The long-range transport of oxidized sulfur (sulfur dioxide (SO2) and sulfate) and oxidized nitrogen (nitrogen oxides (NOx) and nitrate) in East Asia is an area of increasing scientific interest and political concern. This paper reviews various published papers, including ground- and satellite-based observations and numerical simulations. The aim is to assess the status of the anthropogenic emi...

Potential genetic hazards due to drugs and chemical pollutants are now generally recognized. Such recognition has been paralleled by the recent development of appropriate sensitive, and practical in vivo mammalian methods for detecting and measuring mutagenic effects due to chemicals (1,2). These methods have a high degree of presumptive human relevance and include in vivo cytogenetics, the hos...

The main soil physical-chemical features, the concentrations of a set of pollutants, and the soil microbiota linked to penguin rookeries have been studied in 10 selected sites located at the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula (Maritime Antarctica). This study aims to test the hypothesis that biotransport by penguins increases the concentration of pollutants, especially heavy met...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Surfactant-assisted soil washing and photocatalysis are well-known remediation processes of environmental concern. The application of photocatalysis to treat soil washing extracts containing 4-methylphenol, 4-ethylphenol and 4-tert-butylphenol in the presence of nonionic (C(12)E(8) and C(12)E(23)) and anionic (SDS) surfactants and some of their binary mixtures was investi...

The current work is aimed at the experimental investigation of the aldehyde and BTX (benzene, toluene and Xylene) pollutants emitted from a light duty spark ignition (SI) vehicle fueled on gasoline and ethanol-gasoline blended fuel, operating with a three-way catalytic converter (TWC). At the same time, the specific reactivity (SR) of these pollutants has also been addressed in this paper. The ...

OBJECTIVE To study the possibility of removing nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic pollutants using seeding type immobilized microorganisms. METHODS Lakes P and M in Wuhan were chosen as the objects to study the removal of nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic pollutants with the seeding type immobilized microorganisms. Correlations between the quantity of heterotrophic bacteria and the total nitro...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies emphasize the possible role of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in obesity and the metabolic syndrome. These pollutants are stored in adipose tissue (AT). OBJECTIVES Our aim was to study the effects of POPs on human adipose cells and rodent AT. METHODS Using human multipotent adipose-derived stem cells, we carried out large-scale gene expression analys...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollutants originating from oil spills and wood and fuel combustion are pollutants which are among the major threats to mangrove ecosystems. In this study, the composition and relative abundance in the sediment bacterial communities of naphthalene dioxygenase (ndo) genes which are important for bacterial adaptation to environmental PAH contamination were in...

We analyzed the spatial distribution of lake and reservoir water quality in China, and the trends from 2005 to 2010, based on monitoring data from 28 large Chinese lakes and reservoirs. We used a comprehensive water pollution index (WPI) to describe water quality and also identified the major pollutants. Using GDP data, we analyzed the relationships between economic factors and water quality. W...

During the spring, Asian dust (AD) repeatedly makes its way to Japan, originating from drylands. We evaluated the association between AD-borne air pollutants and daily reported subjective symptoms in healthy subjects. We constructed an Internet questionnaire on daily ocular, nasal, respiratory, and skin symptoms. Forty-two healthy volunteers residents of Yonago (mean age, 33.57) were selected f...