In this study chemical analyses and ecotoxicity tests were applied for the assessment of a heavily hydrocarbon-contaminated soil prior and after the application of a remediation procedure that consisted in the stimulation of soil autochthonous populations of hydrocarbon degraders in static-ventilated biopiles. Terrestrial bioassays were applied in mixtures of test soils and artificial control s...

There are essentially three main categories of drilling fluids: oil based fluids (OBF’s), synthetic based fluids (SBF’s) and water based fluids (WBF’s). OBF’s have been traditionally been used for their high performance drilling characteristics but tend to have a poor environmental performance in terms of their ecotoxicity and their tendency to persist in cuttings piles on the seafloor. More re...

Environmental impact assessments of sewage treatment plants should consider not only emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from electricity use, but also N2O emissions generated by nitrogen removal processes, and the release of nitrogen nutrients into the water environment. Additionally, ecotoxicity of unionized ammonia is high, however no existing environmental impact assessment methodology addr...

Abstract Background Imidacloprid is among the most widely used insecticides and today found in surface ground water worldwide. It has been registered EU watchlist for monitoring. To prevent imidacloprid from entering bodies, advanced oxidation processes (AOP) have intensely researched. Photo-irradiation proved one of efficient methods to degrade eliminate anthropogenic micropollutants waters. T...

Flubendazole (FLU) and fenbendazole (FEN) belong to benzimidazoles-pharmaceuticals widely used in veterinary and human medicine for the treatment of intestinal parasites as well as for the treatment of systemic worm infections. In recent years, usage of these drugs increased, which resulted in a larger contamination of the environment and possible negative effects on biota. Hence, in our resear...