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Toxicity of wood leachate to algae Desmodesmus subspicatus and plant Lemna minor
Wood is one of the extensively used goods on the earth due to its large accessibility and usage in a wide range of human life. When woods are exposed to aquatic media, leachates are generated which may affect ...
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Microplastic fibers influence Ag toxicity and bioaccumulation in Eisenia andrei but not in Enchytraeus crypticus
Microplastic fibers (MF) are released from synthetic textiles during washing and end up in the wastewater. Similarly, silver nanoparticles (AgNP), incorporated in textiles as antimicrobial agents, are released...
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Recycled high impact polypropylene in the automotive industry - mechanical and environmental properties
The use of recycled plastics remains an open issue. The common opinion being that recycled plastics have better environmental profile but worse mechanical properties. But is it really so? Various studies show ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
High Impact Polypropylene Recycling – Mechanical Resistance and LCA Case Study with Improved Efficiency by Preliminary Sensitivity Analysis
Life Cycle Inventory is one of the longest part of the LCA and yet we cannot always get all the necessary data. This study is a methodological point of view on getting a quality results from a case study of p...
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Effect of Heavy Metals on Inhibition of Root Elongation in 23 Cultivars of Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)
The effect of toxic metals on seed germination was studied in 23 cultivars of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.). Toxicity of cadmium, cobalt, copper, zinc, nickel, lead, chromium, and arsenic at five different concen...
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Phytotoxicity tests of solid wastes and contaminated soils in the Czech Republic
The purpose of this study was to compare the suitability of different phytotoxicity testing procedures for the evaluation of toxicity associated with both soil contamination and solid wastes, both of which can...
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Efficiency assessment of wastewater treatment plant based on SPMD sampling
The efficiency of treatment processes forboth municipal and industrial wastewater (treatment plant-Ostrava, Czech Republic) focused on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) was assessed. Semipermeable membrane ...
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Toxicological evaluation of exposed SPMD membranes
This article is focused on bioassay evaluation of exposed SPMDs. Toxicity testing of SPMD extract is a suitable complementary parameter to chemical analysis. Vtox as an integrative parameter describing toxic prop...
