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1. Active moss biomonitoring of small-scale spatial distribution of airborne major and trace elements in the Belgrade urban area

Author:
Gordana Vuković; Mira Aničić Urošević; Ivana Razumenić; Zoya Goryainova; Marina Frontasyeva; Milica Tomašević; Aleksandar Popović
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5461-5470
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Sphagnum; air; air pollution; bags; exposure duration; microclimate; mosses and liverworts; pollutants; spectroscopy; surveys; topography; trace elements; traffic; urban areas
Abstract:
... In urban environments, human exposure to air pollutants is expected to be significantly increased, especially near busy traffic streets, street canyons, tunnels, etc. where urban topography and microclimate may additionally cause poor air conditions giving rise to pollution hotspots. As a practical and cost-effective approach, active moss biomonitoring survey of some major and trace element air po ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1561-9
PubMed:
23430735

2. Adsorption behavior of light green anionic dye using cationic surfactant-modified wheat straw in batch and column mode

Author:
Yinyin Su; Binglu Zhao; Wei Xiao; Runping Han
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5558-5568
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; adsorption; dyes; models; nitrogen; sodium chloride; temperature; wheat straw
Abstract:
... An agricultural by-product, natural wheat straw (NWS), was soaked in 1 % cationic surfactant (hexadecylpyridinium bromide, CPB) solution for 24 h (at 293 K), and modified wheat straw (MWS) was obtained. Analysis of FTIR, XFR, and nitrogen element showed that CPB was adsorbed onto surface of NWS. Then, MWS was used as adsorbent for the removal of light green dye (LG, anionic dye) from aqueous solut ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1571-7
PubMed:
23440440

3. Applicability of polar organic compound integrative samplers for monitoring pesticides in groundwater

Author:
Catherine Berho; Anne Togola; Charlotte Coureau; Jean-Philippe Ghestem; Laurence Amalric
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5220-5228
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
groundwater; monitoring; pesticides; samplers; screening; surface water
Abstract:
... Polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCISs) for the monitoring of polar pesticides in groundwater were tested on two sites in order to evaluate their applicability by comparison with the spot-sampling approach. This preliminary study shows that, as in surface water, POCIS is a useful tool, especially for the screening of substances at low concentration levels that are not detected by labo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1508-1
PubMed:
23370850

4. Biotreatment of chromite ore processing residue by Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB

Author:
Yangyang Wang; Zhihui Yang; Bing Peng; Liyuan Chai; Baolin Wu; Ruiping Wu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5593-5602
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
pollution; processing residues; toxicity; wastes; China
Abstract:
... Chromite ore processing residues (COPR) is the source of the Cr(VI) contamination in the environment. Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB was used to treat two different types of COPRs in this research. The water-soluble Cr(VI) of COPR A and B is 3,982.9 and 1,181.4 mg/kg, respectively. In the column biotreatment process, P. phragmitetus BB can reduce Cr(VI) in the leachate to an undetectable level at t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1526-z
PubMed:
23440437

5. Characterization of major pollution events (dust, haze, and two festival events) at Agra, India

Author:
Tripti Pachauri; Vyoma Singla; Aparna Satsangi; Anita Lakhani; K. Maharaj Kumari
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5737-5752
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
aerosols; anthropogenic activities; carbon; cations; combustion; gases; meteorological parameters; pollution; potassium chloride; scanning electron microscopes; India
Abstract:
... Total suspended particulate (TSP) samples were collected during dust, haze, and two festival events (Holi and Diwali) from February 2009 to June 2010. Pollutant gases (NO2, SO2, and O3) along with the meteorological parameters were also measured during the four pollution events at Agra. The concentration of pollutant gases decreases during dust events (DEs), but the levels of the gases increase du ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1584-2
PubMed:
23463279

6. Contamination of the River Ganga and its toxic implication in the blood parameters of the major carp Labeo rohita (Ham)

Author:
Huma Vaseem; T. K. Banerjee
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5673-5681
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Labeo rohita; alanine; blood; carp; cholesterol; drinking water; enzymes; erythrocyte count; glucose; hemoglobin; metals; physicochemical properties; quality control; river water; rivers; toxicity; India
Abstract:
... A field study was conducted to examine different physicochemical properties of water and various haematological and biochemical parametres of the fish Labeo rohita collected from the Ganga River (National river of India) at Varanasi district, India. The water was found to be greatly contaminated with a number of dissolved metals (Fe, Cr, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ni and Pb) whose concentrations were above the s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1570-8
PubMed:
23456946

7. Determination of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and pesticides in surface and treated waters: method development and survey

Author:
Sergiane Souza Caldas; Cátia Marian Bolzan; Juliana Rocha Guilherme; Maria Angelis Kisner Silveira; Ana Laura Venquiaruti Escarrone; Ednei Gilberto Primel
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5855-5863
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
drinking; drugs; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; nontarget organisms; personal care products; pesticides; power generation; risk; solid phase extraction; surveys; Brazil
Abstract:
... Water is fundamental to the existence of life since it is essential to a series of activities, such as agriculture, power generation, and public and industrial supplies. The residual water generated by these activities is released into the environment, reaches the water systems, and becomes a potential risk to nontarget organisms. This paper reports the development and validation of a quantitative ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1650-9
PubMed:
23539208

8. Distribution and temporal trend of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in one Shanghai municipal landfill, China

Author:
Kai Huang; Jie Guo; Kuang-fei Lin; Xiao-yu Zhou; Jun-xia Wang; Peng Zhou; Feng Xu; Mei-Lan Zhang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5299-5308
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
landfills; leachates; leaves; life cycle assessment; markets; municipal solid waste; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; topsoil; vegetation; China
Abstract:
... The scarcity of information on polybrominated diphenyl ethers' (PBDEs) flow in landfill restricts the life cycle analysis of PBDEs. In this study, eight PBDE congeners (BDEs 28, 47, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183, and 209) in topsoil, vegetation leaves, leachate, and municipal aged refuse collected from Shanghai Laogang Municipal Landfill (SLML) were investigated. The present study revealed elevated PBDE ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1489-0
PubMed:
23389855

9. Functional groups of marine ciliated protozoa and their relationships to water quality

Author:
Yong Jiang; Henglong Xu; Xiaozhong Hu; Alan Warren; Weibo Song
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5272-5280
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Ciliophora; autumn; biological assessment; coastal water; ecosystems; environmental factors; eutrophication; habitats; indicator species; physicochemical properties; pollution; spring; summer; water quality; winter
Abstract:
... Ciliated protozoa (ciliates) play important ecological roles in coastal waters, especially regarding their interaction with environmental parameters. In order to increase our knowledge and understanding on the functional structure of ciliate communities and their relationships to environmental conditions in marine ecosystems, a 12-month study was carried out in a semi-enclosed bay in northern Chin ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1525-0
PubMed:
23381800

10. Graphene—a promising material for removal of perchlorate (ClO₄ ⁻) from water

Author:
Jothinathan Lakshmi; Subramanyan Vasudevan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5114-5124
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Raman spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; adsorption; infrared spectroscopy; ionic strength; models; scanning electron microscopes
Abstract:
... A batch adsorption process was applied to investigate the removal of perchlorate (ClO) from water by graphene. In doing so, the thermodynamic adsorption isotherm and kinetic studies were also carried out. Graphene was prepared by a facile liquid-phase exfoliation. Graphene was characterized by Raman spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1499-y

11. Health care industries: potential generators of genotoxic waste

Author:
Pratibha Sharma; Manish Kumar; N. Mathur; A. Singh; P. Bhatnagar; M. Sogani
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5160-5167
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
research facilities; Salmonella Typhimurium; wastewater treatment; genotoxicity; computer software; scientists; health services; radionuclides; neoplasms; drugs; disinfectants; industry; ecosystems; surface water; humans; hospitals; cytotoxicity; toxic substances; drinking water; aquatic organisms; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; mutagenicity; solvents; environmental impact; wastewater; India
Abstract:
... Health care waste includes all the waste generated by health care establishments, research facilities, and laboratories. This constitutes a variety of chemical substances, such as pharmaceuticals, radionuclides, solvents, and disinfectants. Recently, scientists and environmentalists have discovered that wastewater produced by hospitals possesses toxic properties due to various toxic chemicals and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1500-9
PubMed:
23361179

12. Health risk assessment for consumption of fish originating from ponds near Dabaoshan mine, South China

Author:
Ping Zhuang; Zhi-an Li; Murray B. McBride; Bi Zou; Gang Wang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5844-5854
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Ctenopharyngodon idella; heavy metals; Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; lead; bioaccumulation factor; Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; Megalobrama amblycephala; Carassius auratus; risk; carp; cadmium; human health; risk assessment; effluents; humans; copper; gills; fish ponds; liver; fish consumption; zinc; mining; China
Abstract:
... Mining effluents are a potential source of toxic metals in the surrounding aquatic ecosystem and pose a potential health risk to humans from fish consumption. The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of the long-term Dabaoshan mining operation on heavy metal accumulation in different fish species. Heavy metal accumulation (lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu)) in four tis ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1606-0
PubMed:
23508535

13. Heavy metals removal from wastewaters using organic solid waste—rice husk

Author:
S. Sobhanardakani; H. Parvizimosaed; E. Olyaie
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5265-5271
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adsorption; heavy metals; hulls; metal ions; pH; rice; wastes; water pollution
Abstract:
... In this study, the removal of Cr(III) and Cu(II) from contaminated wastewaters by rice husk, as an organic solid waste, was investigated. Experiments were performed to investigate the influence of wastewater initial concentration, pH of solution, and contact time on the efficiency of Cr(III) and Cu(II) removal. The results indicated that the maximum removal of Cr(III) and Cu(II) occurred at pH 5-6 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1516-1
PubMed:
23381799

14. Heterogeneous Fenton-like discoloration of Rhodamine B using natural schorl as catalyst: optimization by response surface methodology

Author:
Huan-Yan Xu; Shu-Yan Qi; Yan Li; Yuan Zhao; Ji-Wei Li
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5764-5772
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
analysis of variance; discoloration; dyes; experimental design; mathematical models; pH; prediction; response surface methodology
Abstract:
... A cationic dye, Rhodamine B (RhB), could be efficiently discolored by heterogeneous Fenton-like reaction catalyzed by natural schorl. In this work, with the main goal of the optimization for RhB discoloration, central composite design under the response surface methodology (RSM) was employed for the experiment design and process optimization. The significance of a second-order polynomial model for ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1578-0
PubMed:
23463277

15. Interaction between nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in mining-affected aquatic systems—experiences from field and laboratory measurements

Author:
Sara Chlot; Anders Widerlund; Björn Öhlander
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5722-5736
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
dissolved oxygen; lakes; nitrogen; nitrogen content; organic matter; oxygen consumption; phosphorus; sediments; time series analysis; vertical integration
Abstract:
... The main objectives of this study were to (a) study the interaction between N and P cycles in mining-affected aquatic systems and (b) to quantify release rates of sedimentary soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) that may be related to this interaction. Sediment cores and water from Lake Bruträsket (Boliden, northern Sweden) were collected and a time series of water sampling and flow measurements was ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1585-1
PubMed:
23463280

16. Investigation of preparation conditions and photocatalytic efficiency of nano ZnO using different polysaccharides

Author:
Munusamy Thirumavalavan; Fang-Mai Yang; Jiunn-Fwu Lee
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5654-5664
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
catalysts; chelating agents; corn starch; gentian violet; methylene blue; photolysis; sodium alginate; zinc oxide
Abstract:
... The development of a complete set of extensive studies combining both the preparation factors of catalysts and photocatalytic experimental factors for the photodegradation of methylene blue, crystal violet, and Congo red using effective nano zinc oxide (ZnO) obtained from polysaccharides (chitosans, corn starch, and sodium alginate) as chelating agents was the main objective of this study. The inf ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1575-3
PubMed:
23456947

17. MAPKs regulate root growth by influencing auxin signaling and cell cycle-related gene expression in cadmium-stressed rice

Author:
Feng Yun Zhao; Fan Hu; Shi Yong Zhang; Kai Wang; Cheng Ren Zhang; Tao Liu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5449-5460
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
auxins; cadmium; cell cycle; gene expression; genes; homeostasis; mitogen-activated protein kinase; rice; root growth; root systems; roots; signal transduction; transcription (genetics); vascular tissues
Abstract:
... This work aims to analyze the relationship between root growth, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), auxin signaling, and cell cycle-related gene expression in cadmium (Cd)-stressed rice. The role of MAPKs in auxin signal modification and cell cycle-related gene expression during root growth was investigated by disrupting MAPK signaling using the MAPKK inhibitor PD98059 (PD). Treatment with Cd ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1559-3
PubMed:
23430734

18. Mercury, methylmercury, and selenium in blood of bird species from Doñana National Park (Southwestern Spain) after a mining accident

Author:
C. Rodríguez Alvárez; M. Jiménez Moreno; L. López Alonso; B. Gómara; F. J. Guzmán Bernardo; R. C. Rodríguez Martín-Doimeadios; M. J. González
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5361-5372
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Anas platyrhynchos; birds; blood; mercury; methylmercury compounds; mining; national parks; risk; selenium; trophic relationships; Spain
Abstract:
... Total mercury (Hg), monomethylmercury (MeHg), and selenium (Se) were determined in blood of 11 bird species living in Doana National Park (DNP, Southwestern Spain) and the surrounding area in 1999 and 2000 after a mine spill accident. The total Hg contents found varied from 1.00 to 587 ng/mL, with an MeHg percentage higher than 80 %, except in mallard species. In all the cases, the concentrations ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1540-1
PubMed:
23407930

19. Observation of carbonaceous aerosols during 2006–2009 in Nyainqêntanglha Mountains and the implications for glaciers

Author:
Shuyu Zhao; Jing Ming; Junying Sun; Cunde Xiao
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5827-5838
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
aerosols; air; carbon; glaciers; monsoon season; mountains; pollutants; snowpack; winter; China; India
Abstract:
... Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols were sampled discontinuously from July 2006 to December 2009 at Nam Co Comprehensive Observation and Research Station (NCOS) in the central Tibetan Plateau (TP). The mean daily concentration of carbonaceous aerosols increased from 268 to 330 ng m(-3), and pollution episodes could significantly increase the mean level of carbonaceous aerosols in the total mass conc ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1548-6
PubMed:
23479337

20. Occurrence and fate of PPCPs and correlations with water quality parameters in urban riverine waters of the Pearl River Delta, South China

Author:
Xin Yang; Feng Chen; Fangang Meng; Yuanyu Xie; Hui Chen; Kyana Young; Wangxing Luo; Tingjin Ye; Wenjie Fu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2013 v.20 no.8 pp. 5864-5875
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
acetaminophen; ammonium nitrogen; caffeine; ciprofloxacin; correlation; fluorescence; prediction; rivers; sulfamethoxazole; water quality; China
Abstract:
... The occurrence and fate of eight PPCPs was studied in river waters from upstream to downstream of the three rivers in the Pearl River Delta, China. The correlations of PPCP levels and water quality parameters were also investigated. The analytes of the highest concentrations were caffeine, acetaminophen, and ciprofloxacin. Carbamazepine and erythromycin-H2O were detected at the lowest concentratio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-1641-x
PubMed:
23608973