Bacterial response to antimony and arsenic contamination ...

1.Introduction. Antimony (Sb) and arsenic (As) are two toxic metalloids that belong to group 15 of the periodic table. As is one of the most toxic elements, even in trace amounts and, is ubiquitously present in the environment at low levels (Matschullat, 2000).Sb has been classified as a suspected carcinogen (Gebel, 1997; Hammel et al., 2000) as well as a pollutant of major concern by …

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Public Health Goal - California Office of Environmental ...

Sb/L), antimony ions will nonetheless be liberated from dissolved diantimony trioxide over time, albeit at a slower rate than the more soluble antimony compounds such as antimony chlorides. The report notes that the toxicity of antimony is expected to be exerted through its ions and, "In the environment, antimony. .

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Special Issue: Antimony in the environment.

This special section includes 8 papers entitled: (1) Antimony in the environment: knowns and unknowns; (2) Antimony in the soil-plant system - a review; (3) Ecological threshold concentrations for antimony in water and soil; (4) Clarification of the predominant emission sources of antimony in airborne particulate matter and estimation of their effects on the atmosphere in Japan; (5)...

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CSIRO PUBLISHING | Environmental Chemistry

Foreword to the Research Front on 'Antimony – Environmental Issues to Human Health'. M. Filella A and B. Daus B. + Author Affiliations. - Author Affiliations. A Institute F.-. A. Forel, University of Geneva. B UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Leipzig. Environmental Chemistry 13 (6) i ...

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(PDF) Minor, Critical and Strategic: Antimony

Antimony is a silvery, white, brittle, crystalline solid that exhibits poor conductivity of electricity and heat. It has an atomic number of 51, an atomic weight of 122 and a density of 6,697 kg ...

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Developmental neurotoxicity of antimony (Sb) in the early ...

Accumulating studies have revealed the toxicity of antimony (Sb) to soil-dwelling and aquatic organisms at the individual level. However, little is known about the neurotoxic effects of antimony and its underlying mechanisms. To assess this issue, we investigated the neurotoxicity of antimony (0, 200, 400, 600 and 800 mg/L) in zebrafish embryos.

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Antimony and compounds | National Pollutant Inventory

Antimony ores occur naturally in the earth's crust. Volcanoes can release antimony oxides into the environment. Antimony is a common component of coal and petroleum. Transport sources. Emissions result from vehicle exhaust. Consumer products. Products such as plastics, textiles, rubber, adhesives, pigments and paper.

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Spatial Distribution and Environmental Risk of Arsenic and ...

Large amounts of As and Sb resources are located in southwest China (He et al. 2019).Thus, the background values of As and Sb in southwest China are relatively high (Tian et al. 2014).Arsenic and Sb pollution is a serious issue due to the existence of many large-scale antimony mining activities in china (Hu et al. 2016).The Qinglong antimony mine is situated in Qinglong county, …

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Geochemical behaviors of antimony in mining-affected water ...

Antimony (Sb) is a harmful element, and Sb pollution is one of the typical environmental issues in China, meaning that understanding of the geochemical behaviors of Sb is the key to control the fate of environmental Sb pollution. Sb tends to migrate in soluble form in the water-sediment system, but the fate of dissolved Sb is poorly known.

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Antimony - Environmental Effects, Health Effects ...

The Antimony symbol is, Sb, and the antimony atomic number is 51. Environmental Effects of Antimony. Antimony, an SB element, and chemical element found in soils, air, and water in minimal amounts. It mainly pollutes soils. It can travel through groundwater with greater distances towards other surface waters and locations.

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Antimony in the environment: knowns and unknowns | Archive ...

Environmental Chemistry. 2009, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 95-105 Abstract The objective of the present article is to present a critical overview of issues related to the current state of knowledge on the behaviour of antimony in the environment. It makes no attempt to systematically review all published data.

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Antimony in the environment : knowns and unknowns ...

The objective of the present article is to present a critical overview of issues related to the current state of knowledge on the behaviour of antimony in the environment. It makes no attempt to systematically review all published data.

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Screening assessment antimony-containing substances ...

Synopsis. Pursuant to section 74 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have conducted a screening assessment of 11 substances referred to collectively as the Antimony-containing Substances Group. Substances in this group were identified as priorities for assessment as they met categorization criteria under ...

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A review of the environmental chemical behavior, detection ...

3.Antimony in environment 3.1.Occurrence forms of antimony. Antimony is located in the VA group of the 5th period of the periodic table of elements, and there are four valence states (Sb(-III), Sb(0), Sb(III) and Sb(V)) (Filella et al., 2002a).In the surface environment and biological media, antimony usually exists in the form of Sb(III) and Sb(V) (Filella et al., 2002a).

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Antimony in the New Zealand environment

Antimony in the New Zealand environment Dave Craw Geology Department University ofOtago Dunedin, New Zealand Antimony minerals and Sb environmental mobility ... New Zealand has potential As issues in deeper, slower-flowing groundwater aquifers Sb is less likely to be an issue because of lower background Sb in rocks.

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Antimony - Toxic-Free Future

Antimony is a naturally occurring metal often used in combination with lead and zinc, found in metal alloys, paints, ceramics, and fireworks. It is also used as a catalyst to produce polyester, and is found in plastics used for disposable beverage bottles. The most widely used antimony compound is antimony trioxide, used as a component in flame retardant applications.

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Antimony and Its Effects on the Components of …

Nowadays, one of the environmental issues is pollution of soil, water and plants resources with heavy metals. Antimony (Sb) is one of the most dangerous heavy metals, which by accumulation in the plant and animal tissues and transmission to the food …

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A review of the environmental chemical behavior, detection ...

Antimony (Sb), a toxic metalloid element, is located in the Group VA of the fifth period of the periodic table of elements. At present, with the wide use of antimony containing products in the world and the corresponding mining activities, a large number of antimony containing waste generated in these processes has also been released to the environment, resulting in antimony pollution has ...

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Product Restrictions - International Antimony Association

A number of product restrictions apply on Antimony, based on its known emetic and gastric irritation properties. However, Antimony is either present in very small (trace) concentrations in consumer products and/or not migrating out of such products in any concerning concentrations. Antimony has however been 'dragged' into a number of restrictions due to its practical… Read More »Product ...

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CSIRO PUBLISHING | Environmental Chemistry

Environmental context Antimony (Sb) contamination from mining is an emergent environmental issue, and there is an urgent need for the development of effective water treatment technology. This study reports a complete Sb remediation strategy using granular titanium dioxide as the adsorbent, and describes adsorbent manufacture, Sb adsorptive removal and regeneration of the …

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The exposure to and health effects of antimony

Context: This minireview describes the health effects of antimony exposure in the workplace and the environment. Aim: To collate information on the consequences of occupational and environmental exposure to antimony on physiological function and well-being. Methods: The criteria used in the current minireview for selecting articles were adopted from proposed criteria in The International ...

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Antimony resistance and environment: Elusive links to ...

The identification of key molecules involved in the selection of antimony resistance and their importance in the selective process have to be re-evaluated in light of the environment were all the hosts of Leishmania (mammalian and arthropod) evolved. These new insights will help to (i) address the risk of therapeutic failure associated with the ...

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Antimony distribution and environmental mobility at an ...

1. Introduction. Antimony is increasingly being identified as a toxic environmental pollutant and has been implicated in cancer development (Foy et al., 1978, Gurnani et al., 1994, Gebel, 1997).The principal global sources of anthropogenic antimony pollution are the mining and smelting industries (Adriano, 1986), and very high levels of pollution have been detected around smelter sites in ...

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Foreword to the Special Issue on 'Antimony in the ...

Environmental contextAntimony (Sb) contamination from mining is an emergent environmental issue, and there is an urgent need for the development of effective water treatment technology.

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Issue Paper on the Human Health Effects of Metals

The paper on environmental chemistry issues discusses various approaches to classification of metals in detail. The concept of hard and soft acid and base relationships and the ... aluminum, antimony, barium, beryllium, silver, strontium, and thallium. These metals have many

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Antimony (Sb) - Chemical properties, Health and ...

Antimony occurs naturally in the environment. But it also enters the environment through several applications by humans. Antimony is an important metal in the world economy. Annual production is about 50.000 tonnes per year, with materials coming mainly from china, Russia, Bolivia and South Africa. World reserves exceed 5 million tonnes.

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Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Antimony Mining from PET ...

In recent years, antimony (Sb) has increasingly become a critically exhaustible resource. Although it was originally classified as a scarce resource with a low concentration in the earth's crust, the amount of Sb in the environment has been increasing due to excessive mining activities, burning of fossil fuels and industrial production of commodities such as textiles, plastics, electronics ...

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Sustainable, flame-retardant and antimony-free | textile ...

Sustainable production – placing equal importance on environmental, social and economic issues – is a long-term vision for TWD Fibres and its subsidiary FR Saftey. In addition to many speciality and high-quality yarns, TWD Fibres also produces inherently flame-retardant polyester yarns under the Diolen Safe trademark.

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Antimony Toxicity

Antimony and its compounds are naturally present in the Earth's crust and are released into the environment by natural discharges such as windblown dust, volcanic eruptions, sea spray, forest fires, and biogenic sources. The concentration of antimony in air ranges from a nanogram per cubic meter (ng/m 3) to about 170 ng/m 3. The concentration ...

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Geochemical behaviors of antimony in mining-affected water ...

Antimony (Sb) is a harmful element, and Sb pollution is one of the typical environmental issues in China, meaning that understanding of the geochemical behaviors of Sb is the key to control the fate of environmental Sb pollution. Sb tends to migrate in soluble form in the water–sediment system, but the fate of dissolved Sb is poorly known. Duliujiang river basin, located in southwest China ...

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