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Lignin Nanoparticles: Transforming Environmental Remediation. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel)
In the face of escalating environmental challenges driven by human activities, the quest for innovative solutions to counter pollution, contamination, and ecological degradation has gained paramount importance. Traditional approaches to environmental remediation often fall short in addressing the complexity and scale of modern-day environmental ...
Khan P, Ali S, Jan R, Kim KM.
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Bioavailability of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury as measured by intestinal permeability

Scientific Reports, 2021
In this study, the intestinal permeability of metal(loid)s (MLs) such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) was examined, as influenced by gut microbes and chelating agents using an in vitro gastrointestinal/Caco-2 cell intestinal ...
Shiv Bolan, Balaji Seshadri, Simon Keely, Anitha Kunhikrishnan, Jessica Bruce, Ian Grainge, Nicholas J. Talley, Ravi Naidu   +7 more
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Antimonate sequestration from aqueous solution using zirconium, iron and zirconium-iron modified biochars

Scientific Reports, 2021
Antimony (Sb) is increasingly being recognized as an important contaminant due to its various industrial applications and mining operations. Environmental remediation approaches for Sb are still lacking, as is the understanding of Sb environmental ...
Md. Aminur Rahman, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Md. Mezbaul Bahar, Peter Sanderson, Dane Lamb   +4 more
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Application of synthesized acetylated silica in the remediation of oily wastewater

Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2020
Acetylated materials have been applied successfully in oily water remediation with some degree of success. Many of these materials which have been acetylated are, however, from seasonal fruits and other plant parts.
Oisaemi Uduagele Izevbekhai, Wilson Mugera Gitari, Nikita Tawanda Tavengwa, Wasiu Babatunde Ayinde, Rabelani Mudzielwana   +4 more
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Separation and Lithological Mapping of PFAS Mixtures in the Vadose Zone at a Contaminated Site

Frontiers in Water, 2020
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic contaminants of concern to human and environmental health. Several literature reviews and laboratory column experiments have been conducted to determine the transport parameters ...
Dawit N. Bekele, Dawit N. Bekele, Yanju Liu, Yanju Liu, Mark Donaghey, Anthony Umeh, Anthony Umeh, Chamila S. V. Arachchige, Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, Ravi Naidu, Ravi Naidu   +11 more
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Synthesis and Performances of Hydrocinnamic Acid Derivatives Containing Alkyl Dihydrazide [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
In this work, four hydrocinnamic acid derivatives including N, N’-succinic bis(hydrocinnamic acid) dihydrazide (HASUD), N, N’-adipic bis(hydrocinnamic acid) dihydrazide (HAADD), N, N’-sebacic bis(hydrocinnamic acid) dihydrazide (HASED) and N, N ...
Hu Jianxiang, Zhao Lisha, Liu Shuangqing, Cai Yanhua   +3 more
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A modified TOP assay to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) and soil

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023
Total oxidisable precursor (TOP) assay can oxidise some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and their precursors, most of which cannot be quantitatively detected so far, and convert them to detectable PFASs, such as perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs ...
Md. Al Amin, Md. Al Amin, Yunlong Luo, Yunlong Luo, Feng Shi, Feng Shi, Linbo Yu, Linbo Yu, Yanju Liu, Yanju Liu, Annette Nolan, Olalekan Simon Awoyemi, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Ravi Naidu, Ravi Naidu, Cheng Fang, Cheng Fang   +17 more
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A Framework for Establishing Restoration Goals for Contaminated Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2015
This article represents 1 of 6 articles in the special series “Restoration of Impaired Ecosystems: An Ounce of Prevention or a Pound of Cure?” The articles result from a Technical Workshop organized by SETAC and the Society for Ecological Restoration ...
DalSoglio, Julie A., Harris, Jim A., Labus, Paul, Larson, Diane L., Rosi-Marshall, Emma J., Skrabis, Kristin E., Wagner, Anne M.   +6 more
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Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination in Terrestrial Ecosystems—Fate and Microbial Responses

Molecules, 2019
Petroleum hydrocarbons represent the most frequent environmental contaminant. The introduction of petroleum hydrocarbons into a pristine environment immediately changes the nature of that environment, resulting in reduced ecosystem functionality. Natural
Adam Truskewycz, Taylor D. Gundry, Leadin S. Khudur, Adam Kolobaric, Mohamed Taha, Arturo Aburto-Medina, Andrew S. Ball, Esmaeil Shahsavari   +7 more
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The endophytic bacterium Sphingomonas SaMR12 alleviates Cd stress in oilseed rape through regulation of the GSH-AsA cycle and antioxidative enzymes

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Microbes isolated from hyperaccumulating plants have been reported to be effective in achieving higher phytoextraction efficiency. The plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) SaMR12 from the cadmium (Cd)/zinc hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii ...
Qiong Wang, Chaofeng Ge, Shun’an Xu, Yingjie Wu, Zulfiqar Ali Sahito, Luyao Ma, Fengshan Pan, Qiyao Zhou, Lukuan Huang, Ying Feng, Xiaoe Yang   +10 more
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