Sustainability and Global Role of Heavy Metals

Lucjan Pawłowski

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Published: Jan 3, 2011

Issue Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)

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Authors

Lucjan Pawłowski

l.pawlowski@pollub.pl

Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Ul. Nadbystrzycka 40 B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

Abstract

A lot has been written about the impact of climate change caused by excessive emission of carbon dioxide on sustainable development. There are, however, similar, but not so much widely known, problems caused by heavy metals.

The heavy metals threaten implementation of sustainable development, because the natural resources of heavy metals are running out. Moreover, high toxicity of the heavy metals (spreading throughout whole surface of the Earth, polluting it) is threatening the safe environment for future generation. Implementation of sustainable development can decrease spreading of the heavy metals.

In the paper scientific research was proposed, one which may help to better understand a role of heavy metals in implementation of sustainability in our civilization.

Keywords:

sustainable development, global threats, inter-generational justice, intra-generational justice

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Pawłowski, L. (2011). Sustainability and Global Role of Heavy Metals. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 6(1), 59–64. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4801

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