Effects of carbonate on ferrihydrite transformation in alkaline media

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,288-297
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00469D, Paper
Ying Li, Chaoqun Zhang, Meijun Yang, Jing Liu, Hongping He, Yibing Ma, Yuji Arai
This study indicates that in alkaline media, carbonate slightly inhibits ferrihydrite transformation and suppresses goethite formation, but promotes hematite formation, which has important implications for elemental biogeochemical cycles.
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In silico approaches for the prediction of the breakthrough of organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plants

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,400-410
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00267E, Paper
Open Access Open Access
Nicola Chirico, Michael S. McLachlan, Zhe Li, Ester Papa
Quantitative structure–property relationships (QSPRs) can be used for the prediction of breakthrough of chemicals from wastewater treatment plants. These QSPRs are simple, interpretable, and checked both for overfitting and chance relationships.
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Disruption and recovery of outdoor bioaerosols before, during, and after the COVID-19 outbreak at a campus in Central China: pathogen composition, particle size distribution, influencing factors, and exposure risk

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,421-435
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00496A, Paper
Yanjie Wang, Haoran Zhu, Song Zhang, Kai Yang, Yang Liu, Bisheng Lai, Fangfang Yu
With the evolving dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak, this study investigates variations in bioaerosols at various sampling points in the outdoor environment of a campus before, during, and after COVID-19, along with a corresponding risk assessment.
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Does green mean clean? Volatile organic emissions from regular versus green cleaning products

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,436-450
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00439B, Paper
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Ellen Harding-Smith, David R. Shaw, Marvin Shaw, Terry J. Dillon, Nicola Carslaw
Cleaning products emit a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including some which are hazardous or can undergo chemical transformations to generate harmful secondary pollutants.
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Adsorption of copper by naturally and artificially aged polystyrene microplastics and subsequent release in simulated gastrointestinal fluid

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,411-420
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00354J, Paper
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Lu Zhou, Thibault Masset, Florian Breider
Microplastics, especially aged microplastics can become vectors of metals from environment to organisms with potential negative effects on food chain.
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Traceable determination of metal composition of tyres using tandem ICP-MS and benchmarking of emissions inventories

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,298-304
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00344B, Paper
Emma C. Braysher, Andrew S. Brown, Richard J. C. Brown, Nick Molden
A robust validated method for analysis of metals in tyres using microwave digestion and ICP-MS/MS has been developed and used to estimate annual tyre wear emission rates.
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Characteristics and ecological risks of microplastic pollution in a tropical drinking water source reservoir in Hainan province, China

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,451-460
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00528C, Paper
Ling Mo, Hongyu Fu, Qiyuan Lu, Sifan Chen, Ruijuan Liu, Jun Xiang, Qiao Xing, Licheng Wang, Kexin Sun, Bowen Li, Jing Zheng
The overall abundance of microplastics in water was 3.05 ± 1.16 items per L and in sediment was 0.15 ± 0.06 items per g dw. The pollution load index and the potential ecological hazards of microplastics in most sites are at a low level.
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Characterization and dermal bioaccessibility of residual- and listed PFAS ingredients in cosmetic products

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,259-268
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00461A, Paper
Open Access Open Access
Shahla Namazkar, Oddny Ragnarsdottir, Anton Josefsson, Felice Branzell, Sebastian Abel, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Stuart Harrad, Jonathan P. Benskin
Estimation of dermal bioaccessibility and characterization of listed-ingredient and residual per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cosmetic products.
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Laboratory measurements underestimate persistence of the aquatic herbicide fluridone in lakes

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,368-379
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00537B, Paper
Sydney R. Van Frost, Amber M. White, Josie M. Jauquet, Angela M. Magness, Katherine D. McMahon, Christina K. Remucal
Laboratory measurements overpredict the susceptibility of the herbicide fluridone to bio- and photodegradation compared to measurements in lakes.
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Emerging investigator series: impacts of land use on dissolved organic matter quality in agricultural watersheds: a molecular perspective

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,247-258
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00506B, Paper
Sethumadhavan A., Liang T., Mangal V.
In aquatic systems, dissolved organic matter (DOM) has important ecological and biogeochemical functions, where the molecular composition of DOM has larger-scale implications for climate change and global carbon cycles.
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