Ecofriendly biopolymers and composites: Preparation and their applications in water-treatment

GP Udayakumar, S Muthusamy, B Selvaganesh… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, the term polymer has been repeatedly used in several industries
for their immense characteristics in different applications. Polymers and their composites …

[HTML][HTML] The sources of chemical contaminants in food and their health implications

IA Rather, WY Koh, WK Paek, J Lim - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Food contamination is a matter of serious concern, as the high concentration of chemicals
present in the edibles poses serious health risks. Protecting the public from the degrees of …

Occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources and the potential of biochar for water quality improvement: A review

KN Palansooriya, Y Yang, YF Tsang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, the occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources was described in
relation to their treatment options based on both conventional (eg, coagulation-flocculation …

[HTML][HTML] Ways to minimize bacterial infections, with special reference to Escherichia coli, to cope with the first-week mortality in chicks: an updated overview

AA Swelum, AR Elbestawy, MT El-Saadony… - Poultry science, 2021 - Elsevier
On the commercial level, the poultry industry strives to find new techniques to combat bird's
infection. During the first week, mortality rate increases in birds because of several bacterial …

Climate change and water and sanitation: likely impacts and emerging trends for action

G Howard, R Calow, A Macdonald… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Climate change represents the most significant challenge of the twenty-first century and
poses risks to water and sanitation services. Concerns for water supply include damage to …

Escherichia coli as a Tool for Disease Risk Assessment of Drinking Water Sources

ST Odonkor, T Mahami - International Journal of Microbiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many diseases have been associated with poor drinking water quality including diseases
caused by diarrheagenic pathogens, especially in developing countries where access to a …

Association of supply type with fecal contamination of source water and household stored drinking water in developing countries: a bivariate meta-analysis

KF Shields, RES Bain, R Cronk… - Environmental health …, 2015 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Access to safe drinking water is essential for health. Monitoring access to
drinking water focuses on water supply type at the source, but there is limited evidence on …

Understanding handpump sustainability: Determinants of rural water source functionality in the G reater A fram P lains region of G hana

MB Fisher, KF Shields, TU Chan… - Water resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Safe drinking water is critical to human health and development. In rural sub‐Saharan
Africa, most improved water sources are boreholes with handpumps; studies suggest that up …

Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions …

A Wutich, J Budds, L Eichelberger, J Geere, LM Harris… - Water Security, 2017 - Elsevier
Household water insecurity has serious implications for the health, livelihoods and
wellbeing of people around the world. Existing methods to assess the state of household …

Molecular responses of dissolved organic matter to anthropogenic groundwater recharge: characteristics, transformations, and sensitive molecules

X Zeng, Y Zheng, X Chen, X Cao, W He… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The groundwater quality impacts associated with anthropogenic groundwater recharge
(AGR) are of great concern for water management. However, the impacts of AGR on the …