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International Journal of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 2:IJMME-125, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2372/2016/125
Original Article
The Effect of Natural Substance HUMAC Enviro on Reducing the Concentration of Copper and Mercury in Contaminated Soils

Danica Fazekašová*, Juraj Fazekaš, Petra Semancová, Eva Benková and Miroslav Karahuta

Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Management, University of Prešov in Prešov, Konštantínova 16, 080 01 Prešov, Slovak Republic
Prof. Danica Fazekašová, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Management, University of Prešov in Prešov, Konštantínova 16, 080 01 Prešov, Slovak Republic; E-mail: danica.fazekasova@unipo.sk
30 July 2016; 18 October 2016; 20 October 2016
Fazekašová D, Fazekaš J, Semancová P, Benková E, Karahuta M (2016) The Effect of Natural Substance HUMAC Enviro on Reducing the Concentration of Copper and Mercury in Contaminated Soils. Int J Metall Mater Eng 2: 125. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2372/2016/125
The study was supported by VEGA 1/0127/16 Ecological and environmental risks of land degradation and management approaches to the elimination of their impact on the environment, KEGA 011PU- 4/2016 Implementation of the new trends of environmental research into the education of natural and management courses in the study programme Environmental management and GAMA/15/1 The use of natural substances based on humic and fulvic acids to sustainability of soil quality in metallic-loaded region of Central Spiš.

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