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Top ten most accessed articles in March

This month sees the following articles in JEM that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Persistent organic pollutants in Antarctica: current and future research priorities 
Susan Bengtson Nash 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 497-504 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00230E, Perspective 

The release of engineered nanomaterials to the environment 
Fadri Gottschalk and Bernd Nowack 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00547A, Critical Review 

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in effluent matrices: A survey of transformation and removal during wastewater treatment and implications for wastewater management 
Rebekah L. Oulton, Tamar Kohn and David M. Cwiertny 
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 1956-1978 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00068J, Critical Review 

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, Paper 

Presence and partitioning properties of the flame retardants pentabromotoluene, pentabromoethylbenzene and hexabromobenzene near suspected source zones in Norway 
Hans Peter H. Arp, Thomas Møskeland, Patrik L. Andersson and Jenny Rattfelt Nyholm 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 505-513 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00258E, Paper 

Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the aquatic environment: a review of their occurrence and fate 
Lutz Ahrens 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 20-31 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00373E, Critical Review 

Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides in indoor dust 
Elvira V. Bräuner, Philipp Mayer, Lars Gunnarsen, Katrin Vorkamp and Ole Raaschou-Nielsen 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 522-526 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00750A, Communication 

Organophosphates in aircraft cabin and cockpit air-method development and measurements of contaminants 
Kasper Solbu, Hanne Line Daae, Raymond Olsen, Syvert Thorud, Dag Gunnar Ellingsen, Torsten Lindgren, Berit Bakke, Elsa Lundanes and Paal Molander 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00763C, Paper 

How does exposure to nitrogen dioxide compare between on-road and off-road cycle routes? 
T. Bean, N. Carslaw, M. Ashmore, A. Gillah and C. Parkinson 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1039-1045 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00332H, Paper 

Occurrence and removal efficiencies of eight EDCs and estrogenicity in a STP 
Zhaohan Zhang, Yujie Feng, Peng Gao, Ce Wang and Nanqi Ren 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00597E, Paper 

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Top five most accessed articles in February

This month sees the following articles in JEM that are in the top five most accessed:-

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in effluent matrices: A survey of transformation and removal during wastewater treatment and implications for wastewater management 
Rebekah L. Oulton, Tamar Kohn and David M. Cwiertny 
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 1956-1978, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00068J, Critical Review 

Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the aquatic environment: a review of their occurrence and fate 
Lutz Ahrens 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 20-31, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00373E, Critical Review 

Relationship of polychlorinated biphenyls with type 2 diabetes and hypertension 
Charles Jay Everett, Ivar Frithsen and Marty Player 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 241-251, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00400F, Critical Review 

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, Paper 

Application of a battery of biomarkers in mussel digestive gland to assess long-term effects of the Prestige oil spill in Galicia and Bay of Biscay: Tissue-level biomarkers and histopathology 
Larraitz Garmendia, Manu Soto, Unai Vicario, Yungkul Kim, Miren P Cajaraville and Ionan Marigómez 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00410C, Paper 

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Firefighters need more protection from chemical fumes

A study by US scientists has highlighted the need for new respirators for firefighters.

Although firefighters usually wear self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) when tackling structural fires, this is a much less common practice when dealing with vehicle fires. The potential health risk from vehicle fire fumes is considered minimal, as the fires are outdoors and are usually extinguished rapidly. In addition, SCBA is cumbersome to wear and takes a long time to put on.

However, Kenneth Fent and his team at the US Public Health Service and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, have shown that firefighters are actually exposing themselves to almost ten times the acceptable level of 75 volatile organic compounds, including benzene, acetonitrile and acetone.

 

The measure of risk to a mixture of chemicals was found to be 9.2 times the acceptable amount

Link to journal article
Assessing the risk to firefighters from chemical vapors and gases during vehicle fire suppression
Kenneth W. Fent and Douglas E. Evans, J. Environ. Monit., 2011
DOI: 10.1039/c0em00591f

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Top 5 most accessed articles in December

This month sees the following articles in JEM that are in the top five most accessed:-

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in effluent matrices: A survey of transformation and removal during wastewater treatment and implications for wastewater management 
Rebekah L. Oulton, Tamar Kohn and David M. Cwiertny 
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 1956-1978, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00068J, Critical Review 

Stable isotope fractionation to investigate natural transformation mechanisms of organic contaminants: principles, prospects and limitations 
Martin Elsner 
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 2005-2031, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00277A, Critical Review 

Relationship of polychlorinated biphenyls with type 2 diabetes and hypertension
Charles Jay Everett, Ivar Frithsen and Marty Player
 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00400F, Critical Review 

A suite of microplate reader-based colorimetric methods to quantify ammonium, nitrate, orthophosphate and silicate concentrations for aquatic nutrient monitoring 
Stephanie Ringuet, Lara Sassano and Zackary I. Johnson 
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00290A, Paper 

Degradation of carbon tetrachloride in the presence of zero-valent iron 
Jorge S. Alvarado, Candace Rose and Lorraine LaFreniere 
J. Environ. Monit., 2010, 12, 1524-1530 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00039F, Paper 

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