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Sandra Afonso, Juliana Nogueira, Carlos Cavaleiro, Fernanda M. L. Ferreira and Matilde Moreira-Santos
Essential oils (EOs) from Thymus mastichina (EO-thyme) and Helichrysum italicum (EO-curry) have wide commercial applications, but little is known about their ecotoxicity to aquatic life. We evaluated the lethal toxicity of both EOs toward standard freshw...
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Michele Menghini, Roberta Pedrazzani, Donatella Feretti, Giovanna Mazzoleni, Nathalie Steimberg, Chiara Urani, Ilaria Zerbini and Giorgio Bertanza
The assessment of the environmental footprint of an organization or product is based on methods published by the European Union Joint Research Centre, which take 16 impact areas into account. Among the listed categories are human and freshwater ecosystem...
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Gabriella Caruso, Valentina Iannilli, Giulia Vitale, Massimiliano Vardè, Marco Oliverio, Sara Bogialli, Lucio Litti, Andrea Setini, Beatrice Rosso and Fabiana Corami
The Arctic Ocean is undergoing several transformations because of global climate change. Small microplastics (SMPs) or nanoplastics (NPs) carried by marine aerosols may settle in the land ice and be released to the waters, produced following its melting....
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Patharanun Toolkiattiwong, Noppol Arunrat and Sukanya Sereenonchai
Sustainable practices in rice cultivation require effective farming management concerning environmental and human health impacts. In this study, three rice cultivation systems, namely low-land, upland, and terraced rice in the Mae Chaem District, Chiang ...
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Maria Teresa Ferreira, Eliana Soldado, Giovanni Borsoi, Maria Paula Mendes and Inês Flores-Colen
Over the past two decades, the application of nanostructured materials in construction, such as concrete, paint, coatings, glass, renders, plasters, thermal insulation, steel, and even sensors, has become increasingly prevalent. However, previous studies...
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Agnieszka Klimkowicz-Pawlas, Bozena Smreczak and Barbara Maliszewska-Kordybach
Agricultural land is often located close to highly urbanised/industrialised areas and is subject to continuous anthropogenic pressure associated with the emission of many pollutants, ultimately deposited in the soil. Most studies on ecological risk asses...
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Joanna Horoszkiewicz, Ewa Jajor, Jakub Danielewicz, Marek Korbas, Lech Schimmelpfennig, Marzena Mikos-Szymanska, Marta Klimczyk and Jan Bocianowski
Poland, like other countries in the world, increasingly experiences the ongoing climate change that is a critical yield-limiting factor. The use of biostimulants in agriculture has shown tremendous potential in combating climate change-induced stresses s...
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Petar Kekovic, Margarida Borges, Nuno Torres Faria and Frederico Castelo Ferreira
Mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) are a group of biosurfactants with a wide range of potential applications, due to their excellent tensioactive properties, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. One of the envisioned uses for MELs is in bioremediation i...
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Ewa Liwarska-Bizukojc
In this work, the influence of wastewater from full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) on aquatic and soil biota was reviewed and presented. Moreover, the methods and model organisms used in testing the ecotoxicity of wastewater were shown. It was...
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Marlia M. Hanafiah, Mohammed Hasan, Khalisah K. Razman, Siti N. Harun and Zaini Sakawi
Conventional farming practices can provide higher agricultural yields through the extensive use of fertilizers, pesticides, and other inputs. These practices have been associated with severe environmental effects, such as eutrophication, acidification, e...
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