Environments  

Shinjiro Yano, Toshio Okazumi, Yoshihisa Iwasaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kenichi Nakamura, Takuhiro Kanayama, Daikichi Ogawada, Akiko Matsumura, Martin Gomez-Garcia and Taikan Oki

Water footprint assessments contribute to a better understanding of potential environmental impacts related to water and have become essential in water management. The methodologies for characterizing such assessments, however, usually fail to reflect tem... see more

Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little and Marcelo I. Guzman

Due to the adverse effect of atmospheric aerosols on public health and their ability to affect climate, extensive research has been undertaken in recent decades to understand their sources and sinks, as well as to study their physical and chemical propert... see more

Leelavathy Karthikeyan, Venkatesan Madha Suresh, Vignesh Krishnan, Terry Tudor and Vedha Varshini

Due largely to economic development, industrialization, and changing lifestyles, quantity of hazardous waste in India is rising significantly. This is particularly true in mega cities, where populations are large and growing. Due to a range of factors inc... see more

Nastassia Urien, Sabrina Jacob, Patrice Couture and Peter G. C. Campbell

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Shankar Adhikari

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Revathi Iyengar, Maria Faure-Betancourt, Saleh Talukdar, Jinting Ye and Abel E. Navarro

The goal of this study was to determine the optimal chain length needed for tethering functional groups on bio-wastes. The purpose of modifying the surface of bio-waste is to improve their affinity for phenols. To this end, four different aminated green t... see more

Mentore Vaccari, Giovanni Vinti and Terry Tudor

The disposal of municipal solid waste into primarily dumpsites in developing countries causes a number of potential public and environmental health risks. While there have been various studies that have evaluated the contaminants that cause the risks, the... see more

Aaron K. Hoshide, Francis A. Drummond, Thomas H. Stevens, Eric M. Venturini, Samuel P. Hanes, Martha M. Sylvia, Cynthia S. Loftin, David E. Yarborough and Anne L. Averill

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Chih-Ming Dong, Chien-Chi Lin and Shu-Ping Lin

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Kleopatra Poyadji, Marinos Stylianou, Agapios Agapiou, Christos Kallis and Nikolaos Kokkinos

This research work examined how biodiesel produced from frying oils affects the physicochemical properties of its mixtures with conventional heating oil. Through the characterization of biodiesel blends and heating oil, the purpose is to produce an improv... see more

Xiaochao Tang, Po-Yen Wang and Gabrielle Buchter

Despite the fact that the adverse health effects due to the intake of lead have been well studied and widely recognized, lead contamination in drinking water has been reoccurring worldwide, with some incidents escalating into a public drinking water crisi... see more

Charles P. Madenjian, Andrew L. Stevens, Martin A. Stapanian, David P. Krabbenhoft, John F. DeWild, Jacob M. Ogorek, William H. Edwards, Lynn M. Ogilvie and Peter B. McIntyre

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