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:Plachimada, India: [http://www.indiaresource.org/documents/PlachimadaReportWaterPollution.pdf] | :Plachimada, India: [http://www.indiaresource.org/documents/PlachimadaReportWaterPollution.pdf] | ||
*statistics on Pb, Cd, Cr levels in well water surrounding a Coca-Cola plant (2006) | :**statistics on Pb, Cd, Cr levels in well water surrounding a Coca-Cola plant (2006) | ||
*pictures too :) | :**pictures too :) | ||
*Heavy Metal Limits | *Heavy Metal Limits |
Revision as of 08:13, 27 June 2007
Reviews
- A Good Overview (though slightly back-dated): Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and soil by trace metals [1]
- A summary of Pollutants from the EPA [2]
Cadmium
- MCL: 5 ppb
- MCLG: 5 ppb
- Known Carcinogen
- Cadmium Contamination Sites
- Ishihara T, Kobayashi E, Okubo Y, Suwazono Y, Kido T, Nishijyo M, Nakagawa H, and Nogawa K. Association between cadmium concentration in rice and mortality in the Jinzu River basin, Japan. Toxicology. 2001 May 28;163(1):23-8. DOI:10.1016/s0300-483x(01)00367-5 |
- Plachimada, India: [3]
- statistics on Pb, Cd, Cr levels in well water surrounding a Coca-Cola plant (2006)
- pictures too :)
- Heavy Metal Limits
- Staessen JA, Lauwerys RR, Ide G, Roels HA, Vyncke G, and Amery A. Renal function and historical environmental cadmium pollution from zinc smelters. Lancet. 1994 Jun 18;343(8912):1523-7. DOI:10.1016/s0140-6736(94)92936-x |
- Satarug S, Baker JR, Urbenjapol S, Haswell-Elkins M, Reilly PE, Williams DJ, and Moore MR. A global perspective on cadmium pollution and toxicity in non-occupationally exposed population. Toxicol Lett. 2003 Jan 31;137(1-2):65-83. DOI:10.1016/s0378-4274(02)00381-8 |