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Life cycle assessment of drinking water: comparing conventional water treatment, reverse osmosis and mineral water in glass and plastic bottles [PDF]
, 2016 This study evaluated the environmental impacts caused by drinking water consumption in Barcelona (Spain) using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. Five different scenarios were compared: 1) tap water from conventional drinking water treatment; 2)
Cadena, Erasmo +3 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 In aquatic systems, sediment is both a sink for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and a potential source of POPs release. Consequently, it is important to understand the pollution characteristics and sources of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) as ...
Yanjun Du +4 more
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Engineering, 2022 As widespread wetland plants, Phragmites play a vital role in water purification and are widely utilized in constructed wetlands (accounting for 15.5% of applied wetland plants) as a natural alternative to wastewater treatment.
Donglin Wang, Yaohui Bai, Jiuhui Qu
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Membranes, 2019 Groundwater (GW) is one of the main potable water sources worldwide. However, the presence of undesirable compounds and particularly manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) (mainly co-existing in GWs) are considered as objectionable components of potable water for ...
Maryam Haddad, Benoit Barbeau
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Fungal Community as a Bioindicator to Reflect Anthropogenic Activities in a River Ecosystem
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 The fungal community interacts with the ambient environment and can be used as a bioindicator to reflect anthropogenic activities in aquatic ecosystems. Several studies have investigated the impact of anthropogenic activities on the fungal community and ...
Yaohui Bai +7 more
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Toxics, 2023 Since July 2022, the Yangtze River basin has experienced the most severe hydro-meteorological drought since record collection started in 1961, which has greatly affected the ecological environment of the Dongting Lake (DTL) basin.
Guanghan Yan +7 more
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A review on the influence of drinking water quality towards human health [PDF]
, 2020 An adequate supply of safe drinking water is one of the major prerequisites for a healthy life. Inadequate of safe drinking water produce waterborne disease and a major cause of death in many parts of the world, particularly in children.
Abd Rahim, Nur Shahirah, Othman, Norzila
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Utility Customers\u27 Views of the Consumer Confidence Report of Drinking Water Quality [PDF]
, 2000 The author evaluates consumer understanding of water quality reports provided to them by their drinking water utility under the U.S.
Johnson, Branden B.
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Alcohol‐induced altered glycans in human tracheal epithelial cells promote bacterial adhesion
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Alcohol induces altered glycans to promote bacteria adhesion. Heavy alcohol drinking is known to increase the risk of bacterial pneumonia. However, the link between alcohol levels and risk of infection remains underexplored. Recently, we found that alcohol induced α2‐6sialo mucin O‐glycans in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells, which mediated the ...
Pi‐Wan Cheng +2 more
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Performance of Broiler Chickens Offered Drinking Water Contained Water Extracted Beluntas (Pluchea Indica L.) Leaf and Sugar Cane [PDF]
, 2012 Our previous study showed that the addition of water extracted beluntas leaf into drinking water could be used as an anti-stress and improved performance of broiler chicken. However, the addition was only up to 10% of drinking water.
Kaniadewi, R. (R) +2 more
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