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On the outside front cover, this month’s issue features work from Kalliat Valsaraj and co-workers. In their article, the team investigate the processing of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during fog events.
The authors identified two processing pathways: (i) the dissolution of OPAC from particulate matter and (ii) the uptake and oxidation of PAH in the fog water droplets.
Read more in the full article:
Processing of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by fog in an urban environment
Franz S. Ehrenhauser, Kalindi Khadapkar, Youliang Wang, James W. Hutchings, Olivier Delhomme, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Pierre Herckes, Mary J. Wornat and Kalliat T. Valsaraj
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30336A
Other HOT articles in this issue include:
Comprehensive environmental review following the pork PCB/dioxin contamination incident in Ireland
Ian Marnane
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30374D
Using passive air samplers to assess local sources versus long range atmospheric transport of POPs
Anne Karine Halse, Martin Schlabach, Andy Sweetman, Kevin C. Jones and Knut Breivik
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30378G
Levels and distribution of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in environmental samples near manufacturing facilities in Laizhou Bay area, East China
Honghua Li, Qinghua Zhang, Pu Wang, Yingming Li, Jianxia Lv, Weihai Chen, Dawei Geng, Yawei Wang, Thanh Wang and Guibin Jiang
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30231D
Assessment of environmental mercury discharge at a four-year-old artisanal gold mining area on Lombok Island, Indonesia
Baiq Dewi Krisnayanti, Christopher W. N. Anderson, Wani Hadi Utomo, Xinbin Feng, Eko Handayanto, Nurul Mudarisna, Hadiman Ikram and Khususiah
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30515A
The application of biochemical responses to assess environmental quality of tropical estuaries: field surveys
Luciane Alves Maranho, Camilo Dias Seabra Pereira, Rodrigo Brasil Choueri, Augusto Cesar, Paloma Kachel Gusso-Choueri, Ronaldo José Torres, Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa, Rodofley Davino Morais, Antônio Aparecido Mozeto, Tomás Angel DelValls and María Laura Martín-Díaz
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30465A
Also in this issue is our monthly Environmental Digest -covering legislation, environmental quality, chemical hazards, public and occupational health and research activities from Europe and around the world, it’s an invaluable source of environmental information.
Environmental digest
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM90047E
Read the rest of the issue here.
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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In this HOT article from researchers in Canada, the authors investigate the possibility of using American kestrel and European starling eggs as bio-monitoring species for flame retardant contamination in terrestrial ecosystems.
Testing for for sixteen PBDE congeners and nineteen non-PBDE flame retardants, the authors were able to detect major components of commercial mixtures, and found point source influences for some geographical areas.
Flame retardants in eggs of American kestrels and European starlings from southern Lake Ontario region (North America)
Da Chen, Robert J. Letcher and Pamela Martin
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30472D
In their critical review, researchers from the University of Hawaii have carried out an economic appraisal into the separation of human urine from other waste waters at the source, and the subsequent storage and treatment of this separated water.
They conclude that energy, water and nutrients could be saved using this approach, along with decreasing green house gas emissions.
An economic appraisal of using source separation of human urine to contain and treat endocrine disrupters in the USA
Krishna Lamichhane and Roger Babcock
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30254C
All our HOT articles are free to access for 4 weeks following a simple registration.
We’ve had a bit of a break in HOT articles for the summer holidays but now we’re back with a scorcher!
In December 2008 the Irish Government recalled all Irish pork and bacon products from pigs slaughtered in Ireland since September 1 2008 as a result of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination identified during routine monitoring of Irish pork products. This lead to the slaughter of thousands of of pigs and cattle, and the destruction of tens of thousands of tonnes of pork products.
In this Focus article Ian Marnane from the Irish Environmental Protection Agency looks at the source and multiple factors that contributed to the contamination – the use of contaminated fuel in the animal-feed drying facilities – and what lessons could be learnt from this extremely unfortunate event.
The article is free to access* for the next four weeks:
Comprehensive environmental review following the pork PCB/dioxin contamination incident in Ireland
Ian Marnane
DOI: 10.1039/C2EM30374D
Looking for some more summer reading? Why not check our some of our other HOT articles..
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We’ve just published our latest Environmental News article, brought to you each month by Mike Sharpe from MS Consulting. Here’s a sneak peek of some of the great content in the article, download for more!
Europe debates offshore rules
European policymakers are said to be making good progress with proposals to tighten rules on the safety of offshore oil and gas installations. The measures were first set out two years ago in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Mercury talks stall in Uruguay
The prospects of a meaningful international treaty on mercury appear to be receding after the latest round of talks in Uruguay made only sluggish progress. ‘‘We have only one meeting left [before the adoption of a global mercury treaty] and all big issues are still open,’’ said Elena Lymberidi of NGO coalition the Zero Mercury Working Group at the meeting in early July.
Diesel exhaust is carcinogenic: official
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization based in Lyon, France, has issued a new evaluation of whether exhaust emissions from diesel and gasoline engines are human carcinogens. Based on the review of a large number of epidemiological, toxicological, and mechanistic studies of older diesel engines and gasoline engines, an IARC expert panel concluded that diesel exhaust is a Group 1, or known, human carcinogen and gasoline exhaust is a Group 2B, or possible, human carcinogen.
New evidence links ozone to heart attacks
Young, healthy adult volunteers exposed for two hours to ozone developed physiological changes associated with cardiovascular ailments, according to a study by EPA scientists. The changes were temporary and reversible in the young, healthy participants.
Nanoparticles combat marine fouling
Tiny vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) nanoparticles can inhibit the growth of barnacles, bacteria, and algae on surfaces in contact with water, such as ship hulls, sea buoys, or offshore platforms, scientists say. The discovery by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (JGU) in Germany could lead to the development of new protective, antifouling coatings and paints that are less damaging to the environment than the products currently used.
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