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- Author:
- Zhu, Ting-ting; Cheng, Hao-yi; Yang, Li-hui; Su, Shi-gang; Wang, Hong-cheng; Wang, Shu-sen; Wang, Ai-jie
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1545-1554
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- biomass; carbonates; chemical oxygen demand; denitrification; iron; leaching; limestone; liquids; nitrates; nitrites; nitrous oxide; risk; sulfates; sulfur; synergism
- Abstract:
- ... Sulfur-based denitrification process has attracted increasing attentions because it does not rely on the external addition of organics and avoids the risk of COD exceeding the limit. Traditionally, limestone is commonly employed to maintain a neutral condition (SLAD process), but it may reduce the efficiency as the occupied zone by limestone cannot directly contribute to the denitrification. In th ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b06865
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06865
- Author:
- St. Pierre, K. A.; St. Louis, V. L.; Lehnherr, I.; Gardner, A. S.; Serbu, J. A.; Mortimer, C. A.; Muir, D. C. G.; Wiklund, J. A.; Lemire, D.; Szostek, L.; Talbot, C.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1175-1185
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- coastal water; ecosystems; emissions; glaciers; ice; lakes; melting; mercury; methylmercury compounds; permafrost; rivers; thawing; watersheds; Arctic region; Nunavut
- Abstract:
- ... Across the Arctic, glaciers are melting and permafrost is thawing at unprecedented rates, releasing not only water to downstream aquatic systems, but also contaminants like mercury, archived in ice over centuries. Using concentrations from samples collected over 4 years and calibrated modeled hydrology, we calculated methylmercury (MeHg) and total mercury (THg) mass balances for Lake Hazen, the wo ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05926
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05926
- Author:
- Nakajima, Kenichi; Noda, Shoichiro; Nansai, Keisuke; Matsubae, Kazuyo; Takayanagi, Wataru; Tomita, Makoto
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1555-1563
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- copper; geographical distribution; iron; mining; models; nickel; resource management; supply chain
- Abstract:
- ... In today’s global economy, sustainable resource management requires a consumption perspective of resource use and insight into actual resource use through the global supply chain. The estimated global amount of used and unused extraction caused by mineral extraction of iron, copper, and nickel more than doubled from 1990 to 2013 (iron, 2.8–6.7 Pg; copper, 2.7–5.5 Pg; nickel, 0.19–0.60 Pg). By inco ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b04575
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04575
- Author:
- Cheng, Yu; Ding, Jue; Xie, Xianchuan; Ji, Xiaowen; Zhang, Youkuan
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1325-1333
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- bioavailability; case studies; environmental fate; half life; pollutants; simulation models; stereoselectivity
- Abstract:
- ... A 3-step sequential extraction method was developed to characterize the “labile,” “stable-adsorbed,” and “bound-residue” fractions of Dechlorane Plus (DP) in aging soils. Afterward, the proposed method was used to observe the transformation of DP fractions during aging. Slight decrease of total DP concentrations suggested there was a rather limited degradation, with only 4.2–8.2% of initial DP hav ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b06201
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06201
- Author:
- McGivney, Eric; Gao, Xiaoyu; Liu, Yijing; Lowry, Gregory V.; Casman, Elizabeth; Gregory, Kelvin B.; VanBriesen, Jeanne M.; Avellan, Astrid
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1287-1295
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- Chromobacterium violaceum; cyanides; environmental factors; gold; liquids; mass spectrometry; mutants; nanogold; nanoparticles; pH; soil; soil bacteria; soil inoculation
- Abstract:
- ... Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are often used to study the physiochemical behavior and distribution of nanomaterials in natural systems because they are assumed to be inert under environmental conditions, even though Au can be oxidized and dissolved by a common environmental compound: cyanide. We used the cyanogenic soil bacterium, Chromobacterium violaceum, to demonstrate that quorum-sensing-regulat ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05884
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05884
- Author:
- Han, Jing-Long; Haider, Muhammad Rizwan; Liu, Mei-Jun; Wang, Hong-cheng; Jiang, Wen-Li; Ding, Yang-Cheng; Hou, Ya-Nan; Cheng, Hao-Yi; Xia, Xue; Wang, Ai-Jie
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1501-1508
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; atomic force microscopy; cross-linking reagents; crosslinking; filtration; fouling; free radicals; graphene oxide; hydroxyl radicals; moieties; oxidation; risk; sodium borate; sodium dodecyl sulfate; sodium hydroxide
- Abstract:
- ... Graphene oxide (GO) membranes have the potential to be next-generation membranes. However, the GO layer easily swells in water and risks shedding during the long-term filtration. Organic GO interlayer organic cross-linking agent was not resistant to oxidation, which limits the application scope of GO membrane. In this study, an inorganic cross-linked GO membrane was prepared via the reaction of so ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b04194
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04194
- Author:
- López de León, Luis Rafael; Deaton, Kelsey E.; Deshusses, Marc A.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1518-1526
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- air; air quality; bioaerosols; biofilm; biofilters; biomass; bioreactors; foams; glass; humidity; interphase; mass transfer; methanol; mixing; pollutants; polyurethanes; quality control; streams; toluene; vapors; volatile organic compounds
- Abstract:
- ... Typical biofilters and biotrickling filters used for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) control have treatment rates limited to 30–200 g m–³ h–¹, mostly because they are exposed to dilute VOC streams, have moderate biomass density and activity, and moderate mass transfer coefficients. For these reasons and the concern over releasing bioaerosols and humidity, traditional biofilters and biotrickling ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05209
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05209
- Author:
- Wei, Jinlai; Yu, Haoran; Wang, Yixiang; Verma, Vishal
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1661-1671
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- additive effect; copper; fractionation; fulvic acids; hydrogen peroxide; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; hydroxyl radicals; iron; lungs; particulates; rivers; solid phase extraction; synergism; water solubility
- Abstract:
- ... We investigated the complexation state of atmospheric iron and copper and its impact on the oxidative potential (OP) of ambient PM₂.₅ (PM, particulate matter). A novel fractionation scheme was developed to segregate three different fractions of Fe and Cu present in ambient PM₂.₅: (i) complexed with hydrophobic organic compounds, (ii) complexed with hydrophilic organic compounds, and (iii) free or ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05731
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05731
- Author:
- Wolf, Martin J.; Coe, Allison; Dove, Lilian A.; Zawadowicz, Maria A.; Dooley, Keven; Biller, Steven J.; Zhang, Yue; Chisholm, Sallie W.; Cziczo, Daniel J.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1139-1149
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- Prochlorococcus; active sites; aerosols; agarose; amylopectin; aspartic acid; hydrophilicity; ice; ice nucleation; lipids; models; moieties; oceans; organic matter; phytoplankton; proteins
- Abstract:
- ... Sea spray is the largest aerosol source on Earth. Bubble bursting mechanisms at the ocean surface create smaller film burst and larger jet drop particles. This study quantified the effects of particle chemistry on the depositional ice nucleation efficiency of laboratory-generated sea spray aerosols under the cirrus-relevant conditions. Cultures of Prochlorococcus, the most abundant phytoplankton s ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05150
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05150
- Author:
- Haynes, John P.; Miller, Keith E.; Majestic, Brian J.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.2 pp. 682-691
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- absorption; aerosols; alcohols; anthracenes; autoxidation; carbon; chromatography; combustion; emissions; human health; lighting; lungs; naphthalene; new products; quinones; radiative forcing; reaction mechanisms; solar radiation; spectral analysis; water solubility; wavelengths
- Abstract:
- ... Brown carbon (BrC) is a collection of oxidized atmospheric aromatic compounds detected worldwide with broad functionality. This multifunctional nature allows BrC to be water-soluble and bioavailable and demonstrate light absorption at multiple wavelengths. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are major primary products of combustion emissions and have long been known to oxidize in the environmen ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05704
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05704
- Author:
- Taatjes, Craig A.; Khan, M. Anwar H.; Eskola, Arkke J.; Percival, Carl J.; Osborn, David L.; Wallington, Timothy J.; Shallcross, Dudley E.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1245-1251
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- anhydrides; carboxylic acids; gases; hydrolysis; perfluorooctanoic acid; wet deposition
- Abstract:
- ... The reaction of perfluorooctanoic acid with the smallest carbonyl oxide Criegee intermediate, CH₂OO, has been measured and is very rapid, with a rate coefficient of (4.9 ± 0.8) × 10–¹⁰ cm³ s–¹, similar to that for reactions of Criegee intermediates with other organic acids. Evidence is shown for the formation of hydroperoxymethyl perfluorooctanoate as a product. With such a large rate coefficient, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05073
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05073
- Author:
- Li, Yueyun; Rahman, Sheikh Mokhlesur; Li, Gungyu; Fowle, William; Nielsen, Per Halkjær; Gu, April Z.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1536-1544
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- elemental composition; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; genes; genotyping; granules; magnesium; microbial ecology; monitoring; phenotype; phosphorus; phylogeny; prediction; ribosomal DNA; ribosomal RNA; scanning electron microscopy; sequence analysis
- Abstract:
- ... The individual cellular level and quantitative Polyphosphate (PolyP)-metal compositions in EBPR (enhanced biological phosphorus removal) systems have hardly been investigated and its potential link to EBPR performance therefore remain largely unknown. In this study, we applied scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX) method that enabled detection an ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b06827
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06827
- Author:
- Chang, Elisabeth D.; Hogstrand, Christer; Miller, Thomas H.; Owen, Stewart F.; Bury, Nic R.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1576-1584
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- acetazolamide; cell culture; diclofenac; epithelium; fish; freshwater; gemfibrozil; ibuprofen; ketoprofen; least squares; lipophilicity; mechanism of action; model validation; models; molecular weight; pH; principal component analysis; propranolol; quantitative structure-activity relationships; risk assessment; surface area; warfarin
- Abstract:
- ... Modeling approaches such as quantitative structure–activity relationships (QSARs) use molecular descriptors to predict the bioavailable properties of a compound in biota. However, these models have mainly been derived based on empirical data for lipophilic neutral compounds and may not predict the uptake of ionizable compounds. The majority of pharmaceuticals are ionizable, and freshwaters can hav ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b04394
- PubMed:
- 30589539
- PubMed Central:
- PMC6503469
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04394
- Author:
- McIntosh, J. C.; Hendry, M. J.; Ballentine, C.; Haszeldine, R. S.; Mayer, B.; Etiope, G.; Elsner, M.; Darrah, T. H.; Prinzhofer, A.; Osborn, S.; Stalker, L.; Kuloyo, O.; Lu, Z.-T.; Martini, A.; Lollar, B. Sherwood
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1063-1077
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- aquifers; carbon sequestration; coal; gases; greenhouse gases; groundwater; hydraulic fracturing; hydrogen; methane; natural gas; oils; pollution; radioactive waste; sandstone; Australia; Canada; United States
- Abstract:
- ... High-volume, hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) is widely applied for natural gas and oil production from shales, coals, or tight sandstone formations in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and is being widely considered by other countries with similar unconventional energy resources. Secure retention of fluids (natural gas, saline formation waters, oil, HVHF fluids) during and after well stimulati ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05807
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05807
- Author:
- MacMillan, Gwyneth A.; Clayden, Meredith G.; Chételat, John; Richardson, Murray C.; Ponton, Dominic E.; Perron, Tania; Amyot, Marc
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1650-1660
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- anthropogenic activities; aquatic invertebrates; bedrock; bioaccumulation; dissolved organic carbon; food webs; freshwater; freshwater ecosystems; indicator species; lakes; pH; rare earth elements; sediments; soil; surface water; zooplankton; Canada
- Abstract:
- ... Human activities have resulted in significant release of rare earth elements (REEs) into the environment. However, the pathways of REEs from waters and soils into freshwater food webs remain poorly understood. Recent studies suggest that aquatic invertebrates may be good biomonitors for REEs, yet there is little information on factors that control REE bioaccumulation in these organisms. Our goal w ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05547
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05547
- Author:
- Li, Meiju; Fan, Xingjun; Zhu, Mengbo; Zou, Chunlin; Song, Jianzhong; Wei, Siye; Jia, Wanglu; Peng, Ping’an
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.2 pp. 595-603
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- absorbance; absorption; coal; combustion; dissolved organic carbon; methanol; solvents; water solubility; China
- Abstract:
- ... Brown carbon (BrC) fractions, including water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC), water-soluble humic-like substances (HULISw), alkaline soluble organic carbon (ASOC), and methanol soluble organic carbon (MSOC) were extracted from particles emitted from the residential combustion of coal with different geological maturities. The abundances and light absorption properties of these BrC fractions were com ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05630
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05630
- Author:
- Drozd, Greg T.; Zhao, Yunliang; Saliba, Georges; Frodin, Bruce; Maddox, Christine; Oliver Chang, M.-C.; Maldonado, Hector; Sardar, Satya; Weber, Robert Jay; Robinson, Allen L.; Goldstein, Allen H.
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1706-1714
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene); aerosols; air; air pollution; benzene; certification; desorption; ethylbenzene; filters; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; gasoline; ionization; oils; oxidation; particulate emissions; pollution control; quartz; toluene; volatile organic compounds; xylene; California
- Abstract:
- ... Over the past two decades vehicle emission standards in the United States have been dramatically tightened with the goal of reducing urban air pollution. Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is the dominant contributor to urban organic aerosol. Experiments were conducted at the California Air Resources Board Haagen-Smit Laboratory to characterize exhaust organics from 20 gasoline vehicles recruited fro ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05600
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05600
- Author:
- Li, Huizhen; Yi, Xiaoyi; Cheng, Fei; Tong, Yujun; Mehler, W. Tyler; You, Jing
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.2 pp. 996-1003
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- Chironomus dilutus; bioavailability; midges; mortality; pyrethrins; sediments; toxic substances; toxicity; toxicity testing
- Abstract:
- ... Toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) and effect-directed analysis (EDA) were integrated to diagnose toxicity drivers in a complex system, such as sediment. In TIE manipulation, XAD resin was utilized as an amending agent for characterizing organic toxicants, which also facilitate a large-volume bioaccessibility-based extraction for EDA purposes. Both raw sediments in TIE and extract fractions ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05633
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05633
- Author:
- Wang, Peng; Chen, Yuan; Hu, Jianlin; Zhang, Hongliang; Ying, Qi
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1404-1412
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- air pollution; air quality; emissions; hydrogen peroxide; hydroperoxides; issues and policy; models; nitric acid; nitrogen oxides; ozone; river deltas; rivers; troposphere; volatile organic compounds; China; Yangtze River
- Abstract:
- ... An improved three-regime (3R) O₃ attribution technique for O₃ source apportionment in regional chemical transport models is developed to divide the entire range of VOC-NOₓ-O₃ formation sensitivity to VOC-limited, transition, and NOₓ-limited regimes based on the value of a regime indicator R. The threshold R values to mark the start (Rₜₛ) and end (Rₜₑ) of the transition regime are defined at the po ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b05981
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05981
- Author:
- Duan, Haoran; Ye, Liu; Lu, Xuanyu; Batstone, Damien J.; Yuan, Zhiguo
- Source:
- Environmental science & technology 2018 v.53 no.3 pp. 1225-1234
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- activated sludge; digestion; nitrites; nitrogen; nitrous acid; oxygen; pH; pathogens; wastewater treatment
- Abstract:
- ... Aerobic sludge digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS) is widely used as a stabilization option in small- and midsized wastewater treatment plants. However, the digestion process is often limited by low volatile solids (VS) destruction and poor pathogen removal efficiency. This study presents a novel operational strategy that achieves enhanced VS destruction and nitrogen removal by inducing sust ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.8b04498
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04498