Search Results - "Vithanage, Meththika"

Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the environment: Plant uptake, translocation, bioaccumulation, and human health risks by Keerthanan, S., Jayasinghe, Chamila, Biswas, Jayanta Kumar, Vithanage, Meththika

“…Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are considered as emerging contaminants (ECs) in the environment due to their known or suspected adverse…”
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Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport by Atugoda, Thilakshani, Vithanage, Meththika, Wijesekara, Hasintha, Bolan, Nanthi, Sarmah, Ajit K., Bank, Michael S., You, Siming, Ok, Yong Sik

“…[Display omitted] •Pharmaceuticals and personal care products co-exists with microplastics in water.•Microplastic can act as a vector for flow and transport of…”
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A critical prospective analysis of the potential toxicity of trace element regulation limits in soils worldwide: Are they protective concerning health risk assessment? - A review by Antoniadis, Vasileios, Shaheen, Sabry M., Levizou, Efi, Shahid, Muhammad, Niazi, Nabeel Khan, Vithanage, Meththika, Ok, Yong Sik, Bolan, Nanthi, Rinklebe, Jörg

“…Trace elements (TEs) may have toxic effects to plants and humans; thus, countries and organizations impose maximum allowable regulation limits of their…”
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Hexavalent chromium removal from water by microalgal-based materials: Adsorption, desorption and recovery studies by Daneshvar, Ehsan, Zarrinmehr, Mohammad Javad, Kousha, Masoud, Hashtjin, Atefeh Malekzadeh, Saratale, Ganesh Dattatraya, Maiti, Abhijit, Vithanage, Meththika, Bhatnagar, Amit

“…[Display omitted] •Various microalgal-based materials were used for Cr(VI) removal from water.•Higher removal efficiency of Cr(VI) was attained as Cr(VI) was…”
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Perchlorate as an emerging contaminant in soil, water and food by Kumarathilaka, Prasanna, Oze, Christopher, Indraratne, S.P., Vithanage, Meththika

“…Perchlorate (ClO4−) is a strong oxidizer and has gained significant attention due to its reactivity, occurrence, and persistence in surface water, groundwater,…”
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A critical review on biochar-based engineered hierarchical porous carbon for capacitive charge storage by Cuong, Dinh Viet, Matsagar, Babasaheb M., Lee, Mengshan, Hossain, Md. Shahriar A., Yamauchi, Yusuke, Vithanage, Meththika, Sarkar, Binoy, Ok, Yong Sik, Wu, Kevin C.-W., Hou, Chia-Hung

“…Hierarchical porous carbon (HPC) has attracted increasing research interest for energy and environmental applications. HPC is conventionally fabricated by…”
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Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review by Bolan, Nanthi, Kumar, Manish, Singh, Ekta, Kumar, Aman, Singh, Lal, Kumar, Sunil, Keerthanan, S., Hoang, Son A., El-Naggar, Ali, Vithanage, Meththika, Sarkar, Binoy, Wijesekara, Hasintha, Diyabalanage, Saranga, Sooriyakumar, Prasanthi, Vinu, Ajayan, Wang, Hailong, Kirkham, M.B., Shaheen, Sabry M., Rinklebe, Jörg, Siddique, Kadambot H.M.

“…[Display omitted] Antimony (Sb) is introduced into soils, sediments, and aquatic environments from various sources such as weathering of sulfide ores, leaching…”
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Co-hydrothermal carbonization of swine and chicken manure: Influence of cross-interaction on hydrochar and liquid characteristics by Li, Qingyin, Zhang, Shu, Gholizadeh, Mortaza, Hu, Xun, Yuan, Xiangzhou, Sarkar, Binoy, Vithanage, Meththika, Mašek, Ondřej, Ok, Yong Sik

“…Swine and chicken manures are abundant solid wastes that can be converted into carbonaceous materials through hydrothermal carbonization (HTC). Owing to their…”
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Biochar versus bone char for a sustainable inorganic arsenic mitigation in water: What needs to be done in future research? by Alkurdi, Susan S.A., Herath, Indika, Bundschuh, Jochen, Al-Juboori, Raed A., Vithanage, Meththika, Mohan, Dinesh

“…Arsenic (As) is an emerging contaminant on a global scale posing threat to environmental and human health. The relatively brief history of the applications of…”
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Distribution, behaviour, bioavailability and remediation of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in solid biowastes and biowaste-treated soil by Bolan, Nanthi, Sarkar, Binoy, Vithanage, Meththika, Singh, Gurwinder, Tsang, Daniel C.W., Mukhopadhyay, Raj, Ramadass, Kavitha, Vinu, Ajayan, Sun, Yuqing, Ramanayaka, Sammani, Hoang, Son A., Yan, Yubo, Li, Yang, Rinklebe, Jörg, Li, Hui, Kirkham, M.B.

“…[Display omitted] •Biowastes including composts and biosolids contribute PFAS input to the environment.•PFAS input via biowastes reaches food chain through…”
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Trichloroethylene adsorption by pine needle biochars produced at various pyrolysis temperatures by Ahmad, Mahtab, Lee, Sang Soo, Rajapaksha, Anushka Upamali, Vithanage, Meththika, Zhang, Ming, Cho, Ju Sik, Lee, Sung-Eun, Ok, Yong Sik

“…•TCE removal by pine needle biochars produced at various temperatures was investigated.•Pyrolysis temperature showed a pronounced effect on biochar…”
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Equilibrium and kinetic mechanisms of woody biochar on aqueous glyphosate removal by Mayakaduwa, S.S., Kumarathilaka, Prasanna, Herath, Indika, Ahmad, Mahtab, Al-Wabel, Mohammed, Ok, Yong Sik, Usman, Adel, Abduljabbar, Adel, Vithanage, Meththika

“…We investigated the removal of aqueous glyphosate using woody (dendro) biochar obtained as a waste by product from bioenergy industry. Equilibrium isotherms…”
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Cr(VI) Formation Related to Cr(III)-Muscovite and Birnessite Interactions in Ultramafic Environments by Rajapaksha, Anushka Upamali, Vithanage, Meththika, Ok, Yong Sik, Oze, Christopher

“…Chromium is abundantly and primarily present as Cr(III) in ultramafic rocks and serpentine soils. Chromium(III) oxidation involving chromite (FeCr2O4) via…”
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Soil lead immobilization by biochars in short-term laboratory incubation studies by Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Kwon, Eilhann E., Vithanage, Meththika, Rinklebe, Jörg, Moon, Deok Hyun, Meers, Erik, Tsang, Daniel C.W., Ok, Yong Sik

“…Exchangeable lead (Pb) extracted by ammonium acetate from three independent incubation studies was assessed to understand the influence of feedstock, pyrolysis…”
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals in atmospheric deposition in a congested city environment in a developing country: Kandy City, Sri Lanka by Weerasundara, Lakshika, Magana-Arachchi, D.N., Ziyath, Abdul M., Goonetilleke, Ashantha, Vithanage, Meththika

“…This research study which was undertaken in a congested city environment in a developing country provides a robust approach for the assessment and management…”
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Natural Arsenic in Global Groundwaters: Distribution and Geochemical Triggers for Mobilization by Herath, Indika, Vithanage, Meththika, Bundschuh, Jochen, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Bhattacharya, Prosun

“…The elevated concentration of arsenic (As) in the groundwaters of many countries worldwide has received much attention during recent decades. This article…”
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Mechanisms of antimony adsorption onto soybean stover-derived biochar in aqueous solutions by Vithanage, Meththika, Rajapaksha, Anushka Upamali, Ahmad, Mahtab, Uchimiya, Minori, Dou, Xiaomin, Alessi, Daniel S., Ok, Yong Sik

“…Limited mechanistic knowledge is available on the interaction of biochar with trace elements (Sb and As) that exist predominantly as oxoanions. Soybean stover…”
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Occurrence and cycling of trace elements in ultramafic soils and their impacts on human health: A critical review by Vithanage, Meththika, Kumarathilaka, Prasanna, Oze, Christopher, Karunatilake, Suniti, Seneviratne, Mihiri, Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Gunarathne, Viraj, Dassanayake, Maheshi, Ok, Yong Sik, Rinklebe, Jörg

“…The transformation of trace metals (TMs) in natural environmental systems has created significant concerns in recent decades. Ultramafic environments lead to…”
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The influence of three acid modifications on the physicochemical characteristics of tea-waste biochar pyrolyzed at different temperatures: a comparative study by Peiris, Chathuri, Nayanathara, Oshani, Navarathna, Chanaka M, Jayawardhana, Yohan, Nawalage, Samadhi, Burk, Griffin, Karunanayake, Akila G, Madduri, Sunith B, Vithanage, Meththika, Kaumal, M. N, Mlsna, Todd E, Hassan, El Barbary, Abeysundara, Sachith, Ferez, Felio, Gunatilake, Sameera R

“…Tea-waste is an abundant feedstock for producing biochar (BC) which is considered to be a cost effective carbonaceous adsorbent useful for water remediation…”
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Medical geology in the framework of the sustainable development goals by Bundschuh, Jochen, Maity, Jyoti Prakash, Mushtaq, Shahbaz, Vithanage, Meththika, Seneweera, Saman, Schneider, Jerusa, Bhattacharya, Prosun, Khan, Nasreen Islam, Hamawand, Ihsan, Guilherme, Luiz R.G., Reardon-Smith, Kathryn, Parvez, Faruque, Morales-Simfors, Nury, Ghaze, Sara, Pudmenzky, Christa, Kouadio, Louis, Chen, Chien-Yen

“…Exposure to geogenic contaminants (GCs) such as metal(loid)s, radioactive metals and isotopes as well as transuraniums occurring naturally in geogenic sources…”
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