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The fate of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in soil on the cover of Issue 4

J. Environ. Monit. Cover Issue 4A hot article from Michael F. Hochella and colleagues Virginia Tech and Duke University is on the cover of our latest issue, describing their work to better understand the fate of TiO2 nanomaterials in soil, and their most likely route of entry into the environment.

Characterization and environmental implications of nano- and larger TiO2 particles in sewage sludge, and soils amended with sewage sludge
Bojeong Kim, Mitsuhiro Murayama, Benjamin P. Colman and Michael F. Hochella
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 1128-1136
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10809G

Nanoparticles your thing? Have you seen the themed issue we published on Environmental Nanotechnology?

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Issue 3 of JEM just published

Issue 3 front coverOn the outside front cover of JEM Issue 3 is a HOT article from William Cullen et al. reporting on the arsenic speciation in freshwater snails from Pender Island and Vancouver Island in Canada. Little is currently known about arsenic speciation and its life cycle variation in freshwater snails, which are an important food source for many creatures including fish and birds, and are occasionally consumed by humans.

Arsenic speciation in freshwater snails and its life cycle variation
Vivian W.-M. Lai, Katerina Kanaki, Spiros A. Pergantis, William R. Cullen and Kenneth J. Reimer
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10764C

Issue 3 inside front coverOn the inside front cover is a HOT article from Alexandra Steffen and colleagues from Environment Canada and the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) at the University of Illinois, reporting on a comparison of their data quality control protocols for the measurement of atmospheric mercury species. The protocols RDMQ™ and AMQC were developed independently by Environment Canada and the NADP respectively, and have been assessed by the criteria on which the data is quality controlled and comparability of the final data products.

A comparison of data quality control protocols for atmospheric mercury speciation measurements
Alexandra Steffen, Tina Scherz, Mark Olson, David Gay and Pierrette Blanchard
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10735J

This issue also features the following HOT articles:

Exposure assessment of tetrafluoroethylene and ammonium perfluorooctanoate 1951–2002
Anne Sleeuwenhoek and John W. Cherrie
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10930A

Comparison of DNA extraction methodologies used for assessing fungal diversity via ITS sequencing
William R. Rittenour , Ju-Hyeong Park , Jean M. Cox-Ganser , Donald H. Beezhold and Brett J. Green
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10779A

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Issue 2 now online – including a collection of articles from AIRMON 2011

Welcome to our second issue of the year, which includes a collection of articles from AIRMON 2011 – the Symposium on Modern Principles of Air Monitoring and Biomonitoring held in Norway last June.  Professor Yngvar Thomassen introduces papers in the issue which cover topics from bioaerosol exposure in the workplace to beryllium exposure, to interlaboratory studies to understand method performance in trace element determination.

The images on the cover both have an aerosol theme, the first highlighting the article from Nils Petter Skaugset et al. presented at AIRMON 2011 on the exposure of aluminium production workers to beryllium,

Occupational exposure to beryllium in primary aluminium production
Nils Petter Skaugset, Dag G. Ellingsen, Kari Dahl, Ivar Martinsen, Lars Jordbekken, Per Arne Drabløs and Yngvar Thomassen
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10539F

The second is from Subbarao V. Ravva et al. on the sampling and influence of environmental conditions on airborne bacteria:

Bacterial communities in urban aerosols collected with wetted-wall cyclonic samplers and seasonal fluctuations of live and culturable airborne bacteria
Subbarao V. Ravva, Bradley J. Hernlem, Chester Z. Sarreal and Robert E. Mandrell
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10753D

The issue also includes our regular Environmental Digest from Mike Sharpe, collating the latest environmental news including the Durban talks, a new directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment and the EU ban on phosphate detergents.

Other hot papers in this issue:

Interlaboratory evaluation of trace element determination in workplace air filter samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Kevin Ashley, Stanley A. Shulman, Michael J. Brisson and Alan M. Howe
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10695C

Occurrence and fate of androgens, estrogens, glucocorticoids and progestagens in two different types of municipal wastewater treatment plants
Shan Liu, Guang-Guo Ying, Jian-Liang Zhao, Li-Jun Zhou, Bin Yang, Zhi-Feng Chen and Hua-Jie Lai
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10783F

Enantioselective aquatic toxicity of current chiral pesticides
Quan Zhang, Cui Wang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Daqing Jin, Changjiang Huang and Meirong Zhao
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10687B

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JEM Issue 1 just published! Meet our new Chair and Editorial Board

Welcome to the first issue of the new year!

In 2012 we welcome a new Chair to our Editorial Board, Frank Wania, University of Toronto and thank Professor Deborah Swackhamer for all her work as previous Chair.  Read Professor Wania’s Editorial for his ambitions for the journal as “the periodical of choice for cutting-edge research on environmental processes and impacts“.

We have also seen changes to our Editorial Board this year, take a look at this profile article for our new line-up of stellar environmental scientists.

Also in this issue is our regular Environmental Digest from Mike Sharpe which has undergone a revamp for the new year and many hot articles including ultracentrifugation for environmental virus recovery, the effects of residual antibiotics in groundwater on antibiotic resistance and polar bear teeth for biomonitoring.

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Detecting airborne flu virus particles and a micronucleus study of water contamination on the cover of Issue 12

Welcome to the final issue of 2011!

On the front cover of Issue 12 we have a hot article from a team at NIOSH on detecting flu virus particles in the air with a two-stage cyclone bioaerosol sampler.  The device is able to separate particles based on size, and may be useful in providing information about the infectivity of the airborne particles, and informing subsequent risk assessments.

Development of an improved methodology to detect infectious airborne influenza virus using the NIOSH bioaerosol sampler
G. Cao, J. D. Noti, F. M. Blachere, W. G. Lindsley and D. H. Beezhold
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10607D


On the inside front cover is an article from Sílvia Regina Batistuzzo de Medeiros and coworkers on the contamination of a large water reservoir in Brazil with various mutagenic entities such as heavy metals, cyanobacteria and radiation, using the Tradescantia-micronucleus (Trad-MCN) test and cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus (CBMN) assay to confirm the presence of micronuclei in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.

Micronucleus study of the quality and mutagenicity of surface water from a semi-arid region
Anuska Conde Fagundes Soares Garcia, Alexandre Endres Marcon, Douglisnilson de Morais Ferreira, Esdras Adriano Barbosa dos Santos, Viviane Souza do Amaral and Sílvia Regina Batistuzzo de Medeiros
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10582E

As with all our cover articles these are free to access for 6 weeks.

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PAHs in fog and fingerprinting oil spills on the cover of Issue 11

The hot articles on our cover this month are from Xiang Li and Jiamin Chen (Fudan University) and Zhendi Wang (Environment Canada).

The futuristic image on the outside front cover image highlights the work from Li et al on solid-phase microextraction (SPME) analysis of PAHs in fog.  Polluted fog is a serious problem in Shanghai, where the study took place, and this research should provide a basis for better understanding of PAHs in fog-rain events.

Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fog–rain events
Xiang Li, Pengfei Li, Lili Yan, Jianmin Chen, Tiantao Cheng and Shifen Xu
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 2988-2993
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10543D

On the inside front cover another serious environmental issue is highlighted – oil spills.  Wang et al present a case study of the 2009 Sarnia (Ontario) spill, using GC and GC-MS to characterize the chemical composition and determine the source of the oil spill by identifying oil ‘fingerprints’ through characteristic biomarkers and statistical correlation of target diagnostic ratios.

Forensic fingerprinting and source identification of the 2009 Sarnia (Ontario) oil spill
Zhendi Wang, C. Yang, Z. Yang, J. Sun, B. Hollebone, C. Brown and M. Landriault
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 3004-3017
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10620A

View the rest of Issue 11 including a Focus article on the current state of the art in passive sampling devices

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On the cover: mapping mercury in snow

On the cover of Issue 10 is Frank Wania’s hot article on mapping the fate of mercury in artificial snow, under carefully controlled laboratory conditions.

Mercury fate in ageing and melting snow: Development and testing of a controlled laboratory system
Erin Mann, Torsten Meyer, Carl P. J. Mitchell and Frank Wania

The issue also contains the regular item from Mike Sharpe on the latest news from industry, legislation and the literature, and news from China from our Associate Editor, Liang-Hong Guo.

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Mercury levels in Korean seafood and copper nanoparticles for 1,2-DCA remediation on the cover of Issue 9

The impressive image on the outside front cover highlights a hot article from Hyo-Bang Moon and coworkers at Hanyang University, the National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service and the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, Korea. Their study is the first to assess the methyl mercury residues and total mercury content in seafood consumed in Korea – an important constituent of the population’s diet.  Their research found Hg levels to be below the threshold intake levels suggested by international authorities and thus will provide a baseline for future monitoring and risk management.

Exposure assessment for methyl and total mercury from seafood consumption in Korea, 2005 to 2008
Hyo-Bang Moon, Sang-Jo Kim, Hyejin Park, Yun Sun Jung, Suuggyu Lee, Yun-Hee Kim and Minkyu Choi
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 2400-2405
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10504C

The image on the inside front cover depicts another hot article from Hsing-Lung Lien at the National Tawain University with colleagues from the National University of Kaohsiung, Tawain. They have designed a zero-valent copper nanoparticles for the hydrodechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane.

1,2-DCA is a raw material used in vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) manufacturing processes, and improper handling has lead to groundwater contamination in many places. As 1,2-DCA can cause circulatory and respiratory failure, and is a suspected carcinogen, remediation technologies are needed to deal with this contaminant.  The authors hope their copper nanoparticles could be immobilised on the surface of reducing metals to form a reactive bimetallic structure for environmental remediation applications.

Catalytic hydrodechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane using copper nanoparticles under reduction conditions of sodium borohydride
Chang-Chieh Huang, Shang-Lien Lo, Shin-Mu Tsai and Hsing-Lung Lien
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 2406-2412
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10370A

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Reclaiming the wastelands: a strategy to prevent re-acidification and remove heavy metals from very acidic mine soil

On the cover of Issue 7 we have an arresting image of the barren and extremely acidic metalliferous mine wasteland at Dabaoshan Pyrite/Copper Mine, located in the north of the Guangdong Province, China.  It accompanies work from W. S. Shu et al., from Sun Yat-Sen University, Jishou University and Shaoguan Pb/Zn Smelter, demonstrating the effectiveness of the combination of the net acid generation test and bioassay assessment for developing a reclamation strategy for extremely acidic mine soils.

To read their conclusions on appropriate soil amendments download the full article – it’s free to access for 6 weeks:

Effectiveness of amendments on re-acidification and heavy metal immobilization in an extremely acidic mine soil
S. X. Yang, J. T. Li, B. Yang, B. Liao, J. T. Zhang and W. S. Shu
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1876-1883

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Issue 5 now online – themed issue on environmental nanotechnology

Our latest issue is a collection of articles on the theme of environmental nanotechnology, guest edited by JEM Editorial Board member, Wunmi Sadik.

On the outside front cover we have a HOT article from Rai Kookana on the sorption properties of fullerenes in soil – showing that they may form colloidal nanoparticles which affects the way they partition:

Sorption of nano-C60 clusters in soil: hydrophilic or hydrophobic interactions?
Mohsen Forouzangohar and Rai S. Kookana
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1190-1194
DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00689K

The inside front cover highlights work from Paul Westerhoff on the removal of TiO2 nanomaterials from waste water:

Occurrence and removal of titanium at full scale wastewater treatment plants: implications for TiO2 nanomaterials
Paul Westerhoff, Guixue Song, Kiril Hristovski and Mehlika A. Kiser
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1195-1203
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10017C

Other HOT articles in this issue also include:

Effects of silver and cerium dioxide micro- and nano-sized particles on Daphnia magna
Birgit K. Gaiser, Anamika Biswas, Philipp Rosenkranz, Mark A. Jepson, Jamie R. Lead, Vicki Stone, Charles R. Tyler and Teresa F. Fernandes
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1227-1235
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10060B

Challenges for physical characterization of silver nanoparticles under pristine and environmentally relevant conditions
Robert I. MacCuspie, Kim Rogers, Manomita Patra, Zhiyong Suo, Andrew J. Allen, Matthew N. Martin and Vincent A. Hackley
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1212-1226
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10024F

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