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Environments, Volume 9, Issue 4

2022 April - 13 articles

Cover Story: Phytoplankton species are exposed to cocktails of environmental pollutants, including engineered nanoparticles and metallic pollutants. Examination of the time course of the interactions between nano-sized titania with different primary particle sizes, algae, and inorganic mercury under settings that were representative of a highly contaminated environment revealed that nano-sized titania adsorb mercury and reduce its adsorption and absorption by green algae. The observed effects were dependent on the primary size of nano-sized titania. Green algae and nanomaterials are used in the removal of hazardous heavy metals from contaminated waters; thus, the outcomes of the present study have important implications for the development of efficient bioremediation technology for Hg. View this paper
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Articles (13)

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,641 Views
13 Pages

What Is Worth Knowing in Interventional Practices about Medical Staff Radiation Exposure Monitoring: A Review of Recent Outcomes of EURADOS Working Group 12

  • Paolo Ferrari,
  • Mercè Ginjaume,
  • Oliver Hupe,
  • Una O’Connor,
  • Filip Vanhavere,
  • Elena Bakhanova,
  • Frank Becker,
  • Lorenzo Campani,
  • Eleftheria Carinou and
  • Milena Živković
  • + 9 authors

EURADOS (European Radiation Dosimetry Group) Working Group 12 (WG12) SG1 activities are aimed at occupational radiation protection and individual monitoring in X-ray and nuclear medicine practices. In recent years, many studies have been carried out...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ionising and Non Ionising Radiation Protection Issues in the Environment and Workplaces)
  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
12,092 Views
17 Pages

Nowadays, soil contamination by total petroleum hydrocarbons is still one of the most widespread forms of contamination. Intervention technologies are consolidated; however, full-scale interventions turn out to be not sustainable. Sustainability is e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Soil Remediation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
13,073 Views
17 Pages

Tritium: Doses and Responses of Aquatic Living Organisms (Model Experiments)

  • Lydia Bondareva,
  • Nadezhda Kudryasheva and
  • Ivan Tananaev

Tritium is a byproduct of many radiochemical reactions in the nuclear industry, and its effects on aquatic organisms, particularly low-dose effects, deserve special attention. The low-dose effects of tritium on aquatic microbiota have been intensivel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,865 Views
10 Pages

FMECA Application in Tomotherapy: Comparison between Classic and Fuzzy Methodologies

  • Mariarosa Giardina,
  • Elio Tomarchio,
  • Pietro Buffa,
  • Maurizio Palagonia,
  • Ivan Veronese and
  • Marie Claire Cantone

Accident analysis in radiotherapy highlighted the need to increase quality assurance (QA) programs by the identification of failures/errors with very low probability (rare event) but very severe consequences. In this field, a Failure Mode, Effects an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ionising and Non Ionising Radiation Protection Issues in the Environment and Workplaces)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,581 Views
11 Pages

The determination of the concentrations of the organic compounds in ambient air using reference methods is a time-consuming process. The samples must be collected on a specific sorbent material and analyzed. In the best-case scenario, the analysis ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,589 Views
14 Pages

Understanding the Accuracy Limitations of Quantifying Methane Emissions Using Other Test Method 33A

  • Robert Heltzel,
  • Derek Johnson,
  • Mohammed Zaki,
  • Aron Gebreslase and
  • Omar I. Abdul-Aziz

Researchers have utilized Other Test Method (OTM) 33A to quantify methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure. Historically, errors have been reported based on a population of measurements compared to known controlled releases of methane. These...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,456 Views
3 Pages

When the presence of a chemical in soil affects humans or other living organisms, producing undesired effects, that soil is considered polluted [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Soil Pollution Assessment and Sustainable Remediation Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
16,002 Views
19 Pages

Stabilisation of Ozone in Water for Microbial Disinfection

  • Emmanuel I. Epelle,
  • Andrew Macfarlane,
  • Michael Cusack,
  • Anthony Burns,
  • Ngozi Amaeze,
  • Kenny Richardson,
  • William Mackay,
  • Mostafa E. Rateb and
  • Mohammed Yaseen

In current times of increasing global decontamination concerns, sustainable and environmentally-friendly technologies that possess rapid and effective disinfection capabilities are necessary for public health and safety. In this study, we evaluate th...

(This article belongs to the Topic Sustainable Environmental Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,848 Views
13 Pages

Aquatic organisms are exposed to mixtures of environmental pollutants, including engineered nanoparticles; however, the interactions underlying cocktails’ effects are poorly understood, in particular, the kinetic aspects. The present study expl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Environments in 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,090 Views
20 Pages

Groundwater Hydrogeochemical and Quality Appraisal for Agriculture Irrigation in Greenbelt Area, Iraq

  • Eman Sh. Awad,
  • Noor S. Imran,
  • Muthanna M. Albayati,
  • Vyacheslav Snegirev,
  • Tamara M. Sabirova,
  • Natalia A. Tretyakova,
  • Qusay F. Alsalhy,
  • Mustafa H. Al-Furaiji,
  • Issam K. Salih and
  • Hasan Sh. Majdi

This study highlights the groundwater hydrogeochemical characteristics and processes (hydrochemistry characteristics, ion exchange, and salinization) and quality suitability assessment for irrigation purposes from five wells in the Greenbelt area loc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,057 Views
19 Pages

The most visible symptoms of emerald ash borer (EAB) (Argilus planipennis Fairmaire) infestation do not usually appear until six years after the borer’s arrival, by which time the prognosis is so grim that many communities have resorted to eith...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,946 Views
17 Pages

A New Multi-Index Method for the Eutrophication Assessment in Transitional Waters: Large-Scale Implementation in Italian Lagoons

  • Andrea Bonometto,
  • Emanuele Ponis,
  • Federica Cacciatore,
  • Elena Riccardi,
  • Silvia Pigozzi,
  • Paolo Parati,
  • Marta Novello,
  • Nicola Ungaro,
  • Alessandro Acquavita and
  • Rossella Boscolo Brusà
  • + 3 authors

Eutrophication represents one of the most impacting threats for the ecological status and related ecosystem services of transitional waters; hence, its assessment plays a key role in the management of these ecosystems. A new multi-index method for eu...

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