Archive for November, 2011

Top ten most accessed articles in October

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

The role of GC-MS and LC-MS in the discovery of drinking water disinfection by-products
Susan D. Richardson
J. Environ. Monit., 2002, 4, 1-9
DOI: 10.1039/B105578J

The antibacterial effects of engineered nanomaterials: implications for wastewater treatment plants
Ndeke Musee, Melusi Thwala and Nomakhwezi Nota
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1164-1183
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10023H

Assessment of the effects of Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb soil contamination by ecotoxicological tests
Giulia Maisto, Sonia Manzo, Flavia De Nicola, Rita Carotenuto, Annamaria Rocco and Anna Alfani
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 3049-3056
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10496A

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

Elevated antimony concentrations in commercial juices
Claus Hansen, Alexandra Tsirigotaki, Søren Alex Bak, Spiros A. Pergantis, Stefan Stürup, Bente Gammelgaard and Helle Rüsz Hansen
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 822-824
DOI: 10.1039/B926551A

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 Hansen
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 2226-2236
DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00239A

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
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10607D

Origin, separation and identification of environmental nanoparticles: a review
Tsung M. Tsao, Yue M. Chen and Ming K. Wang
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1156-1163
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10013K

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

Contamination levels of human pharmaceutical compounds in French surface and drinking water
S. Mompelat, O. Thomas and B. Le Bot
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 2929-2939
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10335K

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HOT: Improved detection of pathogenic viruses in water

With enteric viruses as emerging waterborne pathogens improved methods for detection and quantification in environmental samples are needed. Adelaide Almeida and colleagues employed ultracentrifugation with epifluorescence microscopy in this increasingly important area of analysis.

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Ultracentrifugation as a direct method to concentrate viruses in environmental waters: virus-like particle enumeration as a new approach to determine the efficiency of recovery

Catarina Prata, Andreia Ribeiro, Ângela Cunha, Newton. C. M. Gomes and Adelaide Almeida
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10603A, Paper

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HOT: New passive air samplers for long-term monitoring of POPs

Choosing the right sorbent materials for passive air samplers is vital for monitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs) over long time periods. Jasmin Schuster and Kevin Jones from the University of Lancaster joined forces with colleagues from the Meteorological Service of Canada and Environment Canada to test out passive samplers in a year-long field study.

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Assessment of sorbent impregnated PUF disks (SIPs) for long-term sampling of legacy POPs

Jasmin K. Schuster, Rosalinda Gioia, Tom Harner, Sum Chi Lee, Knut Breivik and Kevin C. Jones
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1EM10697J, Paper

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JEM now publishing Accepted Manuscripts

Journal of Environmental Monitoring now offers you the chance to publish your accepted article as an Accepted Manuscript. This means that your research is available, in citable form, to the community even more rapidly. Find out more

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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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