Search Results - "Critical reviews in environmental science and technology"

Recent developments of doped g-C3N4 photocatalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants by Liu, Xiaolu, Ma, Ran, Zhuang, Li, Hu, Baowei, Chen, Jianrong, Liu, Xiaoyan, Wang, Xiangke

“…Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ), with a moderate band gap (∼2.7 eV), high chemical and thermal stability, has been the hotspot in environmental…”
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Cadmium stress in plants: A critical review of the effects, mechanisms, and tolerance strategies by El Rasafi, Taoufik, Oukarroum, Abdallah, Haddioui, Abdelmajid, Song, Hocheol, Kwon, Eilhann E., Bolan, Nanthi, Tack, Filip M. G., Sebastian, Abin, Prasad, M. N. V., Rinklebe, Jörg

“…Cadmium accumulation in crops and the possibility of Cd entering the food chain are serious concerns for public health. This review discusses the deleterious…”
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Understanding human health risks caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water environments: Current knowledge and questions to be answered by Amarasiri, Mohan, Sano, Daisuke, Suzuki, Satoru

“…Aquatic environments are identified as an ideal setting for acquisition and dissemination of antibiotic resistance, and human exposure to antibiotic resistant…”
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Microplastics in the soil environment: Occurrence, risks, interactions and fate - A review by Xu, Baile, Liu, Fei, Cryder, Zachary, Huang, Dan, Lu, Zhijiang, He, Yan, Wang, Haizhen, Lu, Zhenmei, Brookes, Philip C., Tang, Caixian, Gan, Jay, Xu, Jianming

“…The issue of microplastic pollution emerged from the marine environment, but the terrestrial environment is estimated to receive annually 4-23 times more…”
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Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review by Veerasingam, S., Ranjani, M., Venkatachalapathy, R., Bagaev, Andrei, Mukhanov, Vladimir, Litvinyuk, Daria, Mugilarasan, M., Gurumoorthi, K., Guganathan, L., Aboobacker, V. M., Vethamony, P.

“…Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic (MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to…”
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Interactions between microplastics and soil fauna: A critical review by Wang, Quanlong, Adams, Catharine A., Wang, Fayuan, Sun, Yuhuan, Zhang, Shuwu

“…Microplastics (MPs) are emerging contaminants that cause diverse impacts on soil ecosystems. As integral members of soil food webs, soil fauna exert key…”
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Magnetically separable nanocomposites based on ZnO and their applications in photocatalytic processes: A review by Shekofteh-Gohari, Maryam, Habibi-Yangjeh, Aziz, Abitorabi, Masoud, Rouhi, Afsar

“…Among the most challenging problems that human beings appear to face are depleting energy sources and increasing environmental pollutions. Heterogeneous…”
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Biological methods for textile dye removal from wastewater: A review by Bhatia, Deepika, Sharma, Neeta Raj, Singh, Joginder, Kanwar, Rameshwar S.

“…The textile sector is 14% of total industrial production in India and contributes to about 4% of the gross domestic product and earns about 27% of India's…”
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Culturing the uncultured microbial majority in activated sludge: A critical review by Zhang, Yulin, Zhang, Tong

“…Activated sludge is a widely applied wastewater treatment process that mainly uses suspended microbial flocs to remove pollutants in wastewater. With the…”
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A critical review on bioremediation technologies for Cr(VI)-contaminated soils and wastewater by Xia, Shaopan, Song, Zhaoliang, Jeyakumar, Paramsothy, Shaheen, Sabry M., Rinklebe, Jörg, Ok, Yong Sik, Bolan, Nanthi, Wang, Hailong

“…Chromium (Cr) is a potentially toxic metal originating from natural processes and anthropogenic activities such as the iron-steel, electroplating, and leather…”
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A review of biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removal by Inyang, Mandu I., Gao, Bin, Yao, Ying, Xue, Yingwen, Zimmerman, Andrew, Mosa, Ahmed, Pullammanappallil, Pratap, Ok, Yong Sik, Cao, Xinde

“…As a low-cost adsorbent, biochar can be used as a low-cost adsorbent for wastewater treatment, particularly with respect to treating heavy metals in…”
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Toxicity, monitoring and biodegradation of organophosphate pesticides: A review by Sidhu, Gurpreet Kaur, Singh, Simranjeet, Kumar, Vijay, Dhanjal, Daljeet Singh, Datta, Shivika, Singh, Joginder

“…Organophosphates are one of the major constituent of herbicides, pesticides, insecticides and nerve gas. Azinophos-methyl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, fonofos and…”
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Quantifying ecological risks of aquatic micro- and nanoplastic by Besseling, Ellen, Redondo-Hasselerharm, Paula, Foekema, Edwin M., Koelmans, Albert A.

“…Diverse effects of nano- and microplastic (NMP) have been demonstrated in the laboratory. We provide a broad review of current knowledge on occurrence,…”
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Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soils: A systematic analysis by Wu, Jie, Wang, Jinyang, Li, Zhutao, Guo, Shumin, Li, Kejie, Xu, Pinshang, Ok, Yong Sik, Jones, Davey L., Zou, Jianwen

“…Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have contributed to the rise of antimicrobial resistance as one of the top public health threats. Antibiotics and antibiotic…”
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Alginate-based composites for environmental applications: a critical review by Wang, Bing, Wan, Yongshan, Zheng, Yuling, Lee, Xinqing, Liu, Taoze, Yu, Zebin, Huang, Jun, Ok, Yong Sik, Chen, Jianjun, Gao, Bin

“…Alginate-based composites have been extensively studied for applications in energy and environmental sectors due to their biocompatible, nontoxic, and…”
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Green synthesis: Photocatalytic degradation of textile dyes using metal and metal oxide nanoparticles-latest trends and advancements by Nagajyothi, P. C., Prabhakar Vattikuti, S. V., Devarayapalli, K. C., Yoo, K., Shim, Jaesool, Sreekanth, T. V. M.

“…The balance between economic development and environmental damage is also evident in the problem of pollution and waste management. Increased economic…”
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Recent advances on hydrometallurgical recovery of critical and precious elements from end of life electronic wastes - a review by Sethurajan, Manivannan, van Hullebusch, Eric D., Fontana, Danilo, Akcil, Ata, Deveci, Haci, Batinic, Bojan, Leal, João P., Gasche, Teresa A., Ali Kucuker, Mehmet, Kuchta, Kerstin, Neto, Isabel F. F., Soares, Helena M. V. M., Chmielarz, Andrzej

“…Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) contains economically significant levels of precious, critical metals and rare earth elements, apart from base…”
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Recent progress on the removal of antibiotic pollutants using photocatalytic oxidation process by Chen, Yanxi, Yang, Jingling, Zeng, Lixi, Zhu, Mingshan

“…Due to the widespread use of medicine in recent years, antibiotics as the emerging pollutants have been widely detected in the aquatic environment. To address…”
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Non-stomatal limitation of photosynthesis by soil salinity by Pan, Ting, Liu, Minmin, Kreslavski, Vladimir D., Zharmukhamedov, Sergey K., Nie, Chenrong, Yu, Min, Kuznetsov, Vladimir V., Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I., Shabala, Sergey

“…Soil salinity is a major threat to agricultural sustainability and a global food security. Until now, most research has concentrated around stomatal limitation…”
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Antibiotic resistome in the livestock and aquaculture industries: Status and solutions by Zhao, Yi, Yang, Qiu E., Zhou, Xue, Wang, Feng-Hua, Muurinen, Johanna, Virta, Marko P., Brandt, Kristian Koefoed, Zhu, Yong-Guan

“…Since the introduction of antibiotics into clinical practices in the 1940s, antibiotics have become an integral part of animal production to meet the…”
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