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Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges
Cyanide toxicity and their environmental impact are well known. Nevertheless, they are still used in the mining, galvanic and chemical industries. As a result of industrial activities, cyanides are released in various forms to all elements of the environment. In a natural environment, cyanide exists...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506515/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28512706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9081-7 |
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author | Jaszczak, Ewa Polkowska, Żaneta Narkowicz, Sylwia Namieśnik, Jacek |
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description | Cyanide toxicity and their environmental impact are well known. Nevertheless, they are still used in the mining, galvanic and chemical industries. As a result of industrial activities, cyanides are released in various forms to all elements of the environment. In a natural environment, cyanide exists as cyanogenic glycosides in plants seeds. Too much consumption can cause unpleasant side effects. However, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is the most common source of cyanide. Live organisms have the ability to convert cyanide into less toxic compounds excreted with physiological fluids. The aim of this paper is to review the current state of knowledge on the behaviour of cyanide in the environment and its impact on the health and human life. |
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spelling | pubmed-55065152017-07-27 Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges Jaszczak, Ewa Polkowska, Żaneta Narkowicz, Sylwia Namieśnik, Jacek Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Review Article Cyanide toxicity and their environmental impact are well known. Nevertheless, they are still used in the mining, galvanic and chemical industries. As a result of industrial activities, cyanides are released in various forms to all elements of the environment. In a natural environment, cyanide exists as cyanogenic glycosides in plants seeds. Too much consumption can cause unpleasant side effects. However, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is the most common source of cyanide. Live organisms have the ability to convert cyanide into less toxic compounds excreted with physiological fluids. The aim of this paper is to review the current state of knowledge on the behaviour of cyanide in the environment and its impact on the health and human life. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017-05-16 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5506515/ /pubmed/28512706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9081-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Jaszczak, Ewa Polkowska, Żaneta Narkowicz, Sylwia Namieśnik, Jacek Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges |
title | Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges |
title_full | Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges |
title_fullStr | Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges |
title_full_unstemmed | Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges |
title_short | Cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges |
title_sort | cyanides in the environment—analysis—problems and challenges |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506515/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28512706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9081-7 |
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