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Treatment of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals from Organized Industrial Zone Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents by Ozone-Based AOPs: Cost and Toxicity Assessments
In this study, it was aimed to determine the endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the effluent of the conventional treatment plant of an...
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MIC accident: lesson may guide for evaluation of genotoxic potential of the industrial chemicals for prevention of industrial accidents
Most of the individual and/or amalgamated compounds present in the atmospheric air are not known for their toxicologic potential and impact on human...
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Corrosion Mitigation Using Green Chemicals
Traditional corrosion inhibitors have proven effective but come with significant drawbacks, including environmental impact, toxicity concerns, and...
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Sources of persistent and mobile chemicals in municipal wastewater: a sewer perspective in Leipzig, Germany
Persistent and mobile (PM) chemicals spread in the water cycle and have been widely detected, yet information about their sources is still scarce. In...
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Waste Biomass Conversion in Useful Various Chemicals
Waste biomass conversion into valuable chemicals is rapidly becoming one of the most popular techniques of tackling climate change and diversifying...
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Partitioning of Chemicals in Aquatic Organisms
Human populations have utilized heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants for their physiochemical properties in industrial, agricultural, and...
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Beyond target chemicals: updating the NORMAN prioritisation scheme to support the EU chemicals strategy with semi-quantitative suspect/non-target screening data
BackgroundPrioritisation of chemical pollutants is a major challenge for environmental managers and decision-makers alike, which is essential to help...
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Continuing large-scale global trade and illegal trade of highly hazardous chemicals
Pollution caused by anthropogenic chemicals contributes to interlinked planetary crises, together with climate change and biodiversity loss. One of...
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Occurrence of forever chemicals in Chennai waters, India
BackgroundPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are considered ‘contaminants of emerging concern’ due to their environmental persistence,...
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WHO- and UNEP-Coordinated Exposure Studies 2000–2019: Findings of Organochlorine Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals
The concentrations of a number of organochlorine pesticides and related chemicals and two organochlorine industrial chemicals were determined in 163...
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Research advances in identification procedures of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are increasingly concerned substance endangering human health and environment. However, there is no unified...
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What Are Pollutants, Contaminants, and Chemicals of Emerging Concerns (CECs)
The terms contaminant and pollutant are often used interchangeably, and to some degree, they overlap. However, there are essential distinctions...
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Identification and seasonal variation of specific particulate bound (halogenated) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air from different metal industrial parks in Northwest China
During the process of industrial heating, a large amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their halogenated compounds (Cl/Br-PAHs) can...
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Simulation analysis of hazardous chemicals released from the furniture plant using ALOHA software
The manufacturing of wooden furniture is extensive in Thailand’s east. Hazardous chemicals were used in the wooden furniture industry’s manufacturing...
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Hazardous Organic Chemicals in Biosolids Recycled as Soil Amendments
The generation and disposal of biosolids produced at municipal wastewater treatment plants is a major environmental issue. Approximately 900 kg of...
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Effects of Sustainable Business Networks on the Environmentally Sound Management of Chemicals in Zimbabwe
Despite the formulation of policy frameworks and awareness on hazardous chemical management, practical implementation at organisational level remains...
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Expected Risk as basis for assessment of safe use of chemicals
This paper describes a straightforward modeling procedure to derive ‘expected risk’ ( ER ) of chemical substances. Starting from proposed use volumes,...
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Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals: a review
Global warming is partly caused by massive emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere by industrial and other human...
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Considering the Chemical Components of Particulate Matter 2.5 for Assessing Its Health Risks to Residents near the Ansan/Siheung and Ulsan Industrial Complexes
While studies on the reduction and management of PM 2.5 are currently underway, there is a limitation in not considering the types and effects of the...
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Physicochemical assessment of industrial effluents of Kala Sanghian drain, Punjab, India
The discharge of industrial effluents has a significant impact on the Water Quality Index (WQI) of the water bodies and is a major source of...
