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Weather update: Delhi-NCR wakes up to rainy morning, IMD warns of extremely heavy rains in...

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Published On :: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 01:15:00 GMT

The national capital and the adjoining NCR woke up to a rainy morning today. This comes after the city has been witnessing hot and humid weather for the past few days.

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Delhi-NCR's air quality turns 'very poor', situation likely to worsen till...

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Published On :: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:23:00 GMT

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi's Anand Vihar has been recorded at 334, which is classified as 'very poor'.

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Delhi-NCR update: Jewar Airport to run 25 domestic, three international flights on first day of operations

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Published On :: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 01:48:19 GMT

Noida International Airport, named Jewar Airport, is set to start commercial flight operations on April 17, 2025.

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Delhi chokes amid rising air pollution, AQI crosses 400 at...

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Published On :: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 07:19:00 GMT

AQI in Anand Vihar area crossed the 400 mark, being recorded as 405 at 7 AM, categorized as 'severe', worse than the AQI of 367 recorded on Saturday.

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Delhi-NCR update: No relief from pollution as AQI continues to remain 'very poor'

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Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 02:03:00 GMT

The residents of Delhi and the adjoining NCR region are seeing no relief from pollution as the Air Quality Index (AQI) continued to remain under the 'very poor' category.

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Critical review of fluorescence and absorbance measurements as surrogates for the molecular weight and aromaticity of dissolved organic matter

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1663-1702
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00183D, Critical Review

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Julie A. Korak, Garrett McKay
Optical surrogates are used to characterize dissolved organic matter composition like aromaticity and molecular weight. We both review the genesis of surrogate-composition relationships and critically evaluate additional supporting evidence.
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Erosion of rigid plastics in turbid (sandy) water: quantitative assessment for marine environments and formation of microplastics

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1847-1858
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00122B, Paper

Ali Al-Darraji, Ibukun Oluwoye, Christopher Lagat, Shuhei Tanaka, Ahmed Barifcani
Mechanical degradation (erosion) of plastics in the marine environment has been reported in many literature studies but without quantitative information. Therefore, this study quantified the erosion of some plastics in the marine environment.
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Emerging investigator series: in-depth chemical profiling of tire and artificial turf crumb rubber: aging, transformation products, and transport pathways

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1703-1715
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00326H, Paper

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Madison H. McMinn, Ximin Hu, Katherine Poisson, Phillip Berger, Paola Pimentel, Xinwen Zhang, Pranali Ashara, Ella L. Greenfield, Jessica Eig, Zhenyu Tian
Chemical profiling of artificial turf crumb rubber reveals time-based trends in transformation products and transport pathways.
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Microplastics are effective carriers of bisphenol A and facilitate its escape from wastewater treatment systems

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1811-1820
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00297K, Paper

Wang Li, Bo zu, Lei Li, Jian Li, Jiawen Li, Qiujie Xiang
Microplastics (MPs) pollution is a major issue in aquatic environments.
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Depletion rates of O2-naphthenic acids from oil sands process-affected water in wetland microcosms

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1859-1867
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00227J, Paper

Alexander M. Cancelli, Frank A. P. C. Gobas
Depuration in OSPW occurs by mechanisms of natural attenuation, sorption and microbial degradation, and plant-mediated uptake and biotransformation.
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Combining a tunable pinhole with synchronous fluorescence spectrometry for visualization and quantification of benzo[a]pyrene at the root epidermis microstructure of Kandelia obovata

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1879-1886
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00443D, Paper

Bingman Lei, Yaxian Zhu, Yong Zhang
Establishing a method to reveal the distribution and retention of benzo[a]pyrene at the root epidermis microstructure of Kandelia obovata.
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Pollution characteristics and risk assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in surface water of national (freshwater) aquatic germplasm resource reserves in Guangdong Province

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1898-1911
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00425F, Paper

Tao Zhou, Jie Li, Weizhen Zhang, Yanyi Zeng, Yuan Gao, Haiyan Li, Wanling Yang, Yongzhan Mai, Qianfu Liu, Caiqin Hu, Chao Wang
EE2, E1, BPA, NP, and E2 were identified as high-risk substances based on comprehensive ecological risk evaluation and fish are the most sensitive organisms.
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Critical insights into data curation and label noise for accurate prediction of aerobic biodegradability of organic chemicals

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1780-1795
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00431K, Paper

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Paulina Körner, Juliane Glüge, Stefan Glüge, Martin Scheringer
The newly developed classifier has a balanced accuracy of 94.2%, better than any other classification model for aerobic biodegradability so far. During the model development, some data points needed to be excluded due to a very high variance.
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Assessment of the cytotoxicity micro- and nano-plastic on human intestinal Caco-2 cells and the protective effects of catechin

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00408F, Paper

Xiaoxia Wang, Zhongneng Yang, Xiao-Min Ren, Zhenghuan Zhang, Huan He, Xuejun Pan
This study found that PS-M/NPs have a size-dependent cytotoxic effect on the human intestinal epithelial cell line Caco-2, mediated by the production of reactive oxygen species. Additionally, catechins were shown to mitigate these adverse effects.
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Degradation of norfloxacin by the synergistic effect of micro–nano bubbles and sodium hypochlorite: kinetics, influencing factors and pathways

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00490F, Paper

Guijuan Li, Yan Cheng, Mengyao Jing, Dan Zhang, Yufei Ma, Shengke Yang
The degradation reaction process and influencing factors of norfloxacin in the sodium hypochlorite and micro–nano bubble composite system.
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Polyethylene microplastics affect behavioural, oxidative stress, and molecular responses in the Drosophila model

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00537F, Paper

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Himanshu Ranjan, Swetha Senthil Kumar, Sharine Priscilla, Subhashini Swaminathan, Masakazu Umezawa, Sahabudeen Sheik Mohideen
The study highlights the negative effects of PE MPs on motor functions, oxidative stress, and cellular stress responses in Drosophila, emphasizing the broader ecological risks associated with microplastic pollution.
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Quantitative read-across structure–property relationship (q-RASPR): a novel approach to estimate the bioaccumulative potential for diverse classes of industrial chemicals in aquatic organisms

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00374H, Paper

Prodipta Bhattacharyya, Pabitra Samanta, Ankur Kumar, Shubha Das, Probir Kumar Ojha
The Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) is used to evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of chemical substances in reference organisms, and it directly correlates with ecotoxicity.
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Emerging investigator series: open dumping and burning: an overlooked source of terrestrial microplastics in underserved communities

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00439F, Paper

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Kendra Z. Hess, Kyle R. Forsythe, Xuewen Wang, Andrea Arredondo-Navarro, Gwen Tipling, Jesse Jones, Melissa Mata, Victoria Hughes, Christine Martin, John Doyle, Justin Scott, Matteo Minghetti, Andrea Jilling, José M. Cerrato, Eliane El Hayek, Jorge Gonzalez-Estrella
Open dumping and burning of solid waste are widely practiced in underserved communities lacking access to solid waste management facilities. The generation of microplastics from these sites has been overlooked.
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Leachability of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances from contaminated concrete

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00482E, Paper

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Prashant Srivastava, Grant Douglas, Greg B. Davis, Rai S. Kookana, Canh Tien Trinh Nguyen, Mike Williams, Karl Bowles, Jason K. Kirby
This study examines PFAS leaching behavior from concrete contaminated by the historical use of aqueous film-forming foams at an Australian Defence site, highlighting the long-term environmental implications of contaminated infrastructure.
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Combining sequential extractions with bulk and micro X-ray spectroscopy to elucidate iron and phosphorus speciation in sediments of an iron-treated peat lake

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00402G, Paper

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Melanie Münch, Andreas Voegelin, Luis Carlos Colocho Hurtarte, Jörg Goettlicher, T. Behrends
In shallow lakes, mobilization of legacy phosphorus (P) from the sediments can be the main cause for persisting eutrophication after reduction of external P input. In-lake remediation measures can be...
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