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Vanadium for Green Energy: Increasing Demand but With Health Implications in Volcanic Terrains

The transition to a clean energy future may require a very substantial increase in resources of vanadium. This trend brings into focus the potential health issues related to vanadium in the environment. Most vanadium enters the Earth's crust through volcanic rocks; hence, vanadium levels in gro...

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Autor principal: Parnell, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9250111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35799914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000579
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description The transition to a clean energy future may require a very substantial increase in resources of vanadium. This trend brings into focus the potential health issues related to vanadium in the environment. Most vanadium enters the Earth's crust through volcanic rocks; hence, vanadium levels in groundwaters in volcanic aquifers are higher than in other aquifers and can exceed local guidance limits. The biggest accumulation of volcanogenic sediment on the planet is downwind of the Andes and makes up much of Argentina. Consequently, groundwaters in Argentina have the highest vanadium contents and constitute a global vanadium anomaly. The high vanadium contents have given rise to health concerns. Vanadium could be extracted during remediation of domestic and other groundwater, and although the resultant resource is limited, it would be gained using low‐energy technology.
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spelling pubmed-92501112022-07-06 Vanadium for Green Energy: Increasing Demand but With Health Implications in Volcanic Terrains Parnell, John Geohealth Research Article The transition to a clean energy future may require a very substantial increase in resources of vanadium. This trend brings into focus the potential health issues related to vanadium in the environment. Most vanadium enters the Earth's crust through volcanic rocks; hence, vanadium levels in groundwaters in volcanic aquifers are higher than in other aquifers and can exceed local guidance limits. The biggest accumulation of volcanogenic sediment on the planet is downwind of the Andes and makes up much of Argentina. Consequently, groundwaters in Argentina have the highest vanadium contents and constitute a global vanadium anomaly. The high vanadium contents have given rise to health concerns. Vanadium could be extracted during remediation of domestic and other groundwater, and although the resultant resource is limited, it would be gained using low‐energy technology. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9250111/ /pubmed/35799914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000579 Text en © 2022 The Authors. GeoHealth published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Geophysical Union. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed Vanadium for Green Energy: Increasing Demand but With Health Implications in Volcanic Terrains
title_short Vanadium for Green Energy: Increasing Demand but With Health Implications in Volcanic Terrains
title_sort vanadium for green energy: increasing demand but with health implications in volcanic terrains
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9250111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35799914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000579
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