A 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?
On the outside front cover of JEM 
On 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.
Welcome to our second issue of the year, which includes a collection of articles from 
The second is from Subbarao V. Ravva et al. on the sampling and influence of environmental conditions on airborne bacteria:
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. 
Our latest issue is a collection of articles on the theme of 
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