Gómez-Sagasti, María Teresa Garbisu, Carlos Urra, Julen Míguez, Fátima Artetxe, Unai Hernández, Antonio Vilela, Juan Alkorta, Itziar Becerril, José M.
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Soils of abandoned and vacant lands in the periphery of cities are frequently subjected to illegal dumping and can undergo degradation processes such as depletion of organic matter and nutrients, reduced biodiversity, and the presence of contaminants, which may exert an intense abiotic stress on biological communities. Mycorrhizal-assisted phytorem...
Prats, Raimon M. van Drooge, Barend L. Fernández, Pilar Marco, Esther Grimalt, Joan O.
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Frontiers in Environmental Science
The composition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), pentachlorobenzene (PeCB), and organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) present in the gas-phase fraction of the atmosphere of Barcelona was analyzed during the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown and prior to this period....
Mulligan, Catherine N.
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Selection of the most appropriate remediation technology must coincide with the environmental characteristics of the site. The risk to human health and the environment at the site must be reduced, and not be transferred to another site. Biosurfactants have the potential as remediation agents due to their biodegradability, low toxicity, and effectiv...
Zeng, Ni Wu, Yichao Chen, Wenli Huang, Qiaoyun Cai, Peng
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Anthropogenic activities have released various contaminants into soil that pose a serious threat to the ecosystem and human well-being. Compared to conventional analytical methodologies, microbial cell-based bioreporters are offering a flexible, rapid, and cost-effective strategy to assess the environmental risks. This review aims to summarize the ...
Yokoyama, Takashi Miyazaki, Shinya Akagi, Hiroko Ikawa, Satoshi Kitano, Katsuhisa
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Applied and environmental microbiology
Low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma has been studied for disinfection purposes. When plasma is exposed to water, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are generated and preserved in the water fraction (plasma-treated water [PTW]), which consequently exhibits bactericidal activity. At low temperatures, one of the bactericidal components of PT...
Corbin, Gwenaëlle Vulliet, Emmanuelle Lanson, Bruno Rimola, Albert Mignon, Pierre
The adsorption of two pharmaceuticals, carbamazepine and paracetamol, onto the expandable clay mineral saponite has been studied through the combination of kinetic experiments, X-ray diffraction, and theoretical modeling. Kinetic experiments indicate low adsorption for carbamazepine and paracetamol on expandable smectite clay. Accordingly, X-ray di...
Gimeno-Monforte, Sandra Montesdeoca-Esponda, Sarah Sosa-Ferrera, Zoraida Santana-Rodríguez, José Juan Castro, Óscar Pocurull, Eva Borrull, Francesc
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Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
Fish species can bioaccumulate different pollutants present in the marine environments and incorporate them into the trophic chain. In this work, the occurrence of organic ultraviolet (UV) stabilizers and filters in different species of fishes of high consumption has been studied. A multiresidue method based on microwave-assisted extraction and ult...
Santana-Mayor, Álvaro Rodríguez-Ramos, Ruth Socas-Rodríguez, Bárbara Díaz-Romero, Carlos Rodríguez-Delgado, Miguel Ángel
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Foods
In this work, the QuEChERS method coupled to liquid chromatography-time-of flight-mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-triple quadrupole-mass spectrometry were applied for the evaluation of pesticide residues and risk assessment in red wines. The methodologies were successfully validated for 173 pesticides. Recovery values were in the range 75–...
Wang, Junfeng Wang, Yilin Zhang, Xiaofei Wang, Daoguang Li, Yahui He, Hongyan Li, Xingchun Zhang, Suojiang
The reverse osmosis concentrates (ROCs) with high concentration of chemical oxygen demand and salts are produced by a double-membrane technology , which has been widely used to treat the wastewaters from petroleum refinery enterprises. The ROCs are prohibited from directly discharging from environmental point of view and must be treated to comply w...
Wang, Junfeng Wang, Yilin Zhang, Xiaofei Wang, Daoguang Li, Yahui He, Hongyan Li, Xingchun Zhang, Suojiang
The reverse osmosis concentrates (ROCs) with high concentration of chemical oxygen demand and salts are produced by a double-membrane technology , which has been widely used to treat the wastewaters from petroleum refinery enterprises. The ROCs are prohibited from directly discharging from environmental point of view and must be treated to comply w...
