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Characterization, monitoring, transport, transformation and fate of environmental contaminants.

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A cross-sectional study on perceptions towards safe disposal of unused/expired medicines and its associated factors among the public in Saudi Arabia—a threat to the environment and health

Noohu Abdulla Khan, Vigneshwaran Easwaran, Khalid Orayj, Krishnaraju Venkatesan, Sirajudeen Shaik Alavudeen, Saad Ali Alhadeer, Abdulbari Ali Al Nazih, Ibrahim Hadi Saeed Al Afraa, Abubakr Taha Hussein, Sultan Mohammed Alshahrani, Mohammad Jaffar Sadiq Mantargi, Sivakumar Vijayaraghavalu

Rapid detection and quantification of Nile Red-stained microplastic particles in sediment samples

Masashi Tsuchiya, Tomo Kitahashi, Yosuke Taira, Hitoshi Saito, Kazumasa Oguri, Ryota Nakajima, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Katsunori Fujikura

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Cadmium toxicity on communities of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms

Huan He, Lina Dang, Qian Yang, Ran Chen, Jianmei Yang, Jinshan Li, Qiang Zhu, Jiulan Dai

Optimization and action mechanism of pollutant removal performance of unsaturated vertical flow constructed wetland (UVFCW) driven by substained-release carbon source

Yuechang Wang, Lin-Lan Zhuang, Shuang Liu, Yuanjun Su, Zhen Hu, Jian Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Shaoming Cui, Gang Peng, Shuting Xie

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Optical microscopic study of surface morphology and filtering efficiency of face masks

Bhanu Bhakta Neupane, Sangita Mainali, Amita Sharma, Basant Giri

28,284 views · 6,300 downloads

Agrichemicals and antibiotics in combination increase antibiotic resistance evolution

Brigitta Kurenbach, Amy M. Hill, William Godsoe, Sophie van Hamelsveld, Jack A. Heinemann

21,352 views · 2,096 downloads

Geologic and anthropogenic sources of contamination in settled dust of a historic mining port city in northern Chile: health risk implications

Joseline S. Tapia, Jorge Valdés, Rodrigo Orrego, Andrei Tchernitchin, Cristina Dorador, Aliro Bolados, Chris Harrod

19,545 views · 3,058 downloads

A laboratory comparison of the interactions between three plastic mulch types and 38 active substances found in pesticides

Nicolas Beriot, Paul Zomer, Raul Zornoza, Violette Geissen

16,249 views · 508 downloads

Recent advances in biochar application for water and wastewater treatment: a review

Xiaoqing Wang, Zizhang Guo, Zhen Hu, Jian Zhang

9,882 views · 5,630 downloads

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Optimization and action mechanism of pollutant removal performance of unsaturated vertical flow constructed wetland (UVFCW) driven by substained-release carbon source

Yuechang Wang, Lin-Lan Zhuang, Shuang Liu, Yuanjun Su, Zhen Hu, Jian Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Shaoming Cui, Gang Peng, Shuting Xie

Effects of plastic ingestion on blood chemistry, gene expression and body condition in wedge-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica)

Nicole Mejia, Flavia Termignoni-Garcia, Jennifer Learned, Jay Penniman, Scott V. Edwards

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Identifying potential threats to soil biodiversity

Mark Tibbett, Tandra D. Fraser, Sarah Duddigan

87 citations · 8,654 views · 1,240 downloads

Microplastic ingestion by commercial marine fish from the seawater of Northwest Peninsular Malaysia

Yuen Hwei Foo, Sharnietha Ratnam, Er Vin Lim, Masthurah Abdullah, Vincent J. Molenaar, Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Shoufeng Zhang, Hongjun Li, Norlaila Binti Mohd Zanuri

35 citations · 4,101 views · 1,258 downloads

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Nano- and Microplastics in the Environment

5th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

Coronaviruses and Viral Respiratory Infections

Thirteenth annual "Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Campania" Collection

The Biology of the Hawaiian Archipelago

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