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Sustainability by Using Preconsumer Textile Based Deadstock for the Development of a Capsule Collection: A Case Report
With the current fashion consumption model, there is a considerable increase in the clothing manufacturing industries’ generation of waste. So, it is...
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Phytotoxic Effects of Tetracycline and its Removal Using Canna indica in a Hydroponic System
Wetland plants are gaining interest as potential agents for removing emerging contaminants. However, there have been limited studies examining the...
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Exposure and hazard of bisphenol A, S and F: a multi-biomarker approach in three-spined stickleback
Due to the estrogenic behavior of bisphenol (BP) A, industries have developed many substitutes, such as BPS and BPF. However, due to their structural...
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Coumarin regulated redox homeostasis to facilitate phytoremediation of saline and alkaline soils by bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.)
The use of coumarin (COU) to alleviate the phytotoxic effects of salinity has great potential in improving the phytoremediation of saline and...
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Bisphenol A as an EDC in Metabolic Disorders
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a man-made chemical substance that is used in our daily life for the production of many plastic wares. In this chapter, sources...
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Unlocking value: circular economy in ngos' food waste reduction efforts in Brazil and Togo
This article delves into the intriguing realm of food waste valorization conducted by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in two distinct...
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Effects of Heavy Metal-Polluted Soil (Pb, Zn, and Cd) on Seed Emergence, Seedling Growth, and Antioxidant Activity in Four Fabaceae Species
Mine tailings can contaminate large areas of neighboring agricultural lands due to the dispersion of heavy metals, which may lead to reduction in...
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Unlocking the potential of SiO2 and CeO2 nanoparticles for arsenic mitigation in Vigna mungo L. Hepper (Blackgram)
In this study, the interaction effects of NaAsO 2 (1 and 5 μM), SiO 2 NPs (10 and 100 mg/L) and CeO 2 NPs (10 and 100 mg/L) were assessed in Vigna mungo ...
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Ethical Fashion: A Route to Social and Environmental Well-Being
Ethical Fashion pertains to adoption of sustainable approaches at all levels of fashion supply chain spanning designing, production, retailing and...
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Toxic Effect of Combined Exposure of Microplastics and Copper on Goldfish (Carassius auratus): Insight from Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Apoptosis and Autophagy in Hepatopancreas and Intestine
The enhancement of the toxic effect of microplastics (MPs) on heavy metals and its mechanism needs more in-depth and systematic research. In this...
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Dietary, locomotory, and metabolic reactions of Abax parallelus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) to acute thiamethoxam intoxication
Carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are abundant predators in ecosystems and serve as pest biocontrol in agroecosystems and forestry. Here we test the...
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Acute and sublethal effects of acrylamide on the freshwater fish Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Acrylamide, a synthetic compound, has a wide range of industrial applications that find multiple ways to reach aquatic ecosystem. The median lethal...
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Toxic effects on enzymatic activity, gene expression and histopathological biomarkers in organisms exposed to microplastics and nanoplastics: a review
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have become an important global environmental issue due to their widespread contamination in the...
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Biotechnological methods to remove microplastics: a review
Microplastics pollution is major threat to ecosystems and is impacting abiotic and biotic components. Microplastics are diverse and highly complex...
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Impact of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticle and liquid leachate of mushroom compost on agronomic and biochemical response of marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) under saline stress
The cultivation of ornamental horticultural crops under salinity stress has been a challenge for growers all over the world. In this study, an...
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Metabolic variation and oxidative stress response of blue mussels (Mytilus sp.) perturbed by norfloxacin exposure
Antibiotics are currently widely applied in agricultural cultivation, animal husbandry, and medical treatment, but the effects and ecological risks...
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Effect of glyphosate-based herbicide roundup on hemato-biochemistry of Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) and susceptibility to Aeromonas hydrophila infection
In the present study, comprehensive research was executed to investigate the salient toxic effects of glyphosate herbicide in static water system by...
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An integrated multi-objective optimisation framework for municipal solid waste management and emissions trading scheme
Sustainably managing municipal solid waste (MSW) is a global challenge since the existing MSW processing procedure releases greenhouse gases and is...
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Application of exogenous glycinebetaine alleviates lead toxicity in pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.) by promoting antioxidant enzymes and suppressing Pb accumulation
Lead (Pb) poses an adverse effect on plant growth and development. Glycinebetaine (GB) plays an important role in plants response to stress...
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Measuring Textile (Un)sustainability to Raise Purchasing Choices Awareness: The Case of Cotton Fabrics
Accounting textile material flows at the macro-level and assessing their environmental impacts turns out to be of great importance to monitor...