RTRI REPORT Dec. 2002
PAPERS

Evaluation of Environmental Safety using Microorganisms and Plants

Minoru SHIMURA, Kazuhide KINBARA


  Evaluation of environmental safety is very important for human health. It is known that railway transportation is a clean system with low CO2 emission. However, there is little information about ecotoxicology in the railway transportation system in Japan. The aim of this study is to evaluate the toxic effect of heavy metals on bacteria and plants.


* Full papers of RTRI Report are written in Japanese.

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