Determination of cyanide and nitrate concentrations in drinking, irrigation, and wastewaters

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-69

  Mousavi, Seyed Reza ^a   Balali Mood, Mahdi ^a   Riahi Zanjani, Bamdad ^a   Sadeghi, Mahmood ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Drinking water; Human health; Irrigation water; Nitrate; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD;

EID: 84879140358     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Tayfur G, Kirer T, Baba A. Groundwater quality and hydrogeochemical properties of Torbali Region, Izmir, Turkey. Environ Monit Assess 2008;146:157-69.
2. Hongo T, Wakasa H, Yamazaki A. Synthesis and adsorption properties of nanosized Mg-Al layered double hydroxides with Cl-, NO3- or SO42- interlayer anion. Mater Sci 2011;29:86-91.
3. Gerberding JL. Toxicological profile for cyanide. Atlanta (GA): Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; 2006. p. 341.
4. Dasha RR, Gaur A, Balomajumder C. Cyanide in industrial wastewaters and its removal: A review on biotreatment. J Hazard Mater 2009;163:1-11.
5. Ma J, Dasgupta PK. Recent developments in cyanide detection. Anal Chim Acta 2010;673:117-25.
6. Guidelines for Interpreting Water Quality Data. British Columbia, Canada: The Resources Inventory Committee; 1998.
7. Cacace D, Ashbaugh H, Kouri N, Bledsoe S, Lancaster S, Chalk S. Spectrophotometric determination of aqueous cyanide using a revised phenolphthalin method. Anal Chim Acta 2007;589:137-41.
8. Noroozifar M, Khorasani-Motlagh M, Zare-Dorabei R. Application of Ag2X solid-phase reagents for indirect determination of cyanide in the industrial effluent using FIA-FAAS system. Talanta 2007;72:1773-8.
9. Lam KK, Lau FL. An incident of hydrogen cyanide poisoning. Am J Emerg Med 2000;18:172-5.
10. Water: Basic Information about Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants [Internet]. United States Environmental Protection Agency; Basic Information about Nitrate in Drinking Water. Available from: http://www.water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/nitrate.cfm [Last updated on 2012 May].
11. The USGS Water Science School [Internet]. Nitrogen and Water. Available from: http://www.ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/nitrogen.html [Last Updated on 2012 Oct].
12. Conlon JM. Quality criteria for water. Washington: Environmental Protection Agency; 1986. p. 477. Report No.: 440/5-86-001.
13. Pennington JA. Dietary exposure models for and nitrites. Food Control 1998;9:385-95.
14. Levallois P, Theriault M, Rouffignat J, Tessier S, Landry R, Ayotte P, et al. Contamination by nitrates associated with intensive potato culture in Quebec. Sci Total Environ 1998;217:91-101.
15. Sun B, Noller BN. Simultaneous determination of trace amounts of free cyanide and thiocyanate by a stopped- flow spectrophotometric method. Wat Res 1998;32:3698-704.
16. Hassan SM, Hamza M, Kelany A. A novel spectrophotometric method for batch and flow injection determination of cyanide in electroplating wastewater. Talanta 2007;71:1088-95.
17. Lou X, Zhang Y, Qin J, Li Z. A highly sensitive and selective fluorescent probe for cyanide based on the dissolution of gold nanoparticles and its application in real samples. Chem Eur J 2001;17:9691-6.
18. Burakhama R, Oshima M, Grudpan K, Motomizu S. Simple flow-injection system for the simultaneous determination of nitrite and nitrate in water samples. Talanta 2004;64:1259-65.
19. Hautman DP. Determination of inorganic anions in drinking water by ion chromatography. Cincinnati (Ohio): USEPA Office of Water; 1997. p. 40. Report No.: Method 300.1.
20. Al-Ghanim KA, Mahboob S. Effect of sodium cyanide on the activities of some oxidative enzymes and metabolites in Clarias gariepinus. Afr J Biotechnol 2012;11:9849-54.
21. Water Treatment Solutions [Internet]. Lenntech; WHO's drinking water standards 1993. Available from: http://www.lenntech.com/applications/drinking/standards/who-s-drinking-water-standards.htm [Last Updated 2011].
22. Obiri S, Dodoo DK, Okai-Sam F, Essumang DK. Non-cancer health risk assessment from exposure to cyanide by resident adults from the mining operations of Bogoso Gold Limited in Ghana. Environ Monit Assess 2006;118:51-63.
23. Croen LA, Todoroff K, Shaw GM. Maternal exposure to nitrate from drinking water and diet and risk for neural tube defects. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153:325-31.
24. Frenken K. Irrigation in Southern and Eastern Asia in Figures. Rome: FAO Water Reports; 2011. p. 512. Report No.: 37.
25. Jafari A, Mirhossaini H, Kamareii B, Dehestani S. Physicochemical analysis of drinking water in kohdasht city lorestan, Iran. Asian J Appl Sci 2008;191:87-92.
26. Mirmohseni A, Alipour A. Construction of a sensor for the determination of cyanide in industrial effluents: A method based on quartz crystal microbalance. Sens Actuator B Chem 2002;84:245-51.