Zeng, Xiaolan Sun, Xiaozi Meng, Yu Yu, Ningning Liu, Jing
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Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Sulfonamides (SAs) including sulfamethoxypyridazine (SMP) are regarded as a new type of persistent pollutant at present due to their abuse. In this work, the direct photodegradation behavior of 11 SAs under simulated sunlight was first investigated, and the results indicated that the direct photolysis of SMP is the slowest among these SAs. Then the...
Liyanage, G. Y. Illango, A. Manage, Pathmalal M.
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Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Nearly 80% of the population in the Colombo district fulfill their major requirement from the Kelani river. Recent studies are interoperating: most groundwater and surface water in Sri Lanka are contaminated with waterborne pathogens and antibiotics. In the present study, nine antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) were screened which were belonging to...
Bosco, Francesca Mollea, Chiara
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
In the present work, natural rubber (NR) biodegradation, by means of a microbial consortium, naturally selected in a tyre dump soil, has been evaluated. To this purpose, prepared soil microcosms were incubated for 236 days, at room temperature, and natural light/dark cycles. The effect of primary C-source and fresh soil addition, soil aeration, and...
Sharma, Vasker Joshi, Himanshu Bowes, Michael J.
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
This study identifies the basin scale factors and potential remedies to restore the severely polluted Hindon River in India, by comparing with another basin with high population density: the River Thames in the UK. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and dissolved oxygen (DO) in the Thames River are usually around 8 mg/l and 7.5 mg/l respectively, whil...
de Freitas Rosa Remiro, Paula de Sousa, Cristina Paiva Alves, Henrique Cezar Bernardo, André Aguiar, Mônica Lopes
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Controlling the bioaerosol present in indoor environments has been evidenced to be extremely necessary. An alternative is to develop filter media for air conditioners that have biocidal properties. This study aimed to verify the biocidal effect of a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter medium modified with the deposition of nanoparticles o...
Holmes, Jason Hassini, Sonia
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is an aggregate indicator of air pollution used to communicate to Canadians the health impact of short-term exposure to current air pollutant levels. Understanding the stochastic behaviour of the AQHI can aid public health officials in predicting air pollution levels, determining the likelihood and duration of ai...
Varotsos, Costas Christodoulakis, John Kouremadas, George A. Fotaki, Eleni-Foteini
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
The change in atmospheric pollution from a public lockdown in Greece introduced to curb the spread of the COVID-19 is examined based on ground-based and satellite observations. The results showed that in most cases, the change in atmospheric pollution is not statistically significant. It is probably an artifact of the meteorological conditions that...
Pan, Min Yau, Pui Ching
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
This comprehensive study addressed the occurrence, seasonal changes, removal efficiencies, and environmental risk assessments of three macrolide antibiotics in five wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with conventional and different additional treatment processes. A 1-year monitoring study was conducted, and influents and effluents were collected f...
de França Souza, Pedro Augusto Neto, José Lozano Araújo Cardoso, Arnaldo Alves
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Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
The lockdown to prevent the coronavirus spread resulted in an immediate reduction in gas concentration worldwide. This fact shows the importance of nitrogen dioxide as a pollutant gas directly associated with human activities. For indoor exposure, NO2 has been associated with effects on the respiratory system. In outdoor environments, ozone reaches...
Manley, Amber Collins, Adrian L. Joynes, Adrian Mellander, Per-Erik Jordan, Phil
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Clean water is a precious resource, and policies/programmes are implemented worldwide to protect and/or improve water quality. Faecal pollution can be a key contributor to water quality decline causing eutrophication through nutrient enrichment and pathogenic contamination. The robust sourcing of faecal pollutants is important to be able to target ...
