Transfer rates of 238U and 232Th for E. globulus, A. mearnsii, H. filipendula and hazardous effects of the usage of medicinal plants from around gold mine dump environs

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15782-15793

  Tshivhase, Victor M ^a   Njinga, Raymond L ^a   Mathuthu, Manny ^a   Dlamini, Thulani C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Tailings storage site; Thorium; Transfer factor; Uranium

Indexed keywords

THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238; GOLD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT; SOIL; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GOLD MINE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TAILINGS; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ACACIA MEARNSII; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HYPARRHENIA FILIPENDULA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; ACACIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POACEAE; POLLUTANT; SOIL; TOXICITY;

ACACIA MEARNSII; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HYPARRHENIA FILIPENDULA;

ACACIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUCALYPTUS; GOLD; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POACEAE; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 84949908326     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121215021     Document Type: Article

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