Fish are good bio-indicators of the health status of the aquatic environment and can be used as biomarkers to assess the aquatic behavior of environmental pollutants, the exposure of aquatic organisms, and the health risk for consumers.
Rossana Roila +12 more
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Mobility, turnover and storage of pollutants in soils, sediments and waters : achievements and results of the EU project AquaTerra : a review. [PDF]
AquaTerra is one of the first environmental projects within the 6th Framework program by the European Commission. It began in June 2004 with a multidisciplinary team of 45 partner organizations from 13 EU countries, Switzerland, Serbia, Romania and ...
Brouyère, S. +173 more
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AD–OX: A sequential oxidative process for water treatment— Adsorption and batch CWAO regeneration of activated carbon [PDF]
A sequential process for water treatment involving usual adsorption on activated carbon (AC) followed by wet air catalytic oxidation of the adsorbed pollutants has been carried out in a fixed bed reactor with a mixture of two model pollutants.
Creanga-Manole, Carmen +3 more
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This study makes an overview of the chemical pollutants, such as Be and its compounds, S and its compounds, P and its compounds, chlorine and chlorides, Na2O, K2O, Ti2O, CaO, MgO, CuO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Cr2O3, As2O3, that were registered in the mining ...
Bianca-Vanesa Boros +6 more
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Hydrogeologic Sustainability and Mitigation of Shallow Groundwater against High Saline and Chemical Pollutants [PDF]
A hydrogeologic study has been adopted to conceptualize the concepts of groundwater levels lowering in swamped area of Tyass, middle of Iraq. 2D dimensional groundwater model and, mitigation model has been used to mitigate the aquifer against high ...
Najah Al Maimuri +3 more
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Hexabromocyclododecane and hexachlorocyclohexane: How lessons learnt have led to improved regulation [PDF]
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2014 Taylor & Francis.The use of chemicals by society has many benefits but contamination of the environment is an unintended consequence.
Onogbosele, CO, Scrimshaw, MD
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Chemical Properties, Environmental Fate, and Degradation of Seven Classes of Pollutants
Industrialism has brought a long series of benefits for modern civilization. Concomitantly, reversible and irreversible changes have been inflicted upon the environment, affecting humans, animals, and whole ecosystems and leading to effects such as ...
E. Roos van der Spoel +5 more
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Environmental impact factors and regulatory mechanism on EPS of quorum sensing in granular sludge
Quorum sensing(QS),mediated by signaling molecules,plays a crucial role in sludge granulation and maintaining the stability of particle structure. This paper summarized the structure,sources,action sites,and QS mechanisms of typical signaling molecules ...
ZHAO Shengjuan +5 more
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The removal of five low-molecular weight aldehydes by two houseplants (Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms and Chamaedorea elegans) were investigated in a laboratory simulation environment with short-term exposure to different low light intensities and ...
Jian Li +4 more
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Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Based Sensors for Priority Pollutants
Globally, there is growing concern about the health risks of water and air pollution. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a list of priority pollutants containing 129 different chemical compounds.
Mashaalah Zarejousheghani +4 more
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