Search Results - "Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology"

Characteristics of Plastic Pollution in the Environment: A Review by Li, Penghui, Wang, Xiaodan, Su, Min, Zou, Xiaoyan, Duan, Linlin, Zhang, Hongwu

“…Plastics are ubiquitous in the environment and have become a hot topic in academic circles. Extensive studies have focused on analytical methods, source,…”
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The Influence of COVID-19 on Air Quality in India: A Boon or Inutile by Gautam, Sneha

“…Corona virus diseases-2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease identified in late December, 2019, in Wuhan city of China, was declared a pandemic by the World…”
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A review on Cadmium Exposure in the Population and Intervention Strategies Against Cadmium Toxicity by Wang, Mei, Chen, Zhaofang, Song, Wei, Hong, Dezi, Huang, Lei, Li, Yunhui

“…The rapid industrial development has led to serious cadmium (Cd) pollution. Cd is a toxic heavy metal placing severe health threat to human. Cd can enter the…”
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Effect of Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics on Bacterial Community and Nutrient Status in Two Agricultural Soils by Yan, Yuanyuan, Chen, Zhanghao, Zhu, Fengxiao, Zhu, Changyin, Wang, Chao, Gu, Cheng

“…Knowledge of the influence of microplastics on soil microbiome and nutrients is important for understanding the ecological consequences of microplastic…”
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Occurrence and Ecological Impacts of Microplastics in Soil Systems: A Review by Zhu, Fengxiao, Zhu, Changyin, Wang, Chao, Gu, Cheng

“…Microplastics, as a group of emerging contaminants, are receiving growing attention. During the last decade, their occurrence and toxicity in aquatic…”
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Industrial Production of Organophosphate Flame Retardants (OPFRs): Big Knowledge Gaps Need to Be Filled? by Huang, Jianan, Ye, Langjie, Fang, Mingliang, Su, Guanyong

“…Since the phase-out of traditional halogenated flame retardants (HFRs), interests of research are gradually being shifted to organophosphate flame retardants…”
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21-Day Lockdown in India Dramatically Reduced Air Pollution Indices in Lucknow and New Delhi, India by Srivastava, Sudhakar, Kumar, Amit, Bauddh, Kuldeep, Gautam, Alok Sagar, Kumar, Sanjeev

“…In December 2019, the outbreak of viral disease labeled as Novel Coronavirus started in Wuhan, China, which later came to be known as Covid-19. The disease has…”
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Characterization, Behavior, and Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Estuary Sediments by Ambade, Balram, Sethi, Shrikanta Shankar, Giri, Basant, Biswas, Jayanta Kumar, Bauddh, Kuldeep

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent toxic substances that have ubiquitous presence in water, air, soil, and sediment environments. The…”
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Ingestion and Egestion of Microplastics by the Cladoceran Daphnia magna: Effects of Regular and Irregular Shaped Plastic and Sorbed Phenanthrene by Frydkjær, Camilla Krogh, Iversen, Niels, Roslev, Peter

“…The presence of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems is of increasing global concern. This study investigated ingestion, egestion and acute effects of…”
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Evidence of Microplastic Ingestion by Fish from the Bahía Blanca Estuary in Argentina, South America by Arias, Andrés H., Ronda, Ana C., Oliva, Ana L., Marcovecchio, Jorge E.

“…The aim of this study was to assess – for the first time – the occurrence and distribution of microplastics (MPs) in the gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of a…”
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Nanoplastics Induce More Serious Microbiota Dysbiosis and Inflammation in the Gut of Adult Zebrafish than Microplastics by Xie, Shaolin, Zhou, Aiguo, Wei, Tianli, Li, Siying, Yang, Bing, Xu, Guohuan, Zou, Jixing

“…Microplastics (MPs) (< 5 mm) and nanoplastics (NPs) (< 100 nm) are emerging environmental pollutants and have been proved could cause a series of toxicity in…”
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Airborne Microplastics: A Review on the Occurrence, Migration and Risks to Humans by Wang, Yi, Huang, Jian, Zhu, Fengxiao, Zhou, Shaoda

“…As emerging environmental contaminants, microplastics may cause potential hazard to global ecosphere (including water, soil and air) and human health. To date,…”
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Distribution of Heavy Metal Pollution in Surface Soil Samples in China: A Graphical Review by Duan, Qiannan, Lee, Jianchao, Liu, Yansong, Chen, Han, Hu, Huanyu

“…Soil pollution in China is one of most wide and severe in the world. Although environmental researchers are well aware of the acuteness of soil pollution in…”
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Behavior of Microplastics in Inland Waters: Aggregation, Settlement, and Transport by Yan, Mengqi, Wang, Lei, Dai, Yuanyuan, Sun, Hongwen, Liu, Chunguang

“…Inland waters are the main medium transporting microplastics to the ocean. Aggregation, vertical settlement, and horizontal transport will occur when…”
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Effects of Microplastics on Higher Plants: A Review by Li, Jia, Yu, Songguo, Yu, Yufei, Xu, Meiling

“…Microplastics pose great risks to terrestrial systems owing to their large quantity and strong persistence. Higher plants, an irreplaceable part of the…”
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A Review of Organophosphate Esters in the Environment from Biological Effects to Distribution and Fate by Greaves, Alana K., Letcher, Robert J.

“…Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are synthetic phosphoric acid derivatives used in a wide variety of applications including as flame retardants and plasticizers…”
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Adsorption and Desorption of Steroid Hormones by Microplastics in Seawater by Lu, Jian, Wu, Jie, Wu, Jun, Zhang, Cui, Luo, Yongming

“…This study evaluated the adsorption and desorption of 17β-estradiol (E2) and 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) on microplastics in seawater. The effects of…”
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Influence of Microplastics on the Mobility, Bioavailability, and Toxicity of Heavy Metals: A Review by Liu, Guangxia, Dave, Preeti H., Kwong, Raymond W. M., Wu, Mengjie, Zhong, Huan

“…Microplastics (MPs) can pose ecological risk to the environment and have the potential to negatively affect human health, raising serious public concerns. It…”
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Biochar Adsorbents for Arsenic Removal from Water Environment: A Review by Srivastav, Arun Lal, Pham, Tien Duc, Izah, Sylvester Chibueze, Singh, Nirankar, Singh, Prabhat Kumar

“…Arsenic intake can cause human health disorders to the lungs, urinary tract, kidney, liver, hyper-pigmentation, muscles, neurological and even cancer. Biochar…”
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Microplastic Pollution in Nearshore Sediment from the Bohai Sea Coastline by Zhu, Xiaopeng, Ran, Wen, Teng, Jia, Zhang, Chen, Zhang, Wenjing, Hou, Chaowei, Zhao, Jianmin, Qi, Xutong, Wang, Qing

“…Microplastics are recognized as an emerging global issue in marine environments. In this study, microplastic pollution in subtidal sediments from nine typical…”
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