Articles

1. Correction: Levels and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) near hospitals and schools using leaves and barks of Sambucus nigra and Acacia melanoxylon

   • Katiuska Alexandrino
   • Nazly E. Sánchez
   • Fausto Viteri

   Correction Open access 25 April 2024 Article: 177

2. Microplastics and associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface water and sediment of the Bay of Bengal coastal area, India: sources, pathway and ecological risk

   • Kalpana Patidar
   • Balram Ambade
   • Mohammed Alshehri

   Original Paper 22 April 2024 Article: 176

   

3. Evaluation of irrigation, drinking, and risk indices for water quality parameters of alpine lakes

   • Rizwan Ullah
   • Said Muhammad
   • Ashfaq Ahmad

   Original Paper 15 April 2024 Article: 175

   

4. Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter constituents in relation to chronic kidney disease: evidence from a large population-based study in China

   • Yucen Dai
   • Jianzhong Yin
   • Xing Zhao

   Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 174

   

5. Groundwater hydrochemical signatures, nitrate sources, and potential health risks in a typical karst catchment of North China using hydrochemistry and multiple stable isotopes

   • Shou Wang
   • Jing Chen
   • Jiahong Hu

   Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 173

   

6. Employing Piper longum extract for eco-friendly fabrication of PtPd alloy nanoclusters: advancing electrolytic performance of formic acid and methanol oxidation

   • Thamaraiselvi Kanagaraj
   • Velu Manikandan
   • Huang-Mu Lo

   Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 172

   

7. Non-targeted impact of cyantraniliprole residues on soil quality, mechanism of residue degradation, and isolation of potential bacteria for its bioremediation

   • Vrushali Bhanbhane
   • Sachin Ekatpure
   • Ahammed Shabeer Thekkumpurath

   Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 171

   

8. Fluorine contamination, mobility, and risks in soils at a phosphate-gypsum waste landfill: a new analytical method and comparison with previous methods

   • Seok-Young Oh
   • Hyeongseok Kim
   • Hye-On Yoon

   Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 170

   

9. Effect of pH on the ozonolysis degradation of p-nitrophenol in aquatic environment and the synergistic effect of hydroxy radical

   • Dandan Han
   • Haijie Cao
   • Fengrong Zhang

   Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 169

   

10. Mitigation of caffeine micropollutants in wastewater through Ag-doped ZnO photocatalyst: mechanism and environmental impacts

    • Minh Thuy Pham
    • Thi Thu Hien Chu
    • Duc Chinh Vu

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 168

    

11. Floristic changes and environmental drivers of soil fungi and archaea in different salt-tolerant plant communities in the intertidal habitat of coastal wetlands

    • Xin Gao
    • Shuping Wang
    • Xuwang Yin

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 167

    

12. Joint toxicity of cadmium (II) and microplastic leachates on wheat seed germination and seedling growth

    • Ling Du
    • Dongming Wu
    • Yanmei Liu

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 166

    

13. Pollution levels and probability risk assessment of potential toxic elements in soil of Pb–Zn smelting areas

    • Mingyue Li
    • Jinyang Zhou
    • Zhemin Shen

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 165

    

14. Neighborhood-scale lead (Pb) speciation in Akron, Ohio (USA) soils: primary sources, post-deposition diagenesis, and high concentrations of labile Pb

    • Nicholas Santoro
    • David M. Singer
    • Madison Wood

    Original Paper Open access 09 April 2024 Article: 164

    

15. The aging behavior of degradable plastic polylactic acid under the interaction of environmental factors

    • Hui Jiang
    • Yiqun Wang
    • Xiaoling Lei

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 163

    

16. Methylated derivatives of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in road dust, green belt soil and parking lot dust: occurrence, spatial distribution and emission sources

    • Jin-Nong Li
    • Ye Zhang
    • Zhong-Hua Tang

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 162

    

17. Leachability of hexavalent chromium from fly ash-marl mixtures in Sarigiol basin, Western Macedonia, Greece: environmental hazard and potential human health risk

    • Maria-Nefeli Georgaki
    • Christina Mytiglaki
    • Nikolaos Kantiranis

    Original Paper Open access 09 April 2024 Article: 161

    

18. Fast and efficient As(III) removal from water by bifunctional nZVI@NBC

    • Jiuwan Wang
    • Mengfan Chen
    • Lin Qi

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 160

    

19. Biodegradation of low-density polyethylene film by Bacillus gaemokensis strain SSR01 isolated from the guts of earthworm

    • Arunagiri Ragu Prasath
    • Kandasamy Selvam
    • Chinnappan Sudhakar

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 159

    

20. Graphical, statistical and index-based techniques integrated for identifying the hydrochemical fingerprints and groundwater quality of In Salah, Algerian Sahara

    • Bouselsal Boualem
    • Johnbosco C. Egbueri

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 158

    

21. Predictive modeling of methylmercury in rice (Oryza sativa L.) and species-sensitivity-distribution-based derivation of the threshold of soil mercury in karst mountain areas

    • Wanbin Hao
    • Xiaohang Xu
    • Zhuo Chen

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 157

    

22. Facile fabrication of amorphous Al/Fe based metal–organic framework as effective heterogeneous fenton catalyst for environmental remediation

    • Thirumoorthy Kulandaivel
    • Akshaya Subhramaniyan Rasappan
    • Sivarasan Ganesan

    Original Article 09 April 2024 Article: 156

    

23. Systematic review and meta-analysis of arsenic concentration in drinking water sources of Iran

    • Reza Shokoohi
    • Mohammad Khazaei
    • Zahra Torkshavand

    Review Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 155

    

24. Comparative analysis of sediment quality indices using different reference values in an environmental protection area in Southeastern Brazil

    • Mayara de Almeida Ribeiro Carvalho
    • Luana Maria Tavares Rosa
    • Luciana Camargo de Oliveira

    Original Paper 09 April 2024 Article: 154

    

25. Transport and retention of ciprofloxacin with presence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the saturated porous media: impacts of ionic strength and cation types

    • Ruihao Xiao
    • Danlian Huang
    • Zhousha Tang

    Original Paper 08 April 2024 Article: 153

    

26. Distribution characteristics of soil carbon density and influencing factors in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau region

    • Ying Ma
    • Siyao Feng
    • Yao Niu

    Original Paper 05 April 2024 Article: 152

    

27. Nitrate denitrification rate response to temperature gradient change during river bank infiltration

    • Yazhi Song
    • Xisosi Su
    • Tiejun Song

    Original Paper 05 April 2024 Article: 151

    

28. Toxicological profile and potential health concerns through metals and trace elements exposure in brick kiln workers from Lahore, Pakistan

    • Talha Saeed
    • Naeem Akhtar Abbasi
    • Muhammad Fahim Khokhar

    Original Paper 05 April 2024 Article: 150

    

29. Association between exposure to multiple metals and stress urinary incontinence in women: a mixture approach

    • Xiaodie Yao
    • Mei Jiang
    • Hua Jiang

    Original Paper 05 April 2024 Article: 149

    

30. Zinc oxide nanoparticles influence on plant tolerance to salinity stress: insights into physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses

    • Abhishek Singh
    • Vishnu D. Rajput
    • Athanasios Alexiou

    Review Paper 05 April 2024 Article: 148

    

31. Soil quality assessment in low human activity disturbance zones: a study on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    • Hao Zhang
    • Yao Niu
    • Heran Jia

    Original Paper 05 April 2024 Article: 147

    

32. Analysis of heavy metal and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution characteristics of a typical metal rolling industrial site based on data mining

    • De’an Li
    • Yirong Deng
    • Xiaolu Zhang

    Original Paper 05 April 2024 Article: 146

    

33. A review on carbon-based biowaste and organic polymer materials for sustainable treatment of sulfonamides from pharmaceutical wastewater

    • Zakariyya Uba Zango
    • Kuan Shiong Khoo
    • Wen Da Oh

    Review Paper 03 April 2024 Article: 145

    

34. Sediment–water exchange and risk assessment of pesticidal persistent organic pollutants in Bharathappuzha and Periyar Riverine region along the Arabian Sea

    • K. Ronnie Rex
    • P. G. Vinod
    • Paromita Chakraborty

    Original Paper 27 March 2024 Article: 144

    

35. Health risk and pollution associated with trace metals in the waters of the Ebolowa municipal lake basin (Central Africa): evidence from hydrochemistry, quality indices, and statistical analyses

    • Akono Daniel Florent
    • Samba Assomo Philippe
    • Ekomane Emile

    Original Paper 23 March 2024 Article: 143

    

36. Versatility of copper-iron bimetallic nanoparticles fabricated using Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower phytochemicals: various enzymes inhibition, antibiofilm effect, chromium reduction and dyes removal

    • Fuad Ameen
    • Fadaa Alown
    • Sami Alyahya

    Original Paper 20 March 2024 Article: 142

    

37. Spatial and temporal distribution characteristics and risk assessment of heavy metals in groundwater of Pingshuo mining area

    • Long Sun
    • Tingxi Liu
    • Guofeng Zheng

    Original Paper 15 March 2024 Article: 141

    

38. Environmental occurrence and assessment of organic pollutants in surface sediments of South Peninsular Malaysia

    • Sadeq Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher
    • Lariyah Mohd Sidek
    • Suhaimi Suratman

    Original Paper 15 March 2024 Article: 140

    

39. Enhanced mitigation of acidic and basic dyes by ZnO based nano-photocatalysis: current applications and future perspectives

    • Khaloud Rashid Saif Al Essai
    • Rokya Elsayed Moheyelden
    • Manivasagan Rajasimman

    Review Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 139

    

40. Human health risk assessment based on a total diet study of daily mercury intake in Chengdu, China

    • Jun Bo Liu
    • Ya Jun Zhou
    • Zhang Cheng

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 138

    

41. Assessing the spatial distribution of elemental concentrations in surface sediments of Lake Victoria, Kenya: implications for ecological health and management

    • C. M. Aura
    • O. S. Humphrey
    • T. J. Coffey

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 137

    

42. Appropriate control measure design by rapidly identifying risk areas of volatile organic compounds during the remediation excavation at an organic contaminated site

    • Jianli Jia
    • Ben Zhang
    • Dayi Zhang

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 136

    

43. Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in industrial soils from northwestern of China: occurrence, distribution, exposure risk, and implications on risk-based controls

    • Yousong Zhou
    • Kai Xiao
    • Senlin Lu

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 135

    

44. Analysis of the chemical characteristics and causes of high total hardness of groundwater in Jianghan Plain, China

    • Chao Meng

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 134

    

45. Hydrogeochemical and environmental isotope study of Topusko thermal waters, Croatia

    • Mirja Pavić
    • Maja Briški
    • Staša Borović

    Original Paper Open access 14 March 2024 Article: 133

    

46. Pre-emergence herbicides widely used in urban and farmland soils: fate, and potential human and environmental health risks

    • Aney Parven
    • Islam Md Meftaul
    • Mallavarapu Megharaj

    Original Paper Open access 14 March 2024 Article: 132

    

47. Distribution of nitrate/nitrite and toxic metals in the soil-potato system and its health risk assessment in Iran

    • Milad Zeinali
    • Ali Heshmati
    • Amir Nili-Ahmadabadi

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 131

    

48. Spatiotemporal variations, sources, pollution status and health risk assessment of dissolved trace elements in a major Arabian Sea draining river: insights from multivariate statistical and machine learning approaches

    • Shailja Singh
    • Anirban Das
    • Rajnee Ranjan

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 130

    

49. Characteristics, source analysis, and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements pollution in soil of dense molybdenum tailing ponds area in central China

    • Liyuan Zhang
    • Yuxi Zhu
    • Yue Zhang

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 129

    

50. Investigating the potential of nanobonechar toward climate-smart agriculture

    • Hina Imtiaz
    • Sana Naeem
    • Mahtab Ahmad

    Original Paper 14 March 2024 Article: 128