Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly recognized as emerging pollutants in various environmental components. However, protocols for sampling, analysis, and standardization of measurements MPs research still under development. The extraction method is a crucial factor that affects the accuracy comparability microplastic abundance data. In this study, we evaluated compared effectiveness four diffe...

Stony soils have been increasingly used for agriculture production; however, little is known about their hydraulic properties due to problems, such as sample deformation and continuity between samples suction devices when the sampling measurements are accomplished with traditional techniques. In this study, ring technique was replaced by of undisturbed soil blocks coated paraffin wax preserve s...

In spite of widespread usage of perchlorate (ClO4 ) for different applications in India, the ClO4 being an environmental pollutant a complete survey study has not been reported yet. Present study investigates the occurrences of ClO4 in the drinking water, ground water, surface water and effluent water from various parts of south India. Water samples were collected from Ambattur, Bangalore, Chen...

Safe drinking water is a top priority in preventing disease outbreaks and is of general concern to everyone. This study examines the occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Hungarian drinking water supplies for the first time. A total of 76 raw and drinking water samples were examined using the U.S. EPA Method 1623. From these 15 of 34 (48.4%) raw water samples tested positive for Giardia ...