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Isabela M. Dias, Lucas C. Mourão, Guilherme B. M. De Souza, Jose M. Abelleira-Pereira, Julles M. Dos Santos-Junior, Antônio C. D. De Freitas, Lucio Cardozo-Filho, Christian G. Alonso and Reginaldo Guirardello
Pharmaceutical pollutants are considered emerging contaminants, representing a significant concern to the ecosystem. Thus, this study reports on the degradation of antihypertensive and cardiovascular drugs (atenolol, captopril, propranolol hydrochloride,...
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Nicolò Riboni, Erika Ribezzi, Lucia Nasi, Monica Mattarozzi, Maurizio Piergiovanni, Matteo Masino, Federica Bianchi and Maria Careri
The impact of the anthropic activities in Antarctica is a concerning issue. According to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, attention has to be paid to the next-generation contaminants deriving from both long-range atmospheric transport and ...
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Waleed Jadaa
Wastewater discharges from industrial processes typically include elevated concentrations of contaminants, which largely consist of potentially harmful chemicals such as heavy metals. These contaminants are characterized by their slow rate of decompositi...
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Eric D. Swain, James E. Landmeyer, Michael A. Singletary and Shannon E. Provenzano
Past waste-disposal activities at Naval Air Station Whiting Field (NASWF) have led to elevated concentrations of contaminants in the underlying sand and gravel aquifer. Contaminants include two of the most commonly detected chemicals in groundwater in ma...
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Ozren Grozdanic, Ana-Marija Cindric, Iva Finderle and Dario Omanovic
In this study, we examined for the first time the spatio-temporal distribution of trace metal (TM) contaminants (Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu, Ni and Co) in the seawater column of Pula Bay. The bay has been known for decades as one of the most industrialized regions o...
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Muhammad Umer Masood, Muhammad Rashid, Saif Haider, Iram Naz, Chaitanya B. Pande, Salim Heddam, Fahad Alshehri, Ismail Elkhrachy, Amimul Ahsan and Saad Sh. Sammen
Groundwater is an important source of freshwater. At the same time, anthropogenic activities, in particular, industrialization, urbanization, population growth, and excessive application of fertilizers, are some of the major reasons for groundwater quali...
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Michael Vigdorowitsch, Valery V. Ostrikov, Alexander N. Pchelintsev and Irina Yu. Pchelintseva
The diffusion kinetics theory of cleaning assemblies such as combustion engines with flushing oil has been introduced. Evolution of tar deposits on the engine surfaces and in the lube system has been described through the erosion dynamics. The time-depen...
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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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Francesco De Mastro, Gennaro Brunetti, Andreina Traversa, Claudio Cacace and Claudio Cocozza
Pharmaceuticals (PhACs) are chemical substances that, after their use, can reach wastewater treatment plants, but the resulting treated wastewater (TWW) can still contain these contaminants. If TWWs are used for irrigation, PhACs can contaminate crops an...
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Olga S. Arvaniti, Georgios Gkotsis, Maria-Christina Nika, Stelios Gyparakis, Thrassyvoulos Manios, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Michalis S. Fountoulakis and Athanasios S. Stasinakis
The presence of 220 emerging contaminants belonging to different classes (artificial sweeteners, personal care products, coffee and tobacco-related compounds, and industrial chemicals) was investigated in hospital wastewater for the first time. Twenty sa...
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