Abstract Arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) are listed as the priority pollutants by the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Union (EU) due to their toxicity …

In biological wastewater treatment systems, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are
continuously excreted as a response to environmental changes and substrate conditions. It …

High salinity wastewater generally resulted in microorganism death and low treatment
efficiency of nutrient in conventional activity sludge system. Marine sediments, containing a …

Intensified sanitization practices during the recent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) led
to the release of chlorine-based disinfectants in surface water, potentially triggering the …

Microplastics as emerging environmental contaminants have attracted global attention.
Ubiquitous dissolved organic matter (DOM), a heterogeneous mixture with various organic …

Dissolution of CuO nanoparticles, releasing Cu ions, is a primary mechanism of Cu
interaction in the rooting zone of plants. CuO dissolution is sometimes incorrectly considered …

Feedstock recovery plays a crucial role in the further application of polylactic acid (PLA), yet
it still lacks efficient ways, resulting from an unclear understanding of PLA pyrolysis. Hence …

Enhanced coagulation has been widely used in storm tanks to remove heavy metal ions
(HMs) from combined sewer overflows (CSOs), but faces challenges on removing the HMs …

River biofilms inevitably serve as recipients of heavy metals including copper (Cu) and
cadmium (Cd) following their introduction in fluvial systems. Nevertheless, the effects of …

As the predominant treatment approach of acid mine drainage (AMD), lime neutralization
often exhibits inefficiencies since the abundance of iron and sulfate in AMD usually form iron …