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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 to face water shortage amid Diwali festivities till...; check list of affected areas

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Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:55:00 GMT

Several parts of east, northeast and south Delhi and areas under the New Delhi Municipal Council will be affected, it said.

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Swati Maliwal pours bottle of polluted water outside Delhi CM Atishi's residence; WATCH

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Published On :: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 13:58:24 GMT

She also placed the bottle of polluted water just outside the gate of Chief Minister Atishi's residence.

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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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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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Impact of particle size separation on the stabilisation efficiency of heavy-metal-contaminated soil: a meta-analysis

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1821-1835
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00308J, Paper

Lixia Sun, Yunlong Zhang, Bo Wu, Enzhu Hu, Linlin Li, Longlong Qu, Shuqi Li
The meta-method was used to analyze the impact of soil sieving particle size on the unit stabilisation efficiency of heavy metals.
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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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Exploring the variability of PFAS in urban sewage: a comparison of emissions in commercial versus municipal urban areas

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1868-1878
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00415A, Paper

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Krlovic N., Saracevic E., Derx J., Gundacker C., Krampe J., Kreuzinger N., Zessner M., Zoboli O.
PFAS in an urban environment can come from various sources. The main activity in the area, i.e. commercial versus municipal, can influence the overall loads and speciation of PFAS in the examined wastewater.
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Storms mobilize organophosphate esters, bisphenols, PFASs, and vehicle-derived contaminants to San Francisco Bay watersheds

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1760-1779
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00117F, Paper

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Katherine T. Peter, Alicia Gilbreath, Melissa Gonzalez, Zhenyu Tian, Adam Wong, Don Yee, Ezra L. Miller, Pedro M. Avellaneda, Da Chen, Andrew Patterson, Nicole Fitzgerald, Christopher P. Higgins, Edward P. Kolodziej, Rebecca Sutton
We evaluated the occurrence of 154 organic contaminants from multiple chemical/use classes in San Francisco Bay watersheds during storm events, revealing complex mixtures and high concentrations transported to receiving waters.
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Assessment of occurrence, source appointment, and ecological risks of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the water–sediment interface of Qiantang River in the Hangzhou region

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1887-1897
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00355A, Paper

Yang Wan, Ziming Wang, Kaiping Xu, Wei Wang, Pengcheng Yao, Aiju You
TCS exhibited the highest concentration across different phases and seasons in QTR, and TCS posed high risks in surface water and low risks in sediment across all sampling sites.
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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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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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The gas phase ozonolysis and secondary OH production of cashmeran, a musk compound from fragrant volatile chemical products

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00452C, Paper

Ayomide A. Akande, Nadine Borduas-Dedekind
We quantified the lifetime of cashmeran, a musk compound, against 20 ppbv of O₃ to be 85 days. In the presence of O₂, cashmeran may influence the oxidative capacity indoors via production of secondary OH radicals (up to 5.1 × 10⁵ molec cm⁻³).
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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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Validation of a laboratory spray generation system and its use in a comparative study of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) evaluation methods

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00513A, Paper

Hugues Ahientio, Loïc Wingert, Sébastien Gagné, Jacques Lesage, Livain Breau, Simon Aubin
Isocyanates are well-known irritants and sensitizers, and measuring their occupational airborne exposure is challenging due to their high chemical reactivity and semi-volatile nature. This study builds on a previous publication...
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Mobility of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter and its effects on sulfamerazine transport through saturated soil porous media

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00143E, Paper

Mengya Liu, Xiaochen Liu, Yalu Hu, Qiang Zhang, Usman Farooq, Zhichong Qi, Laotao Lu
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) released from biochar may impact antibiotic mobility and environmental fate in subsurface environments.
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Kinetic multilayer models for surface chemistry in indoor environments

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Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00549J, Paper

Pascale S. J. Lakey, Manabu Shiraiwa
Multiphase interactions and chemical reactions at indoor surfaces are of particular importance due to their impact on air quality in indoor environments with high surface to volume ratios.
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