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Caffeine as an indicator of estrogenic activity in source water
C. C. Montagner, G. A. Umbuzeiro, C. Pasquini and W. F. Jardim  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 1866-1869
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00058G, Communication

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Unconventional oil and gas extraction and animal health
M. Bamberger and R. E. Oswald  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00150H

Assessing the performance of standard methods to predict the standard uncertainty of air quality data having incomplete time coverage
Richard J. C. Brown, Peter M. Harris and Maurice G. Cox  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00189C

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Towards energy neutral wastewater treatment: methodology and state of the art
Han Gao, Yaniv D. Scherson and George F. Wells  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 1223-1246
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00069B

Primary and secondary organics in the tropical Amazonian rainforest aerosols: chiral analysis of 2-methyltetraols
N. J. D. González, A.-K. Borg-Karlson, P. Artaxo, A. Guenther, R. Krejci, B. Nozière and K. Noone  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 1413-1421
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00102H

An examination of traditional foods and cigarette smoking as cadmium sources among the nine First Nations of Eeyou Istchee, northern Quebec, Canada
Nadia A. Charania, Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Ian D. Martin, Eric N. Liberda, Suzanne Coté, Pierre Ayotte, Eric Dewailly and Evert Nieboer  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 1422-1433
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00064A

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Structural characterization of dissolved organic matter: a review of current techniques for isolation and analysis
Elizabeth C. Minor, Michael M. Swenson, Bruce M. Mattson and Alan R. Oyler  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00062E, Critical Review

Energy positive domestic wastewater treatment: the roles of anaerobic and phototrophic technologies
B. D. Shoener, I. M. Bradley, R. D. Cusick and J. S. Guest  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00711A, Critical Review

Air quality concerns of unconventional oil and natural gas production
R. A. Field, J. Soltis and S. Murphy  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 954-969
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00081A, Perspective

Radiocesium derived from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in seabed sediments: initial deposition and inventories
Shigeyoshi Otosaka and Yoshihisa Kato  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 978-990
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00016A, Paper

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Bayesian uncertainty assessment of a semi-distributed integrated catchment model of phosphorus transport
Jostein Starrfelt and Øyvind Kaste
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00619K, Paper

Blending remote sensing data products to estimate photochemical production of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide in the surface ocean
Leanne C. Powers and William L. Miller
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 792-806
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00617D, Paper

Wavelength and temperature-dependent apparent quantum yields for photochemical formation of hydrogen peroxide in seawater
David J. Kieber, Gary W. Miller, Patrick J. Neale and Kenneth Mopper
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 777-791
DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00036F, Paper

Modelling phosphorus loading and algal blooms in a Nordic agricultural catchment-lake system under changing land-use and climate
Raoul-Marie Couture, Koji Tominaga, Jostein Starrfelt, S. Jannicke Moe, Øyvind Kaste and Richard F. Wright
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00630A, Paper

Association of nuisance filamentous algae Cladophora spp. with E. coli and Salmonella in public beach waters: impacts of UV protection on bacterial survival
Aubrey Beckinghausen, Alexia Martinez, David Blersch and Berat Z. Haznedaroglu
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00659J, Paper

Degradation of organic pollutants in/on snow and ice by singlet molecular oxygen (1O*2) and an organic triplet excited state
Jonathan P. Bower and Cort Anastasio
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 748-756
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00565H, Paper

Estimating hydroxyl radical photochemical formation rates in natural waters during long-term laboratory irradiation experiments
Luni Sun, Hongmei Chen, Hussain A. Abdulla and Kenneth Mopper
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 757-763
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00587A, Paper

The importance of charge-transfer interactions in determining chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) optical and photochemical properties
Charles M. Sharpless and Neil V. Blough
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 654-671
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00573A, Critical Review

A critical assessment of the photodegradation of pharmaceuticals in aquatic environments: defining our current understanding and identifying knowledge gaps
Jonathan K. Challis, Mark L. Hanson, Ken J. Friesen and Charles S. Wong
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 672-696
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00615H, Critical Review

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Assessing the effect of phosphate and silicate on Cd bioavailability in soil using an Escherichia coli cadAp::luc-based whole-cell sensor
Qi-Hui Hou, An-Zhou Ma, Ye Li, Xu-Liang Zhuang, Zhi-Hui Bai, Xin-Ke Zhang and Guo-Qiang Zhuang  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00598D, Paper

Insights into the complete and partial photooxidation of black carbon in surface waters
Collin P. Ward, Rachel L. Sleighter, Patrick G. Hatcher and Rose M. Cory  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00597F, Paper

Temporal dynamics between cattle in-stream presence and suspended solids in a headwater catchment
Julie A. Terry, Clare McW.H. Benskin, Emma F. Eastoe and Philip M. Haygarth  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00686G, Paper

Outdoor passive air monitoring of semi volatile organic compounds (SVOCs): a critical evaluation of performance and limitations of polyurethane foam (PUF) disks
P. Bohlin, O. Audy, L. Škrdlíková, P. Kukučka, P. Přibylová, R. Prokeš, Š. Vojta and J. Klánová  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 433-444
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00644A, Paper

Photometric hydroxyl radical scavenging analysis of standard natural organic matter isolates
J. E. Donham, E. J. Rosenfeldt and K. R. Wigginton  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00663H, Paper

Remedy performance monitoring at contaminated sediment sites using profiling solid phase microextraction (SPME) polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fibers
Courtney Thomas, David Lampert and Danny Reible  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 445-452
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00695F, Paper

Cluster analysis of passive air sampling data based on the relative composition of persistent organic pollutants
Xiande Liu and Frank Wania  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 453-463
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00605K, Paper

Critical review of electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for water treatment applications
Brian P. Chaplin  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00679D, Critical Review

 
Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions of ozone with representative PAHs and an alkene at the air–ice interface at 258 and 188
K D. Ray, H. Lišková and P. Klán  
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00665D, Paper

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The role of indirect photochemical degradation in the environmental fate of pesticides: a review
Christina K. Remucal
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00549F, Critical Review 

Automated method for determining the flow of surface functionalized nanoparticles through a hydraulically fractured mineral formation using plasmonic silver nanoparticles
Samuel J. Maguire-Boyle, David J. Garner, Jessica E. Heimann, Lucy Gao, Alvin W. Orbaek and Andrew R. Barron
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 220-231
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00718A, Paper 

Elevated risk from estrogens in the Yodo River basin (Japan) in winter and ozonation as a management option
Vimal Kumar, Seiya Hanamoto, Andrew C. Johnson, Naoyuki Yamashita, Norihide Nakada and Hiroaki Tanaka
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014,16, 232-238
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00219E, Paper 

Evaluation of DGT as a long-term water quality monitoring tool in natural waters; uranium as a case study
Geraldine S. C. Turner, Graham A. Mills, Michael J. Bowes, Jonathan L. Burnett, Sean Amos and Gary R. Fones
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00574G, Paper 

Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) for the treatment of concentrated Cu(II) wastewater: a field demonstration
Shaolin Li, Wei Wang, Weile Yan and Wei-xian Zhang
Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00578J, Paper

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