Water Science and Technology, 2005 Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX) are environmental pollutants that cause serious problems in groundwater, in surface water and in soil. Specifically, the coastal area of Bourgas bay (Bulgarian Black Sea coast) is very vulnerable to such pollution as the large petrochemical industry situated there poses a ...
N, Nikolova, V, Nenov
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Chemical Behaviors of Benzene Series in Arid Soil and Impact Factors
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018 BTEX in soil can be detrimental to human health directly by ways of plant absorption and groundwater irrigation. This paper takes benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene as the study cases to determine the content of BTEX in soil by the headspace-gas ...
Zhong Yunhong
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Legal situation and current practice of waste incineration bottom ash utilisation in Europe [PDF]
, 2020 Almost 500 municipal solid waste incineration plants in the EU, Norway, and Switzerland generate about 17.6 Mt/a of incinerator bottom ash (IBA). IBA contains minerals and metals.
Blanc-Biscarat, Denise +28 more
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Synthesis and Photocatalytic Performance of TiO2-CNT and Magnetized Fe3O4-TiO2-CNT Multifunctional Hybrids: A Pickering Emulsion Platform for Organic Degradation [PDF]
, 2018 The oil and textile industries produce billions of gallons of wastewater containing toxic, and sometimes carcinogenic or mutagenic, chemicals that often disperse throughout wastewater as suspended oil droplets.
Mason, Erica
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 The aim of this study was to compare the concentrations of the benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) compounds in the urine of smokers and the control group considering the role of age, weight, job, history of waterpipe and cigarette smoking,
Hassan Ghobadi +5 more
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Efficient visible light photocatalysis of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) in aqueous solutions using supported zinc oxide nanorods. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX) are some of the common environmental pollutants originating mainly from oil and gas industries, which are toxic to human as well as other living organisms in the ecosystem.
Jamal Al-Sabahi +3 more
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First report on BTEX leaching from waterpipe tobacco wastes (WTWs) into aquatic environment
Heliyon, 2023 Waterpipe tobacco wastes (WTWs) may contain considerable levels of hazardous contaminants such as BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, and m/p-xylene).
Mohammad Reza Masjedi +9 more
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals, BTEX and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the workplace in a secondary oil re-refining factory [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2020 The present study aimed to evaluate the health risk of heavy metals (iron, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, nickel, lead, and mercury), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the workplace in a secondary ...
Iman Molaei +4 more
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Successful Treatment of an MTBE-impacted Aquifer Using a Bioreactor Self-colonized by Native Aquifer Bacteria [PDF]
, 2013 A field-scale fixed bed bioreactor was used to successfully treat an MTBE-contaminated aquifer in North Hollywood, CA without requiring inoculation with introduced bacteria. Native bacteria from the MTBE-impacted aquifer rapidly colonized the bioreactor,
Baker, Jeffrey M. +7 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2020 Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) are monoaromatic hydrocarbons found frequently in petroleum and its derivatives; and they are among the most important pollutants of soil and groundwater.
N. Usman, H.I. Atta, M.B. Tijjani
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