Endothelial dysfunction in subjects with chronic cadmium exposure.

Vascular endothelium is a target of cadmium (Cd) toxicity. Cd exposure has been reported to be associated with vascular disorders. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of Cd exposure on markers of endothelial function in human subjects chronically exposed to Cd.

Increased platelet activation in subjects chronically exposed to cadmium: A pilot study.

Cadmium exposure has been reported to be associated with the risk of vascular disorders. Here, we investigated platelet activity in subjects with chronic cadmium exposure. Eighteen and 15 women participated in this study as chronically cadmium-exposed and control non-exposed subjects, respectively.

Management of arsenic-accumulated waste from constructed wetland treatment of mountain tap-water.

Arsenic-contaminated mountain tap water supply in Ron Phibun District, Nakorn Si Thammarat Province, Thailand poses a health hazard. Arsenic was removed using a constructed wetland (CW) system, in which the treated contaminated tap water was sedimented in 3 consecutive ponds before entering into the CW ponds, containing either Cyperus spp. or Colocasia esculenta.

Case reports: arsenic pollution in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Hungary.

Although arsenic contamination in the three countries described herein differs, a number of common themes emerge. In each country, the presence of arsenic is both long term and of geological origin. Moreover, in each of these countries, arsenic was only recently discovered to be a potential public health problem, having been first formally recognized in the 1980s or 1990s.

Technology for remediation and disposal of arsenic.

Groundwater contaminated with arsenic must be treated to meet stringent drinking water standards or guideline values. In recent years, several reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable treatment technologies have been developed, although improvements will continue to emerge as work continues. All treatment technologies work by concentrating arsenic at some stage of treatment.

Potential of the hybrid marigolds for arsenic phytoremediation and income generation of remediators in Ron Phibun District, Thailand.

Nugget marigold, a triploid hybrid between American (Tagetes erecta L.) and French (Tagetes patula) marigolds, is a marketed flowering plant with a good ability in arsenic phytoremediation. During field trial in an arsenic-polluted area in Thailand, arsenic was found mostly in leaves (46.

Recombinant purple acid phosphatase isoform 3 from sweet potato is an enzyme with a diiron metal center.

Purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) from sweet potato (sp) have been classified on the basis of their primary structure and the dinuclear metal center into isoforms spPAP1 [Fe(III)-Zn(II)] and spPAP2 [Fe(III)-Mn(II)]; for spPAP3 only the cDNA is known. With the aim of unraveling the character of the dinuclear metal center we report here the characterization of this isoform at the protein level. We cloned spPAP3 cDNA in a baculovirus and overexpressed this enzyme in Sf9 insect cells.

Arsenic species in an arsenic hyperaccumulating fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos: a potential phytoremediator of arsenic-contaminated soils.

The fern Pityrogramma calomelanos is a hyperaccumulator of arsenic that grows readily on arsenic-contaminated soils in the Ron Phibun district of southern Thailand. P. calomelanos accumulates arsenic mostly in the fronds (up to 8350 microg As g(-1) dry mass) while the rhizoids contain the lowest concentrations of arsenic (88-310 microg As g(-1) dry mass).