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No toxic chemicals in dolomite sand Manila Bay, test results show

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dc.citation.firstpage2
dc.citation.journaltitleManila Bulletin
dc.contributor.authorDe Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn
dc.coverage.spatialManila Bay
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-21T07:14:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-23T02:51:42Z
dc.date.available2020-10-21T07:14:49Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-01
dc.identifier.citationDe Vera-Ruiz, E. (2020, October 2). No toxic chemicals in dolomite sand Manila Bay, test results show. Manila Bulletin, p. 2.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/9959
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherManila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
dc.relation.urihttps://mb.com.ph/2020/10/01/emb-mgb-find-no-toxic-chemicals-in-dolomite-sand-from-manila-bay/
dc.subject.agrovocdolomite
dc.subject.agrovocsand
dc.subject.agrovoctoxicity tests
dc.subject.agrovocpublic health
dc.titleNo toxic chemicals in dolomite sand Manila Bay, test results show
dc.title.alternativeEMB, MGB find no toxic chemicals in dolomite sand from Manila Bay
dc.typenewspaperArticle
local.descriptionThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has not found toxic chemicals on the dolomite sand from the Manila Bay beach nourishment project, based on the test results released by its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB). EMB and MGB released on Wednesday evening the test results of the analyses conducted on the dolomite sand samples taken from the beach nourishment project on Sept. 18 to determine if they contain heavy metals that are harmful to health and marine life. Both bureaus conducted testing on the presence of iron, nickel, lead, and mercury
local.descriptiongrain size analysis
local.descriptionacidity/alkalinity (pH) and specific metals using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP)
local.descriptionand x-ray diffraction analysis.
local.subject.classificationMB20201002_2
local.subject.corporatenameDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
local.subject.corporatenameEnvironmental Management Bureau (EMB)
local.subject.corporatenameMines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)
local.subject.corporatenameUniversity of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI)
local.subject.personalnameCuñado, William P.

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