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Biodegradation of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) by a newly isolated bacterium from an e-waste recycling area

AMB Express, 2018
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have become widespread environmental pollutants all over the world. A newly isolated bacterium from an e-waste recycling area, Stenotrophomonas sp.
Zhineng Wu, Miaomiao Xie, Yao Li, Guanghai Gao, Mark Bartlam, Yingying Wang   +5 more
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Biodegradation performance of mixed chlorinated volatile organic pollutants

能源环境保护, 2023
The safe and low-carbon treatment of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) is a current challenge for air pollution control in petrochemical, medical and chemical industries.
YE Lei, YOU Juping, SUN Haimin, YU Jian, WANG Yanqing, CHEN Dongzhi*   +5 more
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Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rural and urban areas of northern China [PDF]

, 2014
Air pollution in rural China has often been ignored, especially for the less developed west China. Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured monthly at 11 rural sites (5 rural villages and 6 rural fields) together with 7 urban ...
Shen, Guofeng, Su, Shu, Li, Qingbo, Li, Wei, Wang, Rong, Chen, Yuanchen, Wang, Hongqijie, Lin, Nan, Tao, Shu, Tao, S (reprint author), Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Lab Earth Surface Proc, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. taos@pku.edu.cn, Wang, Bin, Huang, Ye, Chen, Jiwei, Chen, Han, Tang, Jianhui, Wang, Xilong, Liu, Junfeng, Wang, Chen, Shen, Huizhong, Zhang, Yanyan   +19 more
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Detoxification of parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) and its metamorphosis into an organic fertilizer and biopesticide

Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2017
Background Vermicompost of the toxic and allelopathic weed parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) was explored for its possible use as an organic fertilizer.
Naseer Hussain, Tasneem Abbasi, Shahid Abbas Abbasi   +2 more
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Environmental pollution and allergies

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology, 2017
Environmental changes are thought to be the main factor in the rapid increase and worsening of allergic diseases. While there have been significant changes in many environmental factors, including in environments such as residential, health and sanitation, food, and water/soil/atmospheric environments, the root of each of these changes is likely an ...
Takano, H, Inoue, K
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Fate of Environmental Pollutants [PDF]

Water Environment Research, 2015
This annual review covers the literature published in 2014 on topics related to the occurrence and fate of emerging environmental pollutants in wastewater. Due to the vast amount of literature published on this topic, I have discussed only a fraction of the quality research publications, up to maximum 15 relevant articles per section, due to limitation
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Interactions among microorganisms functionally active for electron transfer and pollutant degradation in natural environments

Eco-Environment & Health, 2023
Compared to single microbial strains, complex interactions between microbial consortia composed of various microorganisms have been shown to be effective in expanding ecological functions and accomplishing biological processes.
Qixing Zhou, Ruixiang Li, Tian Li, Ruiren Zhou, Zelin Hou, Xiaolin Zhang   +5 more
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Recent advances in stimuli-response mechanisms of nano-enabled controlled-release fertilizers and pesticides

Eco-Environment & Health, 2023
Nanotechnology-enabled fertilizers and pesticides, especially those capable of releasing plant nutrients or pesticide active ingredients (AIs) in a controlled manner, can effectively enhance crop nutrition and protection while minimizing the ...
Meimei Shen, Songlin Liu, Chuanjia Jiang, Tong Zhang, Wei Chen   +4 more
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Quantum dots bind nanosheet to promote nanomaterial stability and resist endotoxin-induced fibrosis and PM2.5-induced pneumonia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022
Endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a harmful substance commonly found in various environments that causes lung fibrosis. Exposure to PM2.5 also increases the risk of respiratory diseases.
Qixing Zhou, Dandan Li, Suyan Zhang, Simin Wang, Xiangang Hu   +4 more
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Regulating nonradicals generation through peroxymonosulfate activation via localized dipole to enhance wastewater biodegradability

Nature Communications
It is still greatly desirable to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) forming nonradicals for the removal of electron-rich contaminants in complex water matrices.
Zhiyong Zhao, Gaohua Yang, Pengfei Wang, Shuai Yue, Mengxue Yang, Tao Zhang, Sihui Zhan   +6 more
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