Chaudhuri

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Geochemical Fractionation and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Superficial Sediments of Anzali Wetland, Iran

  • Samar Mortazavi

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Determination of Metal Concentrations in Surface and Trapped Sediment of the Golden Horn Estuary, Istanbul

  • Önder Kiliç

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Release of Buried Heavy Metals from Different Depths in Contaminated Sediments by Bioturbation/Bioirrigation

  • Bin Men

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Arsenic Speciation in Surface Sediments of Marque River (Northern France)

  • Josselin Gorny

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Resuspension of Metal Contaminated Sediments and Caged Gammarid Responses in Navigated Channelized Rivers

  • David Dumoulin

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Concentration of Zr, Cr, Cu, Zn and Fe, Mn in River Sediments and Soils of Different Types of Southern Baltic Catchment

  • Saniewska Dominika

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Major and Trace Elements Distribution in Sediments of a Southeastern Brazilian Coastal Environments

  • Eduardo Schettini Costa

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Surface Geochemical Provinces of the Espírito Santo Basin, Southeast Brazil

  • Fabian Sá

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Temporal Changes of Metal Contamination of Marine Sediments Due to an Industrial Plant

  • Elena Romano

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Total Mercury Ditribution in Organic Matter Extracted from Sources of Sediment Samples With Different Types of Water in the Amazon Basin

  • Luiz Fabricio Zara

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Which Is the Influence of Anthropogenic Inputs on Metal Contamination Pattern in Surface Bottom Sediments from a Urban River Catchment?

  • Jon Garcia Garcia

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Temporal Trends of Thallium Pollution in Fluvial Sediments of the North River, South China

  • Juan Liu

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Mercury Remobilization from Marine Sediment and from Soil

  • Magdalena Bełdowska

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Metal Features in Sediment from a Mediterranean River Basin (Tafna River, Algeria): Hydrological and Anthropic Influences

  • Amine Benabdelkader

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Trace Metals Remobilization During Resuspension of Contaminated Sediment from a Dam Reservoir

  • Lucie Monnin

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Sediment Quality, Metal Bioaccumulation and Antimicrobial Properties of Mangroves of Sundarban, India

  • Punarbasu Chaudhuri

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Acidification and Mechanical Disturbance Induced Metal and Metaloid Release at the Sediment Water Interface

  • Lars Duester

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S06 - Contamination from Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of Heavy Metals


Chemical Cycling and Deposition of Atmospheric Mercury in Polar Regions: New Insights and Remaining Research Gaps

  • Hélène Angot

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Soil and Plant Hg Dynamics in the Arctic Tundra

  • Christine Hedge

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Atmospheric Mercury Across the Australian Continent

  • Dean Howard

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Atmospheric Transport of Metals to Norway 1975-2015

  • Eiliv Steinnes

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Heavy Metals in Precipitation and in Aerosols in Sweden and in Northern Finland

  • Ingvar Wängberg

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Trends in Forest Soil Heavy Metal Concentrations at Swedish ICP IM Sites: Responses to Reductions in Atmospheric Deposition

  • Staffan Åkerblom

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Mercury Stable Isotope Compositions in Airborne Particulate Matter in Ambient Air of China

  • Xinbin Feng

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S07 - Risk Based Management of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils


Biotransformation of Heavy Metal(loid)s in Relation to Bioavailability and Remediation

  • Nanthi Bolan

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Impact of Emerging and Low Cost Alternative Amendments on the (im)mobilization and Phytoavailability of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn in a Contaminated Floodplain Soil

  • Sabry Mohamed Shaheen

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Mobility and Toxicity of Heavy Metal(loid)s Arising from Contaminated Wood Ash Application to a Pasture Grassland Soil

  • Luke Beesley

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Reduction of Cd Plant-Availability on Paddy Soil

  • Elena Bocharnikova

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Liming Effects on Heavy Metal Bioavailability in Acid Soils

  • Niklas Lehto

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Heavy Metal Cycling in Former Industrial Land: Implications for Safe and Effective Urban Renewal

  • Emily Hepburn

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Alkaline Hydrothermal Stabilization of Cr(VI) in a Sandy Soil

  • Gattullo Concetta Eliana

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Potential Value of Synthetic and Natural Phosphate Compounds in Enhancing Immobilization and Reducing Bioavailability of Mixed Heavy Metal Contaminants

  • Nanthi Bolan

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Effect of Alkaline Amendments on Solubility and Phytoavailability of Zinc and Copper in Abattoir Wastewater Water Irrigated Soil

  • Balaji Seshadri

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Derivation of Soil Criteria for Cadmium Applying Species Sensitivity Distribution

  • Changfeng Ding

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Effect of Organic and Inorganic Amendments on the Arsenic and Cadmium Bioavailability in Soils

  • Claudia Rocco

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Sulphur Supply Increases the Potential of Massai Grass for Cadmium Phytoextraction

  • Flávio Henrique Silveira Rabêlo

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Stability of Heavy Metals (Cd, Pb and Zn) in Contaminated Soil Upon Treatment With Calcined Clam Shell

  • Mohammad Nazrul Islam

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Risk Element Sorption Characteristics in Soil Treated by Biologically Transformed Dry Olive Residue (DOR)

  • Jiřina Száková

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Assessment of Activated Carbon and Compost for the Remediation of a Mine Impacted Soil

  • Teresa Fresno

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How Soil Amendments Affect Toxic Elements Mobility and Willow Growth in Highly Multi-Contaminated Soil

  • Stanislava Vondráčková

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Various Mechanisms and Effects of Cu and as Release from Strongly Polluted Amended With Sewage Sludge

  • Katarzyna Szopka

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S08 - Risk Assessment and Health Impact: Pathways, Transformation, Bioavailability, Toxicity and Clinical Treatment


Cadmium and Mercury Levels in the Urine of a Belgian Adult Population

  • Catherine Pirard

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The Relationship Between Urinary Metals Concentrations and Oxidative Stress in a Cohort of School Age Children

  • Andrea Hinwood

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To What Extent Agrochemicals Exposure Affects Male Gonads?

  • Armindo Rodrigues

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Chronic Exposure to Indoor Radon in a Hydrothermal Area and DNA Damage in Oral Epithelial Cells

  • Patrícia Garcia

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Lung Bioaccessibility of Metals in Particulate Matter obtained from Geological Samples

  • Gerald Zagury

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Arsenic Induced Skin Lesions and its Association to Inflammatory Cytokines

  • Muntasha Quddus

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Could Consumption of Tea from Street Vendors Pose a Risk for Aluminium Accumulation: a Pilot Study

  • Yogendra Kumar Gupta

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Site-Specific Risk Assessment of Lead in Surface Waters With BLM-Tool PNEC-pro V6

  • Jos P.M. Vink

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Relative Risk Approach: a Methodology for the Ecological Risk Classification of Inorganic Substances

  • Marie-Claude Sauvé

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Trace Elements in Commercial Infant Food: a Simplified Risk Assessment

  • Miguel Izquierdo

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Combining Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment to Derive Remediation Standards for Soil Contaminated by Heavy Metals

  • Deyi Hou

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Multi-Metal Investigation in Groundwater and Saliva in an Area of West Bengal, India

  • Subhamoy Bhowmick

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Water Quality and Metal Exposure Assessment in the Krka River, Karstic Phenomenon and National Park in Croatia

  • Vlatka Filipović Marijić

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Hazard Traffic Lights and Total Hazard Points: Two Legislation-Based Methodologies for Risk Assessment of Materials

  • Gonzalo Rodriguez Garcia

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Characteristics of Pollution and Ecological Risks Associated With Heavy Metals in the Fuyang River in China

  • Yuxi Gao

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Heavy Metal Contents of Food Seasonings and Bouillon Cubes from Aba, Abia State Nigeria

  • Alisachristopher Onyemeziri

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Heavy Metal Contents of Tobacco Leaves and Snuff Products from Southeastern Nigeria

  • Alisachristopher Onyemeziri

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Assessment of Pollution Levels and Human Health Risk of Heavy Metals in Snow Dust (Case Study, Yerevan)

  • Nairuhi Maghakyan

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Study on the Solid-Phase Fractionation of Potentially Toxic Elements in House Dust Within the Human Health Framework

  • Paula Marinho Reis

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Korea National Survey for Environmental Pollutants in the Human Body 2008: Heavy Metals in the Blood Or Urine of the Korean Population

  • Jin Heon Lee

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Mercury Exposure Levels Among Schoolchildren and Related Factors and Health Effect in High Mercury Exposure Areas in Korea

  • Kim Daeseon

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Effects of Blood Lead on Intelligence and Personality in Schoolchildren

  • Daeseon Kim

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Serum Heavy Metal Levels of Residents in the Vicinity of a Petrochemical Complex in Taiwan

  • Yuan Tzu-Hsuen

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S09 - Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment


Metal Pollution Status of Suspended Particulate Matter and the Influence of Anthropogenic Activities of the Deba River Urban Catchment

  • Jon Garcia-Garcia

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Impact of Marine Mercury Cycling on Coastal Atmospheric Mercury

  • Johannes Bieser

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Global Patterns of Mercury Contamination in Cetaceans

  • Maike Sabel

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Mercury Concentration Variation in Different Fish Species of the Gulf of Riga and the Baltic Sea

  • Natalija Suhareva

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Influence of Mercury Concentration on Methylation in Freshwater Sediments from Scottish Canals

  • Olga Cavoura

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Biotic Mercury Methylation in Settling Particles from the Water Column of an Oxic Freshwater System

  • Elena Gascon Diez

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Methylmercury Production by the Gut Microbiota of Herbivorous and Piscivorous Freshwater Fishes from Cazaux-Sanguinet Lake (South-Western France)

  • Elisabeth Carlier

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Molecular Organic Matter Composition Controls Mercury Methylation in Boreal Lake Sediments

  • Andrea Garcia Bravo

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The Impacts of Nutrient Supply on Aquatic Mercury Dynamics and Plankton Methylmercury Concentrations

  • Anne Soerensen

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Impacts of Environmental Change on Methylmercury Bioaccumulation in Marine Ecosystems

  • Amina Schartup

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Function of the Hyporheic Zone in the Cd and Zn Transfer in the BiaŁa Przemsza River Valley

  • Urszula Aleksander-Kwaterczak

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Heavy Metal Contents in Deep Aquifers from the Republic of Moldova

  • Barbara Nisi

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Mercury in Fish from Brazilians River and Reservoirs Hydroelectric Power Plant

  • Luiz Fabricio Zara

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Estimated Loads and Geochemical Baselines of Heavy Metals in Sediments in a Watershed of Northeastern Brazil

  • Francisco Jose de Paula Filho

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Concentrations and Loads of Metals (V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Rb, Y, Zr) from the Cliff Erosion to the Gulf of Gdansk

  • Jacek Bełdowski

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Mercury in the Zoobenthos of the Coastal Zone of the Puck Bay (Southern Baltic Sea)

  • Magdalena Bełdowska

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Metals Forms Distribution in the Surface Waters of the Kola North Under Different Atmospheric Precipitation

  • Marina Dinu

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Monitoring Heavy Metals in Water, Suspended Particulates, Sediment and Clam Flesh at Clam Farms in Coastal Area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  • Nguyen Phuoc Dan

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Zinc in an Oligotrophic Patagonic Lake: Response to a Natural Environmental Disaster in Low Trophic Levels

  • Sergio Ribeiro Guevara

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Methylmercury Production and Associated Microbial Diversity Within an Oligotrophic Temperate Freshwater Lake (Cazaux-Sanguinet Lake, South-Western France)

  • Elisabeth Carlier

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S10 - Diffuse Contamination and Contamination over Large Areas


Sources Contribution to Metal Concentrations in PM2.5 in a Coastal Industrialized Area

  • Pascal Flament

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Inventory of Mercury Emission to Air, Water and Soil in Poland for Year 2014

  • Damian Panasiuk

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Historical Variations of Mercury Stable Isotope Ratios Recorded in High Arctic Snow

  • Christian Zdanowicz

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Role of Forests in the Global Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury

  • Che-Jen Lin

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Landuse Impact on Metals in Stormwater: Mass Loads and Size Fractionation

  • Erica R. McKenzie

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Assesment of Temporal Trends of Trace Metals Over France Between 1996 and 2011: How to Include the Effects of the Protocol and the Geographical Variations?

  • Emeline Lequy

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The Impact of Military Activities on the Concentration of Mercury in Marine Sediments and Soils of Military Training Grounds

  • Jacek Bełdowski

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Does Nitrogen Supply Impact the Cadmium Fluxes to Developing Durum Wheat Grains?

  • Bofang Yan

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First Investigations of Metal Contents and Pb Isotopes in Protected Salt Marsh Sediments (NORTH Sea Coast of France)

  • Françoise Henry

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Assessment of Anthropogenic Trace Metals and Rare Earth Elements in a Subtropical Urban Area (The Danshui System, Taiwan)

  • Antoine Lerat

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Spatial Distribution and Contamination of Heavy Metals in Soils of Arzew Algeria

  • Boudia Hayat

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effects of Annual Precipitation on Heavy Metals in Runoff from Soils in the US Great Plains

  • Moustafa A. Elrashidi

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Grapevine Accumulation of Potentially Toxic Elements from Vineyard Soil

  • Tijana Milićević

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Cadmium Level in Soil, Coarse Fodder, Organs and Tissue of Cattle in West Siberia

  • Valeriy Petukhov

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Can Diffuse Source Analysis Help to Prioritise Chemicals Risk Management for Metals?

  • Hugo Waeterschoot

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Radioisotopes as Indicators of Heavy Metals Translocation in the Environment

  • Piotr Godyń

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Mass-Dependent and -Independent Mercury Isotope Fractionation During Gas-Phase Oxidation of Elemental Mercury Vapor by the Atomic Halogens Cl and Br

  • Jonas Sommar

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Source Identification Using Pb Isotopic Composition: Contamination Fingerprinting in City of Ostrava, Czech Republic

  • Anna Kunčíková

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Optimization of Lead (Pb) Isotopes Measurement Using Quadrupole-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (Q-ICP-MS)

  • Abida Usman

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Systematic Study of Stable Isotope (Hg, C & N) in Bivalves Along the French Coastline: Preliminary Results from the Trococo Project

  • Nicolas Briant

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Lead Chemical and Isotope Characterisation in the Upper Loire River Basin, France

  • Romain Nigris

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Distribution and Isotopic Signature of Pb in the Environment of Arctic Norway

  • Hana Šillerová

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Spatial and Temporal Trends of the Contamination in an Urban Catchment: Coupling Metal Isotope Geochemistry and Radionuclide Chronometers

  • Claire Froger

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Atmospheric Mercury Measurements at Cape Point, South Africa: Latest Trends and Findings

  • Martin Lynwill

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S11 - Bioremediation of Metal Contamination


Environmental Metabarcoding Reveals Contrasting Microbial Communities at Two Poplar Phytomanagement Sites

  • Michel Chalot

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Rhizoremediation of Co-Contaminants Using Australian Native Vegetation

  • Nanthi Bolan

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Combined Approach to Assisted Phytoextraction: Influence of Chelators, Microbial Consortium and Co-Planting

  • Agnieszka Kutrowska

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Phytoremediation of Pb-Contaminated Soils Using Vetiver Grass

  • Behnaz Attaeian

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Phytoremediation and the Fate of Heavy Metals in Digestated Pulp

  • Isaias Emilio Paulino do Carmo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Phytoextraction of Mercury, Arsenic and Lead in Constructed Wetlands Planted With Juncus effusus, Typha Latifolia and Cyperus alternifolius

  • Siday Marrugo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Phytochem: Developing Eco-Innovative Chemical Processes to Valorise Phytoremediation-Borne Biomasses

  • Michel Chalot

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Mercury Uptake Into Poplar Leaves

  • Mohamad Assad

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Arundo Donax L. for Phytostabilization of an Industrial Polluted Soil: Plant Performance and Variations in Soil Biological Fertility

  • Nunzio Fiorentino

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effects of Mixed Cropping Four Herbaceous Plants on the Phytoremediation of Combined Heavy Metal Contamination

  • Dong Ying Bo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Enhancing Phytoremediation Technique in Contaminated Soils Using Novel Biotechnology

  • Alaa El-Din Mohamed Zaghloul

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Endophytic Rhizobacteria and Companion Planting Influence on Efficiency of Assisted Phytoextraction

  • Agnieszka Kutrowska

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Isolation and Characterization of Dark Septate Endophytes: Towards Their Use in the Phytomanagement of Metal-Contamined Sites?

  • Charlotte Berthelot

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Gentle Remediation Options of Copper Contaminated Soils: Aided Phytostabilisation and Phytoextraction

  • Lydie Le Forestier

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Application of a Red Mud Derivate in the Phytostabilisation of Mine Tailings: Effects on Trace Elements Solubility, Speciation and Plant Accumulation

  • Rafael Clemente

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Phytoextraction of Trace Metals With Noccaea caerulescens for Urban Agriculture Development

  • Arnaud Jacobs

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Use of Energy Crop Species for Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites

  • Jacek Krzyżak

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

An Ecotechnological Tool for Cadmium Sequestration Using Waste Stabilization Ponds in India

  • Jayanta Kumar Biswas

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Biological Treatments of Cadmium Contamination Continental Waters With Spirulina platensis (Nordst.) Geitl. Immobilized in Na-Alginate Beads

  • Popescu Tudor

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S12 - Fate of Emerging Elements and Nanoparticles in the Environment


Should nanoparticles be used in sunscreens

  • Brian Gulson

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effects of Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron (nZVI) and Fe2O3 Nanoparticles on Root Hydraulic Conductivity of Solanum Licopersicum

  • Domingo Martínez-Fernández

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Dispersion and Mobility of Technology-Critical Elements in the Aquatic Environment and Sediments of the Flanders Scheldt Estuary

  • Karel Folens

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Distribution and Speciation of Rare Earth Elements in Coal Combustion Byproducts

  • Mengling Stuckman

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Interactions Between Terrestrial Plants and Rare Earth Oxide Nanoparticles

  • Zhiyong Zhang

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Influence of Synthesis Washing Specimen on the Microstructure of Titanate Nanomaterial and its Adsorption Property of Lead(II)

  • Jin Zhang

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Adsorption Characteristics of Hazardous Oxoanions on HDPy-Modified Montmorillonite

  • Wuhui Luo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S13 - Geophysical/geochemical Methods of Soil Pollution Assessment with Airborne Potentially Toxic Elements in problemat


Tracing Metals in Soil by Magnetic Parameters

  • Karl Fabian

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Cross-Variograms of Geochemical, Vertical and Surface Magnetometric Measurements in Areas With Strong Anthropogenic Pressure

  • Piotr Fabijańczyk

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Endmember Analysis of Magnetic Properties of Soils from Norway and Poland

  • Karl Fabian

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Discrimination Between Different Sources of Soil Pollutants Using Magneto-Geochemical Data Set

  • Marcin Szuszkiewicz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Enhancement of Magnetic Susceptibility of Soil Resulting from Resuspension of Dust from a Metallurgical Slag Heap

  • Małgorzata Wawer

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Mapping Heavy Metal Distribution Around the Kozani-Ptolemais Power Plants (Northern Greece) Using Magnetic Parameters of Soils

  • Simo Spassov

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Impact of Iron Mining and Nikel-cupper Metallurgy on Surface Soil Magnetic Susceptibility in Pasvik Valley (Northern Norway)

  • Tadeusz Magiera

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Assessment of Transboundary Metal Deposition from a Copper-Nickel Smelter Complex Using Peat from an Ombrotrophic Bog

  • Sebastian Stefaniak

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Ombrothrophic Peatlands as a Tool for Evaluation of Cumulative Anthropogenic Trace Element Deposition from Long-Range Transport

  • Irena Twardowska

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Poland as a Source Region of Heavy Metal Deposition in Norway as Assessed by Analysis of Peat Cores

  • Eiliv Steinnes

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Determination of Atmospheric Deposition of Arsenic and Selenium Across King George Island (Antarctica) Using Neutron Activation Analysis

  • Tomasz Mróz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Transfer of an Industrial Marker, from Atmosphere to Life

  • Sophie Ayrault

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Evidencing Distant and Local Influences of Industrial and Other Metal Sources in PM2.5 in a Medium City

  • Frederic Ledoux

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Geostatistical Assessment of the Risk of Soil Contamination Using Soil Magnetometry

  • Piotr Fabijańczyk

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Geostatistical Assessment of the Risk of Soil Contamination Using Soil Magnetometry

  • Piotr Fabijańczyk

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Application of Soil Magnetometry for the Soil Pollution Study in Upper Silesia (Southern Poland) in Two Different Scenarios

  • Tadeusz Magiera

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Discriminant Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Depth Soil

  • Young-Tae Jo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Juxtaposing recent and sub-recent magnetic impact records of air pollution – bio- and soil magnetic monitoring in a Belgian harbour area

  • Ynse Declercq

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S14 - Heavy Metals and Biochar Interactions


Copper-Accumulation in Vineyard Soils as Consequence of Fungicide Applications - Biochar as Rescue?

  • Gerhard Soja

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Biochar and Iron Sulfate as Amendments for an As and Cu Contaminated Soil

  • Teresa Fresno

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Potential of Biochar Derived from Pig Manure for Cd Stabilization and Improved Plant Yield

  • Christophe Loix

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Biochar Reduces the Release of Heavy Metals Under Dynamic Redox Conditions in Contaminated Wetland Soils

  • Joerg Rinklebe

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Biochar as an Amendment for the Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil

  • Reinhart Van Poucke

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effect of Different Biochar to Reduce Metal(loid)s Availability in Contaminated Mining Soils and to Promote Poplar Growth

  • Sylvain Bourgerie

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Application of a British Hardwood Biochar in Soil Remediation

  • Zhengtao Shen

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Remediation of Extremely Contaminated Soil With Cd, Pb and Zn Using Biochar – 3 Years Experiment

  • Katerina Brendova

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Removing of Metal(loid)s from Aqueous Solution Using Biochar and its Modifications

  • Lukas Trakal

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Valorisation of By-Products and Biochar to Reduce Arsenic and Copper Mobility in Contaminated Soils

  • Rebeca Manzano

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Sorption of Heavy Metals on Modified Biochars for Soil Remediation

  • Reinhart Van Poucke

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effects of a Biochar Amendment to Improve the Physicochemical Characteristics of a Former Mine Extraction Soil Contaminated Mainly by Pb and As and to Enhance the Growth of Three Willow Species

  • Sylvain Bourgerie

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S15 - Records of Anthropogenic Contamination


Assessment of Historical Trace Metals Contamination Along a River-Estuarine-Coastal Gradient in Sediment Cores from the Garonne-Gironde System (France)

  • Alexandra Coynel

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Mercury Contamination and Bacterial Activity Downstream of a Chlor-Alkali Plant in the Olt River

  • Claudia Cosio

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Novel EDTA-Based Method of Washing Pb Contaminated Soils: Hazard Mitigation and Sustainable Soil Use

  • Domen Lestan

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Historical Perspective on the Hazards of Environmental Heavy Metals Contamination of Sediments of the Odra River Valley (Poland/Germany)

  • Aleksandra Ibragimow

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Distribution of Sediment-Associated Metals in a Relatively Pristine Watershed Following the Catastrophic Failure of a Mine Tailings Storage Facility in British Columbia, Canada

  • Philip N. Owens

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Worst Brazilian Environmental Disaster Altered the Distribution of Metals in Water at the Doce River Estuary and Marine Region

  • Renato Neto

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Chromium Contamination of Water Due to Ni Mines, New-Caledonia

  • Peggy Gunkel-Grillon

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Distribution of Mercury, Antimony and Arsenic in the Shallow Groundwater System from the Former Hg-Mining Areas of Abbadia San Salvatore (Tuscany, Central Italy)

  • Orlando Vaselli

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Control of Metals from Energy and Industrial Sources

  • Jozef M. Pacyna

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Assessment of Vertical Contamination of Cd, Pb and Zn in Soils Around a Former Ore Smelter in Wallonia, Belgium

  • Amandine Liénard

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Surficial Soil Contamination Around a Zinc Processing Factory

  • David Dumoulin

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Transfer of Trace Metals Between Air, Soil and Cacao Beans in Areas Impacted by Oil Activities in Ecuador

  • Fiorella Barraza

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Chronology of Metal Pollution in Golden Horn Estuary Istanbul, Derived from 210Pb and 137Cs Dating

  • Murat Belivermiş

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

From Iron Ore to Ecotoxiological Impacts: One Thousand Years of Manganese History

  • Frederic Gimbert

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Main Source and Sink of Mercury in a Catchment of Wanshan Hg Mining Area, Guizhou

  • Zhihui Dai

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Research on the Migration Simulation of Heavy Metal Cr, Pb and Zn in Soil of Mining Area

  • Jihong Dong

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Trace Metals in Mangrove Soils in the Subaé River Basin, Bahia, Brazil

  • Marcela Reboucas

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Adsorption of Heavy Metals on Road-Deposited Sediment: Kinetic and Isotherm Investigations

  • Jin Zhang

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Natural Attenuation of Arsenate-Contaminated River Impacted by Acid Mine Drainages: Characterization of Suspended Particulate Matters

  • Keiko Sasaki

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Integrated Assessment of Lead in Soil from a Battery-Disposal Site Before Remediation

  • Paola Adamo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Heavy Metals Distribution of Artemisia argyi Grown in Indigenous Zinc Smelting Slag

  • Yishu Peng

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Potentially Harmful Elements in Breakages of Glazed Tiles from Three Sites in Lithuania

  • Ričardas Taraškevičius

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Acid Rains and Behavior of Heavy Metals in Geochemical Technogenic Area

  • Yury G. Tatsy

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Distribution of Thallium in Scots Pine from a Pyrite Mining and Smelting Area, South China

  • Juan Liu

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

5500 Years of Lead Deposition Recorded in Staroselskii Moch, an Ombrotrophic Peat Bog in Nw Russia

  • Tatiana Pampura

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Leaching of Lead (Pb) in Abandoned Mine Soil in Column Leaching Experiment

  • Nguyen Xuan Phuc

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S16 - Interactions of Biota with Metals


Heavy Metals in the Mallard Anas platyrhynchos from Eastern Austria

  • Christof Plessl

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Samples of Biota Growing in the Forest Areas of Southern and North Eastern Poland in the Years 2014-2015

  • Maria Zielińska

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Combined Exposure to Metal Mixtures and Predator Stress: Sublethal Effects on Asellus aquaticus

  • Marjolein Van Ginneken

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Isotope Ratio Indicators for the Source of Lead Poisoning in Mute Swans

  • Łukasz Binkowski

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

A Report of Heavy Metal and Porphyrins Levels in Penguins

  • Winfred E. Espejo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Trace Metals Enroute Wastewater and Their Toxicity to Marine Fish Using Gaussian Model

  • Ah Bu-Olayan

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Arsenic Biotransformation by Microcystis Aeruginosa Under Different Nitrogen and Phosphate Levels

  • Changzhou Yan

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Silver Accumulation in Chironomid Larvae in Relation to Their Ecological Preferences in an Ultraoligotrophic Lake

  • Sergio Ribeiro Guevara

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Calcium Concentration in Muscle Longissimus Thoracis and Meat Tendernes of Nellore Cattle

  • José Cavalcante Souza Vieira

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Mercury Fractionation in Tucunaré (Cichla spp) and Filhote (Brachyplathystoma filamentosum) from Brazilian Amazon

  • José Cavalcante Souza Vieira

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Metallomic Study of Hg in Muscle Tissue of Jaraqui

  • João Vitor de Queiroz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effects of Spinosad on Vitellogenin Expression in the Cadmium-Selected Beet Armyworm Strain

  • Maria Augustyniak

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Evaluation of the Immune System of Female Steatoda grossa (Theridiidae) Spider Exposed to Food Contaminated With Copper

  • Monika Stalmach

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Stress Markers in the Beet Armyworm from Control and Cadmium Starins Exposed to Additional Stressors

  • Monika Tarnawska

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Mercury Cadmium and Selenium in Liver and Muscle of Mediterranean Spearfish

  • Stefania Ancora

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Heavy Metal Resistance in Bacteria Isolated from Humboldt Penguin (Speniscus humboldti) Excreta

  • Winfred E. Espejo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S17 - Interactions of Plants with Metals


Effects of Selenium on the Uptake and Speciation of Mercury in Plants and Further in the Food Chains

  • Anja Kavcic

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Cell Wall as Shield Against Cadmium Toxicity: Proteome Changes in Alfalfa Stems Exposed to Cadmium

  • Annelie Gutsch

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Bioconcentration of Mercury by Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) from Southern Nigeria

  • Nnorom Innocent Chidi

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effect of Sulfur Application on Soil Copper Forms

  • Christos Tsadilas

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Multivariate Data of Trace Elements in Mushroom Sarcodon imbricatus

  • Martyna Saba

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Some Metallic Elements and Arsenic in Medicinal Wolfiporia extensa from Polymetallic Soils

  • Martyna Saba

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Radioactive Caesium in Cortinarius caperatus Mushrooms

  • Jerzy Falandysz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Mercury in Unprocessed and Household Processed Mushrooms

  • Jerzy Falandysz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Cadmium Leaching from a Household Treated Chantharelles and Cadmium Uptake from the Chantharelles in a Meal

  • Jerzy Falandysz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Trace Elements Composition of Boletus Mushrooms from the Province of Yunnan, China

  • Martyna Saba

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Variability in Grain Cadmium Concentration Among Durum Wheat Cultivars: Impact of Aboveground Biomass Partitioning

  • Jean-Yves Cornu

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Imaging Radiocesium Movements in Intact Plants

  • Naoki Kawachi

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Ros-Medited Copper Toxicity in Rye Varieties

  • Krzysztof Gediga

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Accumulation of Compounds Heavy Metal by Fussy Mathematic Evaluation and the Antioxidant Enzymes Activities in Five Species of Terrestrial Plants

  • Hai Lin

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Heavy Metal Effects on the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a Gene Transcription Study

  • Nikos Lydakis-Simantiris

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Accumulation of Mercury in Different Rice Genotypes Cultivated in Soils from the Region of La Mojana, Colombia

  • Siday Marrugo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Spatio-Temporal Analyses of 100 Year Heavy Metals Pollution in the Watarase River and Biological Responses of Japanese Dace, Tribolodon hakonensis

  • Shosaku Kashiwada

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Desferrioxamine B vs. EDTA for Improving the Phytoextraction of Metals by Sunflower

  • Jean-Yves Cornu

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Multi-Metal Resistance and Plant Growth Promotion Potential of a Wastewater Bacteria and its Synergistic Benefits

  • Jayanta Kumar Biswas

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Plant-Microbe Symbiotic System Based on Cadmium Tolerant Pea Mutant, Mycorrhizal Fungus, Rhizobia and PGPR

  • Andrey Belimov

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Cadmium-Induced Effects on Endoreduplication in Leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Sophie Hendrix

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Root-Applied Glutathione Inhibits Cadmium Translocation from Roots to Shoots Selectively in Oil Seed Rape Plants

  • Shin-ichi Nakamura

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Demethylation of Methylmercury in Growing Rice: an Evidence of Rice Self-Detoxification for Hg Pollution?

  • Jiating Zhao

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Increased Temperature Enhances Photosynthesis and Inhibits Copper Uptake in E. siliculosus

  • Alex Santillan-Sarmiento

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Localization and Bioavailability of Mercury and Selenium in Edible Mushrooms Boletus edulis and Scutiger pes-caprae

  • Katarina Vogel-Mikus

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Noninvasive Imaging of Zinc Movement in an Intact Plant Using 65Zn

  • Nobuo Suzui

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effects of the Exogenous Glycinebetaine on Photosynthetic Apparatus in Cucumber Leaves Challenging Al Stress

  • Piotr Stepien

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Unraveling Aspects Related To Tolerance Of Tomato Accessions Under Cadmium-Induced Stress

  • Marcia Carvalho

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

An Empirical Model To Predict Cadmium Concentrations in Cultivated Spinach

  • Filip M. G. Tack

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S18 - Advances in Analytical Tools and Speciation Analysis


Mercury Isotopic Analysis Via Cold Vapor Generation - Multi-Collector-ICP-Mass Spectrometry as a Key Tool for Evaluating Pollution in Marine Ecosystems

  • Ana Rua Ibarz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Exploring New Sensors Based on Functionalized Membranes for Mercury Monitoring in Aquatic Environments

  • Claudia Fontas

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Tandem ICP-Mass Spectrometry With Chemical Resolution: an Ideal Tool for the Determination of Ultra-Trace Concentrations of Metals and Metalloids in Environmental Samples

  • Eduardo Bolea Fernandez

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effects of Selective Extraction Schemes on Redox-Sensitive Sb: Implications for Environmental Quantitative Sb Radionuclide Dispersion Scenarios

  • Teba Gil-Díaz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Task Specific Ionic Liquids for Solvent Bar Micro-Extraction of Heavy Metals

  • Jose Antonio Lopez-Lopez

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

A New Approach for Sampling and Monitoring of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Urban Runoff by Means of Passive Sampler Sorbicell

  • Md Tariqul Islam Shajib

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Factorial Design for Method Development Aiming at Selenium Determination in Broccoli Parts by GFAAS

  • Daiane Placido Torres

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Analysis of Selected Mercury Compounds in Environmental Samples Using Thermo-Desorption Technique

  • Saniewska Dominika

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Determination of Trace Elements in the Open Ocean: Method Validation

  • Emiliya Vasileva-Veleva

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Factors That Influenced Drying Procedure of the Samples Intended for Trace Metals Analyses

  • Magdalena Semla

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

High Resolution ICP-OES: a Powerful Diagnostic Tool for Nuclear Forensic Studies

  • Krachler Michael

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Application of APDC for Separation of Chromium, Thallium and Arsenic Forms from Water Samples - Preliminary Results

  • Natalia Ospina-Alvarez

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S19 - Waste Streams and Secondary Resources


Heavy Metals and the Beneficial Reuse of Biowastes

  • Brett Robinson

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Life Cycle Assessment of Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment: a Review

  • Gonzalo Rodriguez-Garcia

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Effect of Energy Grass Additions on Methane Production and Heavy Metal Fractionation During Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge

  • Changming Yang

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Shape-dependent Adsorption of Selenium and Tellurium by MIIFe2O4

  • Weiyi Pan

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Magnetic Chrysotile Nanotubes Modified With pH-Sensitive Poly(methacrylic Acid) for Enhanced Uptake of Cu(II) Ions

  • Simo Pehkonen

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Heavy Metal Extraction from Aqueous Solutions Using Ionic Liquids Immobilized in Polypropylene and Polyvinyl Alcohol Beads

  • Marko Klaic

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Properties of Mercury in Gypsum Studied by Mass Spectrometry Technique in Development of Methodologies for Safe Secondary Use Or Disposal of Gypsum

  • Majda Pavlin

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Increasing Phytomining Efficiency on Waste Incineration Bottom Ash

  • Theresa Rosenkranz

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Studying Zn Sorption on Clays in the Context of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste

  • Liesbeth Van Laer

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Bioremediation of Soil Irrigated With Sewage Effluent Benefitting New Kinetic Tactics

  • Alaa El-Din Mohamed Zaghloul

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Fate of Heavy Metals in Anaerobic Digestion Process

  • Ivona Sigurnjak

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

The Analysis of the Transition Metal Contents of Leached Out Bottom Ash

  • Tom de Wolf

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Grouping of Radionuclides in the Belgian Geological Disposal Concept for Radioactive Waste

  • Benny de Blochouse

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Trace Metal Distribution and Mobility in Drill Cuttings from Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction

  • Mengling Stuckman

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Stability and Immobilizing Potential of Novel Surface-Modified Amorphous Manganese Oxide

  • Zuzana Michalkova

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Impact of Scrap Tyre Dumps on Soil Contamination

  • Inmaculada Valverde-Asenjo

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Thermodynamic Study of Mercury Containing Waste by Pyrolysis

  • Yailen Busto Yera

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S20 - Bioindication and Biomonitoring (B&B) Technologies for Observing the Environment


The Biological System of Elements - Beneficial, Essential and Toxicological Effects of Chemical Elements Revisited

  • Bernd Markert

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Biomonitoring Long-Term and Large-Scale Deposition of Pollutants Based on Moss Analyses

  • Marina Frontasyeva

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Metal Contamination Monitoring With Aquatic Bryophytes: Impact of an Abandoned Mine Site on the River Merse (Central Italy)

  • Fabrizio Monaci

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Urban Green as Indicator of Metal Pollution

  • Ana Castanheiro

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Microscopical Analysis of Particulate Matter Intercepted by Moss-Bags in Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Areas of Three EU Countries

  • Simonetta Giordano

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Concentrations of Heavy Metals in Moss as Indicators for Atmospheric Deposition

  • Winfried Schröder

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Investigating Role of Phragmites australis as Heavy Metals Pollution Indicator in Dez River, Iran

  • Farzad Veysanlu

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Integrative Assessment of Data Measured by Biomonitoring and Calculated by Use of Models Indicating Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals

  • Stefan Nickel

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Biomonitoring of Metals by Using Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in Rehabilitated Estuary: Golden Horn

  • Murat Belivermiş

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

S21 - Spatial and Temporal Changes in Environmental Contamination


Trends of Atmospheric Trace Elements at a Sub-Arctic Site Pallas in Finland in 1996-2014

  • Katriina Kyllönen

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Sedimentary Record of Anthropogenic Metal Inputs in the Tuzla Shipyard (Turkey)

  • Erol Sari

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Quantifying Present and Future Mercury Deposition and Bioaccumulation to Rice in China

  • Sae Yun Kwon

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Atmospheric Speciation of Mercury at Ny-Ålesund

  • Torunn Berg

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment

Emissions, Controls and Isotope Signatures of Hg from Coal-Fired Power Plants in Southern China

  • Zhonggen Li

2016 • Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment