Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) are highly toxic and persistent organic pollutants that can cause adverse effects in the environment and on human health. PCNs have been detected in remote areas because of their long-range transportation. Bees and bee products are commonly used as biomonitors...

To understand the current status of the contamination of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) after closing the Fushun Western Opencast Mine, this study has focused on the concentration, contamination assessment, and source identification of eight PTEs in weathered waste-rocks in four distinct areas...

Fulvic acid which could govern the environmental geochemistry behavior of heavy metals is considered as the eco-friendly substances for controlling heavy metal pollutants in environment. Knowledge on the individual fulvic acid ligand is crucial to characterize the effect of fulvic acid on the...

This study developed a model to measure long-range transport potential (LRTP) of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). To be consistent with the nature of atmospheric transport, LRTP is derived from a perturbation solution of an atmospheric transport model (ATM) for persistent chemicals. A...

This work aimed at revealing the distribution characteristics of phosphorus (P) containing substances in an aerobic granular sludge-membrane bioreactor (AGS-MBR). During the long running period (180 days) with no sludge discharge, AGS was successfully cultivated on day 20, and the system performed...

Background: While increasing studies confirmed the adverse effects of indoor air pollution (IAP) on cardiopulmonary systems, less is known about the impact of IAP on child's brain. Objective: To explore the associations between multiple indoor air pollutants exposures and...

Background: Air pollution exposures are increasingly suspected to influence the development of childhood adiposity, especially focusing on outdoor exposure, but few studies investigated indoor exposure and childhood obesity. Objectives: We aimed to examine the association between exposure to...

Microplastics (MPs) has gradually become a global environmental pollution problem and may harm human and animal health. In recent years, a large number of studies had shown that MPs had various toxicological effects on different organisms. At the same time, a number of studies had also shown that...

Production of sulfate radical from peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation by carbon-based catalysts is a promising strategy to degrade pollutants. However, the electron-transfer ability of carbon catalysts, which is critical in PMS activation, still needs to be improved. In this study, a novel...

Persistent organic pollutant (POPs) contamination was analyzed in samples collected from wild and captive giant pandas to characterize seasonal variation in concentrations of POPs and possible sources. POP concentrations in bamboo and fecal samples collected from captive pandas showed significant...