Accelerated industrial production is generating more and more waste worldwide. Some of the waste pollutes the soil, water and air. Overcoming the harmful effects of CO₂ emissions is a major challenge for the 21st century. CO₂ contributes significantly to climate change and rising temperatures. UN...

The term exposom refers to the cumulative set of all effects that affect an individual from conception to the moment of death. Among these, we distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic factors and the responses the human body makes to these stimuli. Research on exposom - although the concept has...

The explosion of population growth in the 29th century and the intensive development of large-scale, industrial livestock farming have gone hand in hand, bringing along a number of ecological and economic problems that have become increasingly apparent in the recent decades. The world population...

This paper is based on environmental and public health problems that make it necessary to consider firewood as a "blessing" or a "curse". Deforestation, deflation and increased air pollution associated with high levels of firewood usage are mainly characteristic of developing countries. In these...

The study examined two areas of Chernozem soil in Hungary to quantify soil loss, humus and nutrient transport caused by different wind events and to show the differences in the sensitivity of deflation between the two areas. The study found that the agronomic structure of the soils greatly...

This article discusses in parts the environmental effects of ammonia, its sources in nature, possibilities and methods of ammonia emission measurement, and a presentation of ammonia measurements at the Institute of Soil and Agrochemistry in Hungary. In the presentation, a goal was set to measure...

Growing NH₄⁺ content of groundwater results in increasing exchangeable and fixed ammonium ion content of the soil. NH4+ bond in the soil may go again into solution parallel with the dilution of the soil solution but at a slower rate than fixing. This process influences significantly the NH4+...

In the present literature review it is emphasised that investigations on the drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, highly involved in hepatic and intestinal detoxifying processes, are of special importance in wild animal species. Concerning the function of hepatic CYPs, only limited data ...

Agricultural utilisation is one of the most promising uses of sewage sludge in Hungary. Sewage sludge can be applied to agricultural fields in two ways: the injection of dewatered sewage sludge and the application of sewage sludge after composting. Vermicomposting is a special type of composting,...

The investigation was aimed at determining the impact of human activities on urban soils. A total of 192 soil samples were collected at depths of 0-10 and 10-20 cm at locations in the towns of Sopron and Szombathely and in neighbouring areas. After the analysis of chemical and physical properties,...