Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts blog

The following articles were in the top ten most accessed for the Journal of Environmental Monitoring in August:

Quantitation of persistent organic pollutants adsorbed on plastic debris from the Northern Pacific Gyre’s “eastern garbage patch”
Lorena M. Rios, Patrick R. Jones, Charles Moore and Urja V. Narayan
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 2226-2236
DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00239A

Concentrations of organophosphate esters and brominated flame retardants in German indoor dust samples
Sandra Brommer, Stuart Harrad, Nele Van den Eede and Adrian Covaci
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2482-2487
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30303E

Screening organic chemicals in commerce for emissions in the context of environmental and human exposure
Knut Breivik, Jon A. Arnot, Trevor N. Brown, Michael S. McLachlan and Frank Wania
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2028-2037
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30259D

Traffic emission factors of ultrafine particles: effects from ambient air
Sara Janhäll, Peter Molnar and Mattias Hallquist
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2488-2496
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30235G

Arsenic mobilization and attenuation by mineral–water interactions: implications for managed aquifer recharge
Chelsea W. Neil, Y. Jeffrey Yang and Young-Shin Jun
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 1772-1788
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30323J

Occurrence and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil from the Tiefa coal mine district, Liaoning, China
Jingjing Liu, Guijian Liu, Jiamei Zhang, Hao Yin and Ruwei Wang
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2634-2642
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30433C

Correlations in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in UK ambient air and implications for source apportionment
Andrew S. Brown and Richard J. C. Brown
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2072-2082
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10963H

Potential impacts of disinfection processes on elimination and deactivation of antibiotic resistance genes during water and wastewater treatment
Michael C. Dodd
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 1754-1771
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM00006G

Distribution of trace element contamination in sediments and riverine agricultural soils of the Zhongxin River, South China, and evaluation of local plants for biomonitoring
Jinfeng Chen, Jiangang Yuan, Shanshan Wu, Biyun Lin and Zhongyi Yang
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2663-2672
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30241A

Utilizing pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR to characterize fungal populations among house dust samples
Matthew W. Nonnenmann, Gloria Coronado, Beti Thompson, William C. Griffith, John Delton Hanson, Stephen Vesper and Elaine M. Faustman
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2038-2043
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30229B

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This month sees the following articles in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring that are in the top ten most accessed:

Emerging investigators contributors 2012
Thomas Borch, Richard Carbonaro, Juana Maria Delgado-Saborit, Michael Dodd, Michelle Hladik, Young-Shin Jun, Christopher Kim, Jung-Hwan Kwon, Yi-Pin Lin, Sara Mason, Jennifer Murphy, Jeff Nason, Hee-Deung Park, Zhimin Qiang, Christopher Szakal
J. Environ. Monit., 2012,14, 1745-1753
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM90032G

Potential impacts of disinfection processes on elimination and deactivation of antibiotic resistance genes during water and wastewater treatment
Michael C. Dodd
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 1754-1771
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM00006G

The release of engineered nanomaterials to the environment
Fadri Gottschalk and Bernd Nowack
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1145-1155
DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00547A

Arsenic mobilization and attenuation by mineral–water interactions: implications for managed aquifer recharge
Chelsea W. Neil,  Y. Jeffrey Yang and Young-Shin Jun
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 1772-1788
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30323J

Aquatic environmental nanoparticles
Nicholas S. Wigginton, Kelly L. Haus and Michael F. Hochella Jr
J. Environ. Monit., 2007, 9, 1306-1316
DOI: 10.1039/B712709J

Contamination of Canadian and European bottled waters with antimony from PET containers
William Shotyk, Michael Krachler and Bin Chen
J. Environ. Monit., 2006, 8, 288-292
DOI: 10.1039/B517844B

Utilizing pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR to characterize fungal populations among house dust samples
Matthew W. Nonnenmann, Gloria Coronado, Beti Thompson, William C. Griffith, John Delton Hanson, Stephen Vesper and Elaine M. Faustman
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2038-2043
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30229B

Comparative DFT study of inner-sphere As(III) complexes on hydrated α-Fe₂O₃(0001) surface models
Christoffer J. Goffinet and Sara E. Mason
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 1860-1871
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30355H

Persistent organic pollutants in sediment from the southern Baltic: risk assessment
Joanna Szlinder-Richert, Zygmunt Usydus and Aleksander Drgas
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2100-2107
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30221G

Fingerprinting of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHC) and other biogenic organic compounds (BOC) in oil-contaminated and background soil samples
Zhendi Wang, C. Yang, Z. Yang, B. Hollebone, C. E. Brown, M. Landriault, J. Sun, S. M. Mudge, F. Kelly-Hooper and D. G. Dixon
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 2367-2381
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30339F

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