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Outdoor/Indoor Contaminant Transport by Atmospheric Dust and Aerosol at an Active Smelter Site
Activities associated with mining operations including smelting, ore handling, and mine tailings management have been identified as sources of dust...
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Dense non-aqueous phase liquid chlorinated contaminant detected far from the source release area in an aquifer
Here we confirm migration of chlorinated solvents tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene, and co-disposed elemental mercury as dense non-aqueous phase...
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Microbiome Wetlands in Nutrient and Contaminant Removal
Purpose of ReviewConstructed wetlands (CWs) are engineered systems that have been proven as an alternative option to traditional wastewater treatment...
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Modeling of Migration of Cr (VI) Contaminant Through Clay Liner Using HYDRUS-3D
The migration of heavy metals and other contaminants through soil strata can lead to variable geo-environmental questions resulting in soil and...
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Extrapolating Contaminant Effects from Individuals to Populations: A Case Study on Nanoparticle Toxicity to Daphnia Fed Environmentally Relevant Food Levels
Ecological risk assessment (ERA) is charged with assessing the likelihood a chemical will have adverse environmental or ecological effects. When...
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Marine Litter Sources and Distribution Pathways
Marine litter has been a global concern for many decades. It is important to understand marine litter sources and distribution pathways for the...
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Redox-reactive contaminant removal using biochar-coated metals: the role of electrochemical properties
The reductive removal of redox-reactive contaminants, including 2,4-dinitrotoluene, 4-chlorophenol, chromate, and selenate, using biochar-coated...
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Pesticides in the hydrogeo-environment: a review of contaminant prevalence, source and mobilisation in India
Chemical pesticides in the hydrogeological system are a global concern as they pose a severe threat to humans and other organisms. In agriculture,...
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Traffic-derived contaminant loading in snow storage facilities during spring melt
Stormwater results from precipitation events and melting snow running off urban landscapes and typically being released into receiving water bodies...
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Selecting the best location of water quality sensors in water distribution networks by considering the importance of nodes and contaminations using NSGA-III (case study: Zahedan water distribution network, Iran)
One of the most effective ways to minimize polluted water consumption is to arrange quality sensors properly in the water distribution networks...
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Occurrence, distribution, and ecological risk of heavy metals using species sensitivity distribution model in Pangkajene river, Indonesia
In this study, we assessed the concentration, distribution, and ecological risk assessment of four heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr, and Fe) in the water and...
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Seasonal variation, spatial distribution and risk assessment of microplastics in surface waters of Periyar River, Kerala, India
Microplastics, an emerging contaminant, are widespread in oceans around the world, and rivers are the key conveyors of these pollutants into the...
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Numerical simulation of groundwater contaminant transport in porous media
Groundwater has been considered as a major pathway for contamination migration which results in both subsurface pollution and soil contamination....
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Recognizing groundwater DNAPL contaminant source and aquifer parameters using parallel heuristic search strategy based on Bayesian approach
In this paper, a parallel heuristic search strategy based on Bayesian approach was first proposed for recognizing groundwater DNAPL contaminant...
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Groundwater flow velocities in karst aquifers; importance of spatial observation scale and hydraulic testing for contaminant transport prediction
We review scale dependence of hydraulic conductivities and effective porosities for prediction of contaminant transport in four UK karst aquifers....
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Caffeine as a contaminant of periphyton: ecological changes and impacts on primary producers
Every day, tons of caffeine is consumed by humans in beverages, medications or supplements, and a significant amount of this stimulant is released in...
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Fluoride Toxicity in Rajasthan, India: Human Health Risk Assessment, Low-Cost Water Filter Preparation, and Contaminant Remediation
The present study investigates fluoride concentrations from 9 locations in Rajasthan, India, and its associated health risk to the local inhabitants....
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Fate and contaminant transport model-driven probabilistic human health risk assessment of DNAPL-contaminated site
In this study, fate and contaminant transport model-driven human health risk indexes were calculated due to the presence of dense non-aqueous phase...
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Contaminant Release from Aged Microplastic
Microplastics (MPs) have become one of the most pervasive emerging pollutants in the environment because of their wide occurrence and high sorption...
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Study on infection risk in a negative pressure ward under different fresh airflow patterns based on a radiation air conditioning system
COVID-19 and other respiratory infectious viruses are highly contagious, and patients need to be treated in negative pressure wards. At present, many...
