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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese drinking water: risk assessment and geographical distribution

Environmental Sciences Europe, 2021
Background In recent years, the widespread presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the environment and the related exposures and adverse health effects has received increasing attention.
Liquan Liu, Yingxi Qu, Jun Huang, R. Weber   +3 more
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The Price of Really Clean Water: Combining Nanofiltration with Granular Activated Carbon and Anion Exchange Resins for the Removal of Per- And Polyfluoralkyl Substances (PFASs) in Drinking Water Production

ACS ES&T Water, 2021
The removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) presents a challenge for drinking water providers.
Vera Franke, Malin Ullberg, Philip McCleaf, Maria Wålinder, S. Köhler, L. Ahrens   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A critical review of point-of-use drinking water treatment in the United States

npj Clean Water, 2021
Ensuring safe water supply for communities across the United States is a growing challenge due to aging infrastructure, impaired source water, strained community finances, etc. In 2019, about 6% of public water utilities in the U.S.
Jishan Wu, Miao Cao, D. Tong, Zach Finkelstein, E. Hoek   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Review of Microplastics in Table salt, Drinking Water, and Air: Direct Human Exposure.

Environmental Science and Technology, 2020
The ubiquity of microplastics in aquatic and terrestrial environments and related ecological impacts have gained global attention. Microplastics have been detected in table salt, drinking water, and air, posing inevitable human exposure risk.
Qun Zhang, E. G. Xu, Jiana Li, Qiqing Chen, Liping Ma, E. Zeng, Huahong Shi   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enhancement of micropollutant biotransformation by adding manganese sand in constructed wetlands

Heliyon, 2023
Recent investigations have shown that the addition of manganese (Mn) sand to constructed wetlands (i.e., Mn-amended CWs) can improve the performance of organic micropollutants (MPs) removal. In addition to the direct oxidation and adsorption of Mn oxides,
Donglin Wang, Quan Ma, Hui Lin, Jie Zhou, Suxia Yuan, Baiwen Ma, Yaohui Bai, Jiuhui Qu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deconvolution and compensation of mass spectrometric overlap interferences with the miniRUEDI portable mass spectrometer

MethodsX, 2020
The miniRUEDI is a portable mass spectrometer system designed for on-site analysis of gases in the environment during field work and at remote locations.
Matthias S. Brennwald, Yama Tomonaga, Rolf Kipfer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disruption and recovery of river planktonic community during and after the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China

ISME Communications, 2022
During the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, large amounts of anti-coronavirus chemicals, such as antiviral drugs and disinfectants were discharged into the surrounding aquatic ecosystem, causing potential ecological damage.
Junwen Chen, Weixiao Qi, Donglin Wang, Qiaojuan Wang, Hui Lin, Guannan Mao, Jinsong Liang, Xue Ning, Yaohui Bai, Huijuan Liu, Jiuhui Qu   +10 more
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Controlling Legionella pneumophila in Showerheads: Combination of Remedial Intervention and Preventative Flushing

Microorganisms, 2023
Shock chlorination and remedial flushing are suggested to address Legionella pneumophila (Lp) contamination in buildings or during their (re)commissioning. However, data on general microbial measurements (adenosine tri-phosphate [ATP], total cell counts [
Marianne Grimard-Conea, Michèle Prévost   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding soil selenium accumulation and bioavailability through size resolved and elemental characterization of soil extracts

Nature Communications, 2022
Selenium is essential for human health and mainly delivered via terrestrial foodstuffs. An advanced characterization of selenium chemical forms shows that organic matter increases its accumulation in soils but could limit its supply to ...
Julie Tolu, Sylvain Bouchet, Julian Helfenstein, Olivia Hausheer, Sarah Chékifi, Emmanuel Frossard, Federica Tamburini, Oliver A. Chadwick, Lenny H. E. Winkel   +8 more
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Determination of Phenols Isomers in Water by Novel Nanosilica/Polydimethylsiloxane-Coated Stirring Bar Combined with High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Scientific Reports, 2017
A novel nanosilica/polydimethylsiloxane (SiO2/PDMS) coated stirring bar was adopted in the sorption extraction (SBSE) of phenols in water, and the high performance liquid chromatography-fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (HPLC-FTIR) was subsequently
Bei Zheng, Wentao Li, Lin Liu, Xin Wang, Chen Chen, Zhiyong Yu, Hongyan Li   +6 more
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