The results showed high levels of nickel and elevated amounts of lead, prompting building supervisors to unplug the machines.
Although its sediments have not been directly sampled, cores from the area contain high levels of nickel and magnetic components associated with impact ejecta.
More concerning were high levels of nickel, a carcinogen that can harm lungs and cause asthma and bronchitis.
Soil analyses confirmed the serpentine character of the serpentine sites: low calcium to magnesium ratio, high magnesium content, and high levels of nickel and cromium (table 1).
In addition, there are some natural populations of A. arenosa and A. lyrata on nutrient-poor ultramafic soils (Holubover serpentinite, 2002; Turner et al., 2010), which contain high levels of nickel and magnesium originating from the local bedrock (see Glossary).
An increased risk of SNC was found in nickel refinery workers (SIR = 18, 95% CI: 12-25); in workers with the highest level of nickel exposure (≥15 mg/m) the risk for SNC was higher than that for lung cancer, with a dose-response gradient for both nickel oxide and soluble nickel [ 66].
Those with the highest levels of nickel and selenium, on the other hand, were at significantly lower risk for pancreatic cancer.
Now a study in Sweden has answered that call and suggests UK citizens are being "unnecessarily exposed" to higher levels of nickel on their skin.
Moreover, last year Ocean Alliance and Sea Shepherd reported that the Sperm whales from the Gulf of Mexico contained higher levels of nickel and chromium than Sperms in any other seas.
Goals can be assigned addressees (the party who is to pursue the goal), beneficiaries, scopes that define the objective to be pursued, and a high level of priority (see Nickel 2013).
