Nine traditional phthalate plasticizers and 33 novel non-phthalate plasticizers were determined in indoor dust from a typical e-waste recycling area. The median concentrations ranged from < LOQ to 22,700 ng/g for phthalates and from < LOQ to 1250 ng/g for non-phthalates. Bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) were the two major phthalates in dust, while glycerol monooleate (GMO) and methyl oleate (MO) were the predominant non-phthalates. Different pollutant patterns among different sites implied multiple sources of the plasticizers. Using the ratio of...

Background: Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with cardiometabolic abnormalities (CAs), which, however, may be stronger in vulnerable populations, such as minorities. The variation of the association between ambient air pollution and CAs between the majority (Han) and...

In late-developing regions, new technologies and previous experiences are applied to reduce the impact of economic development on environmental pollution in the early stages. After economic development has reached a certain level, the application of new environmental remediation technologies and...

Oil and gas exploration and development provide important energy sources for the world, and drilling fluid is an essential engineering material for oil and gas exploration and development. During the drilling of oil wells, drilling fluids are eventually discarded as waste products after many...

To reduce the high disease burden caused by air pollution, World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new air quality guideline (AQG) on the 22nd September 2021. A timely quantitative assessment of health benefits by meeting these targets is a key measure to advocate and inform national and regional...

Bryophytes are important indicators of environmental pollution. At present, bryophytes are mainly used to monitor atmospheric pollution in China. In fact, bryophytes have been widely applied to monitor water quality abroad. In the present paper, we firstly analyzed the literature of applying...

LnMnO_3+σ (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd or Dy) perovskites synthesized by sol-gel method were employed for gaseous elemental mercury (Hg⁰) removal from coal-fired flue gas . Characterization results revealed the structure of the perovskites presented a phase transition process from rhombohedral...

This study presents a 3D hierarchically ordered porous carbon material (HOPC) that simultaneously achieves efficient adsorption of a range of water pollutants as well as catalytic oxidation of adsorbed pollutants. High adsorption capacity and rapid adsorption kinetics are attributed to the...

The sluggish Ni(II)/Ni(III) redox cycle does not benefit perxymonosulfate (PMS) activation for recalcitrant pollutant degradation. To solve this problem, a heterogeneous catalyst, Cu_0.2Ni_0.8O/SBA-15 (CNS), was constructed to activate PMS for decomposing two sulfonamide antibiotics,...

PM_2.5 pollution poses severe health risks to urban residents in low and middle-income countries. Existing studies have shown that the problem is affected by multiple socioeconomic factors. However, the relative contribution of these factors is not well understood, which sometimes leads to...