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Environmental and private property contamination following the Norfolk Southern chemical spill and chemical fires in Ohio

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,3007-3023
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00456F, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Paula B. Coelho, Gracie Fitzgerald, Kristofer Isaacson, Rasul Diop, Gouri Prabhakar, Stephanie Heffner, Akshat Verma, Jeffrey P. Youngblood, Youn Jeong Choi, Stefanie Surdyka, Samuel A. Spears, Marty D. Frisbee, Katherine R. Del Real, Lauren A. Gustafson, Ana María Núñez-Torres, Caitlin R. Proctor, Linda S. Lee, Heather D. Whitehead, Kyle Doudrick, Brock A. Harpur, Andrew J. Whelton
In February 2023, a train derailment in Ohio caused a chemical spill and fires releasing contaminants into the air, soil, waterways, and buildings.
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Environmental application of dicarboxylated hairy cellulose crosslinked with calcium for removal and confining of Pb(II)

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00720D, Paper
Tanese Montesinos-Vázquez, C. A. Galan-Vidal, Susana Rojas-Lima, Jose A. Rodriguez, Ma. Elena Páez-Hernández
Cellulose can be oxidised with periodate to obtain hairy cellulose, which, thanks to the aldehyde groups, facilitates chemical modification with different functional groups, such as carboxylates, which enhance interaction with...
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