Wind-driven hydrodynamic characteristics of Lake Taihu, a large shallow lake in China
In this study, a 3D model of Lake Taihu, calibrated and validated based on field observations, was used to simulate and compare three scenarios: windless, steady wind, and realistic wind. The hydrodynamic characteristics of Lake Taihu were analyzed as close to the actual conditions as possible. The results showed that wind-driven currents dominated the flow field in Lake Taihu, and the horizontal velocity driven by wind was more than 6 times that without wind. Observing a stable flow field in Lake Taihu was difficult because of the variability of realistic wind. The hydrodynamic characteristics of Lake Taihu were defined a...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 16, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Zongpu Xue Wei Zhu Lin Cheng Yi Lv Ganyu Feng Source Type: research

Taking spontaneous plants as a natural strategy for vegetation restoration in construction and demolition waste landfills: a case study in Suzhou, China
In this study, Fenghuangshan CDW landfill in Suzhou, China, was selected as the research site, and the species composition and diversity of the spontaneous plants were analyzed. Moreover, the types of habitats and growth indexes of 8 species with high frequency and 18 species with medium frequency in the CDW landfill were investigated, and a comprehensive evaluation of growth rate and expansion capacity of the 26 species was conducted. The results showed that, herbs were the main type of the spontaneous plants in the CDW landfill. The species and quantities of the spontaneous plants in the CDW landfill were obviously fewer...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yu Zhou Angran Tian Xiangli Sun Yuru Chen Xinyu Luo Qiang Tang Source Type: research

Optimizing City-Scale Demolition Waste Supply Chain Under Different Carbon Policies
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32799-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn order to establish a green, low-carbon circular development economic system, imperative goals include achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. This research delves into the resource utilization of city-scale demolition waste (C&DW), aligning with environmental protection needs and sustainable development principles. The paper introduces a unique closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) model tailored for C&DW and employs a distinctive mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model for optimization. Guangzhou ...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jingkuang Liu Yaping Chai Jiaxi Zheng Jiazhuo Dai Zhenshuang Wang Source Type: research

Health risk assessments of heavy metals and trace elements exposure in the breast milk of lactating mothers in the Northeastern Iran
This study aimed to estimate the probable health risks for infants exposed to essential and non-essential trace elements through breast milk ingestion. This descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study was performed on 90 breastfeeding mothers referred to the health centers in Mashhad, Iran in January 2021. The health risk assessments (carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk) were estimated using chronic daily intake (CDI), hazard quotient (HQ), hazard index (HI), and lifetime carcinogenic risk (CR), which were recommended by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). The results of the HQ values of trace elements th...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shiva Rahati Mohammad Hashemi Arezoo Orooji Asma Afshari Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany Source Type: research

Energy-growth nexus in Australia and New Zealand for the past 150  years-evidence from time-varying and quantile Granger causality analysis
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32656-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUsing historical data on energy from (Malanima 2020) and GDP from the Maddison Project Database, this paper investigates the energy-growth nexus in a less-studied region, mainly Australia and New Zealand, since 1870. The long annual series allow meaningful application of recently developed time-varying and quantile Granger causality analysis. Results indicate that there is a bi-directional Granger causal relationship between economic growth and energy, coal, and oil consumption at both ends of the distribution, and durin...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Zheng Fang Chong Guan Source Type: research

Residue behavior and consumer risk assessment of spirotetramat and chlorpyrifos on cabbage heads and cropped soil
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32854-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA field experiment following good agricultural practices was laid out to study the dissipation of spirotetramat (90 g a.i. ha-1 and 180 g a.i. ha-1) and chlorpyrifos (400 g a.i. ha-1 and 800 g a.i. ha-1) on cabbage heads and soil. Samples were processed using quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method for residue estimation of spirotetramat and chlorpyrifos, which were further detected using HPLC-PDA and GC-FPD respectively. The residues of spirotetramat on cabbage heads reached below detection lim...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Pankaj Sharma Istatu Jatiender Kumar Dubey Sapna Katna Ajay Sharma Sakshi Sharma Deepika Shandil Nisha Devi Arvind Kumar Shubhra Singh Nimisha Thakur Source Type: research

Nitrogen-doped metal-free granular activated carbons as economical and easily separable catalysts for peroxymonosulfate and hydrogen peroxide activation to degrade bisphenol A
In this study, granular nitrogen-doped highly developed porous carbons with a particle size of 0.25-0.30 mm were prepared by preoxidation and subsequent NH3 modification of a commercially available coconut-based activated carbon, and used to activate peroxymonosulphate (KHSO5) or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to degrade bisphenol A (BPA). The nitrogen-doped carbon (ACON-950) prepared by NH3 modification at 950 °C, with the addition of only 0.15 g/L could remove 100% of 50 mg/L BPA in 150 min, and more than 90% of the removed BPA was due to degradation. The removal rates of total organic carbon of ACON-950/KHSO5 and ACON-950/H2...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tao Zhang Songlin Zuo Source Type: research

The effect of reflux ratio on sulfur disproportionation tendency in anaerobic baffled reactor with the heterotrophic combining sulfur autotrophic processes under high concentration perchlorate stress
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32835-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn a laboratory scale, an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) consisting of eight compartments, the heterotrophic combining sulfur autotrophic processes under different reflux ratios were constructed to achieve effective perchlorate removal and alleviate sulfur disproportionation reaction. Perchlorate was efficiently removed with effluent perchlorate concentration below 0.5 μg/L when the influent perchlorate concentration was 1030 mg/L during stages I ~ V, indicating that heterotrophic combining sulfur autotrophic perchlora...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Guiyang Cheng Denghui Chen Daohong Zhang Haibo Li Kang Du Lin Zhang Source Type: research

Exploring the asymmetric effect of fiscal policy instruments in encountering environmental degradation: proposing an SDG framework for India
This study introduces a new investigation exploring the relationship between fiscal policy instruments and environmental quality in India by examining the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis from 1990 to 2021. A nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) model is applied for empirical examination. The findings indicate that positive and negative shocks in fiscal policy instruments have significant impact on carbon emissions in both the long and short run. The study has also found evidence of an "inverted U-shape" EKC for India. These results are valuable from a policy perspective for India and other Asian co...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: None Arjun Bibhuti Ranjan Mishra Aviral Kumar Tiwari Source Type: research

Green biosourced composite for efficient reactive dye decontamination: immobilized Gibberella fujikuroi on maize tassel biomatrix
In conclusion, using maize tassel tissue as an immobilized decolorization agent offers a possible method for removing reactive azo dye pollutants from the aquatic medium that is both economical and environmentally benign.PMID:38488918 | DOI:10.1007/s11356-024-32809-w (Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International)
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Sema Celik Selen Kurtulus Tas Fatih Sayin Tamer Akar Sibel Tunali Akar Source Type: research

How does air pollution affect household consumption? Evidence from China
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32872-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIncreasing air pollution not only affects the population's health but also changes its consumption structures and patterns. Using China Family Panel Studies, this study investigates the relationship between air pollution and household consumption. The findings reveal that household consumption is considerably affected by air pollution: One standard deviation rise of PM2.5 concentration will decrease the household consumption by 8.7%. Moreover, this effect is irreversible in the short term. What is more, air pollution has...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Boning Li Weizeng Sun Source Type: research

A critical and comprehensive review of the current status of 17 β-estradiol hormone remediation through adsorption technology
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32876-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEven at low concentrations, steroid hormones pose a significant threat to ecosystem health and are classified as micropollutants. Among these, 17β-estradiol (molecular formula: C18H24O2; pKa = 10.46; Log Kow = 4.01; solubility in water = 3.90 mg L-1 at 27 °C; molecular weight: 272.4 g mol-1) is extensively studied as an endocrine disruptor due to its release through natural pathways and widespread use in conventional medicine. 17β-estradiol (E2) is emitted by various sources, such as animal and human excretions, hospi...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jordana Georgin Dison Stracke Pfingsten Franco Mohammad Saood Manzar Lucas Meili Noureddine El Messaoudi Source Type: research

Fabricating pentaazatetraethylene modified sulfonated polyacrylamide for dye adsorption from aqueous media: isotherms and kinetics models
In this study, pentaazatetraethylene-modified sulfonated polyacrylamide (PAm-SO3-N5) was synthesized and used as a novel efficient adsorbent to remove calmagite from aqueous media. To this end, a central composite design (CCD) was applied to reduce the number of reaction variables (i.e., adsorbent concentration, temperature, initial concentration, and pH) on calmagite removal. The results showed that calmagite was entirely adsorbed by the PAm-SO3-N5 within 30 min. In addition, a pseudo-second-order (PSO) model was prepared as the optimum formula to fit the kinetics information. The modeling results revealed that film diffu...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Seyed Yaghoub Karimi Safar Marofi Mohamad Ali Zare Source Type: research

Retraction Note: Investigating the nexus among environmental pollution, economic growth, energy use, and foreign direct investment in 6 selected sub-Saharan African countries
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32894-x. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38488922 | DOI:10.1007/s11356-024-32894-x (Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International)
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Max William Ssali Jianguo Du Isaac Adjei Mensah Duncan O Hongo Source Type: research

Taking spontaneous plants as a natural strategy for vegetation restoration in construction and demolition waste landfills: a case study in Suzhou, China
In this study, Fenghuangshan CDW landfill in Suzhou, China, was selected as the research site, and the species composition and diversity of the spontaneous plants were analyzed. Moreover, the types of habitats and growth indexes of 8 species with high frequency and 18 species with medium frequency in the CDW landfill were investigated, and a comprehensive evaluation of growth rate and expansion capacity of the 26 species was conducted. The results showed that, herbs were the main type of the spontaneous plants in the CDW landfill. The species and quantities of the spontaneous plants in the CDW landfill were obviously fewer...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 15, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yu Zhou Angran Tian Xiangli Sun Yuru Chen Xinyu Luo Qiang Tang Source Type: research