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1. A critical review of on-site inorganic arsenic screening methods

Author:
Yi He; Jingyu Liu; Yanhua Duan; Xiaofei Yuan; Lulu Ma; Ratan Dhar; Yan Zheng
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 453-469
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
arsenic; arsenites; biocompatible materials; colorimetry; electrochemistry; guidelines; oligonucleotides; oxidation; risk; transportation; well water; China
Abstract:
... Approximately 94 to 220 million people worldwide are at risk of drinking well water containing arsenic > 10 µg/L, the WHO guideline value. To identify non-compliant domestic wells, assess health risks and reduce exposure, accurate and rapid on-site inorganic arsenic screening methods are desirable because all domestic wells worldwide need to be tested. Here, the principles, advantages and limitati ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.01.034

2. Assessment of risks, implications, and opportunities of waterborne neurotoxic pesticides

Author:
Delaram Dara; Andrei P. Drabovich
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 735-741
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
bioaccumulation; biochemical compounds; biodegradation; bioremediation; chlorinated hydrocarbons; genetic engineering; humans; mice; nervous system; neurotoxicity; organophosphorus compounds; pyrethrins; synergism; therapeutics; viability; China
Abstract:
... Pesticides are a well-known family of chemicals that have contaminated water systems globally. Four common subfamilies of pesticides include organochlorines, organophosphates, pyrethroids, and carbamate insecticides which have been shown to adversely affect the human nervous system. Studies have shown a link between pesticide exposure and decreased viability, proliferation, migration, and differen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.03.033

3. Biomass chemical looping gasification for syngas production using modified hematite as oxygen carriers

Author:
Cong Jiang; Xiaoyu Jin; Tingting Xu; Bo Xiao; Zhiquan Hu; Xun Wang
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 171-184
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
biomass; calcium oxide; clean energy; feedstocks; gasification; hematite; oxygen; steam; synthesis gas; temperature; China
Abstract:
... Syngas is a clean energy carrier and a major industrial feedstock. In this paper, syngas was produced via biomass chemical looping gasification (CLG) process. Hematite, the most common Fe-based oxygen carrier (OC), was modified with different metal oxides (CeO₂, CaO and MgO) by the impregnation method. The hematite modified by CeO₂, CaO and MgO was namely as CeO₂-hematite (CeO₂-H), CaO-hematite (C ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.11.028

4. Characteristics and source apportionment of PM2.5 under the dual influence of the Spring Festival and the COVID-19 pandemic in Yuncheng city

Author:
Chen Zhang; Yingying Zhang; Xingang Liu; Yafei Liu; Chenlu Li
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 553-567
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; air; business enterprises; chemical composition; coal; combustion; humidity; nitrogen; sulfur; vehicles (equipment); wind speed; China
Abstract:
... Based on the online and membrane sampling data of Yuncheng from January 1st to February 12th, 2020, the formation mechanism of haze under the dual influence of Spring Festival and COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease) was analyzed. Atmospheric capacity, chemical composition, secondary transformation, source apportionment, backward trajectory, pollution space and enterprise distribution were studied. Low ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.02.020

5. Co-occurrence of genes for antibiotic resistance and arsenic biotransformation in paddy soils

Author:
Huiling Cui; Dong Zhu; Longjun Ding; Yifei Wang; Jianqiang Su; Guilan Duan; Yongguan Zhu
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 701-711
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
Clostridium; antibiotic resistance; biotransformation; food safety; manure amendments; manure spreading; methylation; multiple drug resistance; paddies; paddy soils; pollution; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; risk; China
Abstract:
... Paddy soils are potential hotspots of combined contamination with arsenic (As) and antibiotics, which may induce co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and As biotransformation genes (ABGs), resulting in dissemination of antimicrobial resistance and modification in As biogeochemical cycling. So far, little information is available for these co-selection processes and specific patterns ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.02.027

6. Construction of Ag2CO3/BiOBr/CdS ternary composite photocatalyst with improved visible-light photocatalytic activity on tetracycline molecule degradation

Author:
Kaliyappan Perumal; Shajahan Shanavas; Tansir Ahamad; Annamalai Karthigeyan; Padmanabhan Murugakoothan
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 47-60
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
absorption; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; irradiation; pH; photocatalysis; photocatalysts; photoluminescence; photolysis; pollution control; synergism; tetracycline; transmission electron microscopy; ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy; wastewater; China
Abstract:
... Photocatalytic degradation was considered as a best strategy for the removal of antibiotic drug pollutants from wastewater. The photocatalyst of ABC (Ag₂CO₃/BiOBr/CdS) composite synthesized by hydrothermal and precipitation method. The ABC composite used to investigate the degradation activity of tetracycline (TC) under visible light irradiation. The physicochemical characterization methods (e.g. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.10.021

7. Enhanced activity of ZnS (111) by N/Cu co-doping: Accelerated degradation of organic pollutants under visible light

Author:
Guofei Jiang; Benjie Zhu; Junzhi Sun; Fang Liu; Yongqiang Wang; Chaocheng Zhao
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 244-257
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
2,4-dichlorophenol; absorption; adsorption; density functional theory; energy; hot water treatment; light; nanospheres; photocatalysis; photocatalysts; surface area; tetracycline; texture; wastewater; water treatment; China
Abstract:
... High-efficiency photocatalysts are of great significance for the application of photocatalytic technology in water treatment. In this study, N/Cu co-doped ZnS nanosphere photocatalyst (N/Cu-ZnS) is synthesized by a hydrothermal method for the first time. After doping, the texture of nanosphere becomes loose, the nanometer diameter is reduced, making the specific surface area of catalyst increased ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.12.023

8. Environmental Mn(II) enhances the activity of dissimilatory arsenate-respiring prokaryotes from arsenic-contaminated soils

Author:
Yan Wu; Weiwei Wu; Yifan Xu; Yanxia Zuo; Xian-Chun Zeng
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 582-592
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
Bacillus (bacteria); arsenic; genes; groundwater; oxidoreductases; prokaryotic cells; China
Abstract:
... Many investigations suggest that dissimilatory arsenate-respiring prokaryotes (DARPs) play a key role in stimulating reductive mobilization of As from solid phase into groundwater, but it is not clear how environmental Mn(II) affects the DARPs-mediated reductive mobilization of arsenic. To resolve this issue, we collected soil samples from a realgar tailings-affected area. We found that there were ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.03.013

9. Hotspots and trends of biological water treatment based on bibliometric review and patents analysis

Author:
Lili Jin; Xiangzhou Sun; Hongqiang Ren; Hui Huang
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 774-785
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
Japan; activated sludge; biodegradation; biological treatment; biotransformation; databases; metrology; nitrogen; phosphorus; toxicity; wastewater; water reuse; water treatment; China
Abstract:
... In order to reveal the hotspots and trends of biological water treatment from the perspectives of scientific and technological innovation, both of the bibliometric review and patents analysis were performed in this study. The Web of Science Core Collection database and Derwent Innovation Index database recorded 30023 SCI papers and 50326 patents, respectively were analyzed via information visualiz ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.03.037

10. Impacts of pollution heterogeneity on population exposure in dense urban areas using ultra-fine resolution air quality data

Author:
Wenwei Che; Yumiao Zhang; Changqing Lin; Yik Him Fung; Jimmy C.H. Fung; Alexis K.H. Lau
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 513-523
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
air pollution; air quality; meteorology; nitrogen dioxide; particulates; traffic; urban areas; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Traditional air quality data have a spatial resolution of 1 km or above, making it challenging to resolve detailed air pollution exposure in complex urban areas. Combining urban morphology, dynamic traffic emission, regional and local meteorology, physicochemical transformations in air quality models using big data fusion technology, an ultra-fine resolution modeling system was developed to provid ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.02.041

11. Insight into the mechanisms of trichloronitromethane formation by vacuum ultraviolet: QSAR model and FTICR-MS analysis

Author:
Xiaojun Chen; Yangtao Wu; Weiqiu Zhang; Lingjun Bu; Shumin Zhu; Da Sheng; Shiqing Zhou; John C. Crittenden
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 215-222
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
bicarbonates; byproducts; chlorides; chlorination; chloropicrin; disinfection; models; nitrates; organic matter; pH; photolysis; quantitative structure-activity relationships; reactive nitrogen species; risk; toxicity; China
Abstract:
... Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photolysis is recognized as an environmental-friendly treatment process. Nitrate (NO₃⁻) and natural organic matter (NOM) are widely present in water source. We investigated trichloronitromethane (TCNM) formation during chlorination after VUV photolysis, because TCNM is an unregulated highly toxic disinfection byproduct. In this study: (1) we found reactive nitrogen species ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.11.023

12. Mepanipyrim induces cardiotoxicity of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae via promoting AhR-regulated COX expression pathway

Author:
Chao Shen; Jing He; Kongyang Zhu; Naying Zheng; Yue Yu; Chengyong He; Chunyan Yang; Zhenghong Zuo
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 650-661
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
Danio rerio; agonists; antagonists; bioassays; calcium; cardiomyocytes; cardiotoxicity; electron transport chain; gene expression; heart rate; human health; mepanipyrim; mitochondria; toxicity; viticulture; China
Abstract:
... The wide use of pesticides has seriously threatened human health and the survival of beneficial organisms. The fungicide mepanipyrim is widely used in viticulture practices. Studies of mepanipyrim-induced toxicity in organisms are still scarce, especially studies on cardiotoxicity. In this study, we aimed to investigate mepanipyrim-induced cardiotoxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae. We found ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.01.012

13. Mitigating phytotoxicity of tetracycline by metal-free 8-hydroxyquinoline functionalized carbon nitride photocatalyst

Author:
Toshali Bhoyar; Devthade Vidyasagar; Suresh S. Umare
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 37-46
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
8-hydroxyquinoline; Cicer arietinum; carbon nitride; models; photocatalysis; photocatalysts; photooxidation; phytotoxicity; phytotoxins; pollutants; remediation; seed growth; tetracycline; China
Abstract:
... Photooxidative removal of pharmaceuticals and organic dyes is an effective way to eliminate growing micropollutants. However, photooxidation often results in byproducts as secondary hazardous substances such as phytotoxins. Herein, we found that photooxidation of common antibiotic tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) over a metal-free 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) functionalized carbon nitride (CN) photoc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.10.032

14. Molecular toxicity and defense mechanisms induced by silver nanoparticles in Drosophila melanogaster

Author:
Zhidi Wang; Liying Zhang; Xing Wang
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 616-629
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
DNA damage; Drosophila melanogaster; cell viability; dose response; eclosion; fat body; fecundity; genes; hemocytes; metallothionein; nanosilver; pupation; sequence analysis; toxicity; China
Abstract:
... The widely use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as antimicrobial agents gives rise to potential environmental risks. AgNPs exposure have been reported to cause toxicity in animals. Nevertheless, the known mechanisms of AgNPs toxicity are still limited. In this study, we systematically investigated the toxicity of AgNPs exposure using Drosophila melanogaster. We show here that AgNPs significantly de ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.12.027

15. Nitrogen-doped porous carbons from polyacrylonitrile fiber as effective CO2 adsorbents

Author:
Changdan Ma; Jiali Bai; Xin Hu; Zhuohan Jiang; Linlin Wang
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 533-543
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
adsorbents; adsorption; carbon; carbon dioxide; carbonization; heat; nitrogen content; polyacrylonitrile; porosity; temperature; China
Abstract:
... In this report, nitrogen-doped porous carbons were synthesized from polyacrylonitrile fiber by a facile two-step synthesis process i.e. carbonization followed by KOH activation. Activation temperature and KOH/carbon ratio are two parameters to tune the porosity and surface chemical properties of sorbents. The as-obtained sorbents were carefully characterized. Special attention was paid concerning ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.03.016

16. One-step preparation of MoOx/ZnS/ZnO composite and its excellent performance in piezocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B under ultrasonic vibration

Author:
Song Zheng; Xiaojing Li; Jiayu Zhang; Junfeng Wang; Chunran Zhao; Xin Hu; Ying Wu; Yiming He
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 1-13
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; adsorption; catalysts; catalytic activity; dielectric spectroscopy; pH; rhodamines; surface area; transmission electron microscopy; ultrasonics; vibration; China
Abstract:
... This paper synthesized a new type of ternary piezoelectric catalyst MoOₓ/ZnS/ZnO (MZZ) by a one-step method. The catalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) solution (10 μg/g, pH = 7.0) shows that the composite catalyst has excellent piezoelectric catalytic activity under ultrasonic vibration (40 kHz). The piezoelectric degradation rate of the optimal sample reached 0.054 min⁻¹, which was about 2.5 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.10.028

17. Origins of black carbon from anthropogenic emissions and open biomass burning transported to Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

Author:
Xuyan Liu; Siwen Wang; Qianqian Zhang; Chunlai Jiang; Linlin Liang; Shihao Tang; Xingying Zhang; Xiuzhen Han; Lin Zhu
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 277-289
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
aerosols; air quality; biomass; carbon; emissions factor; humans; China; India; Laos; Myanmar
Abstract:
... Black carbon (BC) has importance regarding aerosol composition, radiative balance, and human exposure. This study adopted a backward-trajectory approach to quantify the origins of BC from anthropogenic emissions (BCAn) and open biomass burning (BCBB) transported to Xishuangbanna in 2017. Haze months, between haze and clean months, and clean months in Xishuangbanna were defined according to daily P ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.12.020

18. Progress on metal-support interactions in Pd-based catalysts for automobile emission control

Author:
Yidan Cao; Rui Ran; Xiaodong Wu; Zhichun Si; Feiyu Kang; Duan Weng
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 401-426
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
automobiles; catalytic activity; oxidation; thermal stability; China
Abstract:
... The interactions between metals and oxide supports, so-called metal-support interactions (MSI), are of great importance in heterogeneous catalysis. Pd-based automotive exhaust control catalysts, especially Pd-based three-way catalysts (TWCs), have received considerable research attention owing to its prominent oxidation activity of HCs/CO, as well as excellent thermal stability. For Pd-based TWCs, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.01.011

19. Rhizobacteria helps to explain the enhanced efficiency of phytoextraction strengthened by Streptomyces pactum

Author:
Linlin Wang; Nina Wang; Di Guo; Zhengzheng Shang; Yiying Zhang; Song Liu; Yuheng Wang
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 73-81
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
Acidobacteria; Bacteroidetes; Gemmatimonadetes; Sphingomonas; Streptomyces pactum; Thiobacillus; alkaline phosphatase; cadmium; community structure; humic acids; microbial communities; oxidoreductases; peat; phytoaccumulation; phytomass; plant growth; rhizosphere; rhizosphere bacteria; ribosomal RNA; soil quality; urease; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The ultimate purpose of phytoextraction is not only to remove heavy metals from soil but also to improve soil quality. Here, we evaluated how the joint effect of Streptomyces pactum (strain Act12) and inorganic (Hoagland's solution) and organic (humic acid and peat) nutrients affected the phytoextraction practice of cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) by potherb mustard, and the microbial community composi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.01.022

20. Seasonal variation and sources of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a background site on the Tibetan Plateau

Author:
Xuemei Wu; Weijun Sun; Baojuan Huai; Lei Wang; Chuntan Han; Yetang Wang; Wenying Mi
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.125 pp. 524-532
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
air; atmospheric circulation; biomass; coal; combustion; models; molecular weight; seasonal variation; summer; China
Abstract:
... The study of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in northeastern Tibetan Plateau with fragile ecological environment and complex atmospheric circulation system is blank. To understand the characteristics and sources of persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, we monitored levels in the central Qilian Mountain. From 2016 to 2017, we collec ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.02.042