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Hypothetical Thresholds for Effects of Platinum Group Elements 铂族元素影响的假设阈值

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2019-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V8N1P39

G. Bengtsson

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引用次数: 3

Exploring the Nexus among Environmental Pollution, Economic Growth Energy Use and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub Sahara Africa 探讨撒哈拉以南非洲地区环境污染、经济增长、能源利用和外国直接投资之间的关系

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2019-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V8N1P54

Max William Ssali, Jianguo Du, I. A. Mensah, Duncan O. Hongo

{"title":"Exploring the Nexus among Environmental Pollution, Economic Growth Energy Use and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub Sahara Africa","authors":"Max William Ssali, Jianguo Du, I. A. Mensah, Duncan O. Hongo","doi":"10.5539/EP.V8N1P54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/EP.V8N1P54","url":null,"abstract":"This research seeks to enhance the current literature by exploring the nexus among environmental contamination, economic growth, energy use and foreign direct investment in 6 Selected Sub-Saharan-African-nations for a time of 34 years (1980-2014). By applying, panel unit root (CADF and CIPS, Cross-sectional independence test), panel cointegration (Pedroni and Kao cointegration test, Panel PP, Panel ADF), Hausman poolability test and an auto-regressive distributed lag procedure in view of the pooled mean group estimation (ARDL/PMG), experimental findings discloses that alluding to the related probability values, the null hypothesis of cross-sectional independence for all variables is rejected because they are not stationary at levels but rather stationary at their first difference. The variables are altogether integrated at the same order I(1). Findings revealed that there is a confirmation of a bi-directional causality between energy use and CO2 in the short-run as well as one-way causality running from energy use to CO2 in the long run. There is additionally a significant positive outcome and uni-directional causality from CO2 to foreign direct investment in the long-run yet no causal relationship in the short-run. An increase in energy use by 1% causes an increase in CO2 by 49%. An increase in economic growth by 1% causes an increment in CO2 by 16% and an increase in economic growth squared by 1% diminish CO2 by 46%. The positive and negative impact of economic growth and its square approve the EKC theory. To guarantee sustainable economic development Goal, more strict laws like sequestration ought to be worked out, use of sustainable power source ought to be stressed. GDP ought to be multiplied to diminish CO2 by the utilization of eco-technology for instance carbon capturing, to save lives and also to maintain a green environment.","PeriodicalId":11724,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89303249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Reply to the Readership regarding Ilgren & Hoskins (2018) Anthophyllite Mesothelioma Articles 回复读者对Ilgren & Hoskins(2018)花青体间皮瘤文章的意见

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2019-02-11 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V8N1P32

E. Ilgren

引用次数: 0

Anthophyllite Asbestos: The Role of Fiber Width in Mesothelioma Induction. Part 4: Mechanistic Considerations regarding the Failure to Observe Anthophyllite Asbestos Mesotheliomas in Humans 花青石石棉:纤维宽度在间皮瘤诱导中的作用。第4部分:关于未能观察到人类花石石棉间皮瘤的机制考虑

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2018-12-11 DOI: 10.5539/ep.v8n1p18

E. Ilgren, J. Hoskins

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引用次数: 1

Anthophyllite Asbestos: The Role of Fiber Width in Mesothelioma Induction. Part 3: Studies of American and Japanese Anthophyllite Asbestos – Additional Supportive Evidence 花青石石棉:纤维宽度在间皮瘤诱导中的作用。第3部分:美国和日本花青石石棉的研究-额外的支持性证据

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2018-12-11 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V8N1P1

E. Ilgren, J. Hoskins

引用次数: 6

Characteristics of Organophosphate Ester Formation during Smoking 吸烟过程中有机磷酸酯形成的特征

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2018-09-29 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V7N2P32

H. Shimazu

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Hypothetical Strategies to Reduce the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Mobile Sources on the Orizaba Valley 减少Orizaba山谷移动源温室气体排放的假设策略

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2018-09-29 DOI: 10.5539/ep.v7n2p42

Joaquín Pinto-Espinoza, Adán Reyes-Pavón, Marco A. Benítez-Espíndola, Gustavo Alvarado-Kinnell, A. Bello-ramírez

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Different Varieties of Rice (Oryza sativa) from Yobe State, Nigeria 尼日利亚约贝州不同品种水稻(Oryza sativa)中的多环芳烃

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2018-09-24 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V7N2P21

J. Akan, Joshua Yohanna Dawa, L. I. Bukar, Z. Muhammed

{"title":"Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Different Varieties of Rice (Oryza sativa) from Yobe State, Nigeria","authors":"J. Akan, Joshua Yohanna Dawa, L. I. Bukar, Z. Muhammed","doi":"10.5539/EP.V7N2P21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/EP.V7N2P21","url":null,"abstract":"The present study determined the levels of sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in rice (Oryza Sativa) samples from six agricultural locations in Bade and Karasuwa Local Government Areas, Yobe State, Nigeria. Four varieties of rice (FARO 42, 44, 45 and 52) were collected for this study. The concentrations of PAHs in the study rice samples were lower than the maximum allowable concentration (MAC), average daily dose (ADD) of PAHs in the different variety of rice from the six agricultural locations shows that FARO 44 had the highest ADD (5.84 x1011 mg/kg), while FARO 52 shows the lowest ADD (1.20 x1015 mg/kg). The potential for non-carcinogenic PAHs in this study revealed that FARO 42 has the highest hazard index (2.04 x1011 mg/kg). Result from incremental lifetime expectancy cancer risk shows that FARO 44 from Jawa had the highest value (4.19 x1010 mg/kg), while the lowest value (7.61 x1015 mg/kg) was recorded for FARO 52 from Rina Kuna agricultural location. Results from the present study shows that the rice samples from the study locations are safe for human consumption and not significantly contaminated by PAHs.","PeriodicalId":11724,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77197299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Assessment of a Woodstove Changeout Program on PM2.5 Levels in Keene, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 美国新罕布夏州基恩市柴火炉更换计划对PM2.5浓度的评估

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2018-09-13 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V7N2P11

T. Garceau

{"title":"Assessment of a Woodstove Changeout Program on PM2.5 Levels in Keene, New Hampshire, U.S.A.","authors":"T. Garceau","doi":"10.5539/EP.V7N2P11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/EP.V7N2P11","url":null,"abstract":"In local airsheds, wood smoke from residential woodstoves is a major source of PM2.5 pollution. Exposure to PM2.5 can cause a variety of health problems and complications. Communities situated in valleys that experience cold winters are especially susceptible to poor air quality during inversion events on calm winter nights. Keene, New Hampshire, USA is one such community where the widespread use of outdated residential woodstoves frequently resulted in PM2.5 exceeding national standards. Seeking to improve air quality, the City of Keene partnered with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services from 2009-2010 to facilitate a woodstove changeout program which replaced 86 inefficient woodstoves with newer or alternate heating appliances. Despite the fact that many U.S. communities have enacted similar programs, research on their effectiveness is limited. This research assessed Keene’s program and determined that Keene has experienced a significant reduction in PM2.5 on calm winter nights. When winds are below 2 miles per hour (3.22 kilometers per hour), PM2.5 dropped 7% to 52% (1.28 to 7.30 µg/m3) after the woodstove changeout; a mean decrease of 23%. It therefore appears that Keene’s woodstove changeout program successfully improved air quality on the nights that are most likely to violate national air quality standards. This provides evidence that such programs can be an effective means to moderating the effects of wood heating in communities susceptible to inversions.","PeriodicalId":11724,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90424901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stability and Maturity of Different Poultry Manures and Potential Utilization for Horticultural Production 不同禽粪的稳定性、成熟度及其在园艺生产中的潜在利用

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V7N2P1

M. Mataa, Namakau Manzi, K. Munyinda

{"title":"Stability and Maturity of Different Poultry Manures and Potential Utilization for Horticultural Production","authors":"M. Mataa, Namakau Manzi, K. Munyinda","doi":"10.5539/EP.V7N2P1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/EP.V7N2P1","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluated stability, maturity and the efficacy of different poultry litter for possible use in container plant production. Three types of poultry manure- Battery cage (BC), Deep litter (DL) and Free range (FR) were used, with Kraal manure (KM) as a comparison. The experiment was set up as a Split- split design with 6 replications. Composting period was main plot, poultry manure type the split plot and mixing ratio as the split- split plot. The litter was mixed with garden soil in 2 ratios (3:1 and 1:1 soil: manure ratio) and tested for up to 12 weeks. Rape (Brassica napus) was used as a bioassay for maturity, which was determined at 1 month, 2 months and 3 months. The pH declined slightly from 7 to about 6 for all treatments except for the kraal manure. Respiration trends were similar to electrical conductivity. Within 2 weeks of curing the respiration rate for all manures declined to below 4 mg CO2- C/ kg. At the end of 12 weeks curing Battery cage had highest total nitrogen (2.32 %), followed by Free range (1.25 %), Deep litter (0.73 %) and Kraal manure was lowest at 0.35 %). Maturity (rape survival) increased with compositing time. After 3 months of curing Kraal manure had highest survivability of rape. The DL at 1:1 ratio had the lowest survival of 67%. At 12 weeks except for BC at 3:1 all treatments had 100 % survival. The results showed that nitrogen rich manures (DL and BC) needed longer curing in order for them to reach maturity.","PeriodicalId":11724,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87175288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4