The storage capacity, trophic magnification and risk of sixty-two POPs have been evaluated
in a well-characterized pelagic food web (including phytoplankton, zooplankton, six fish, and …

The evaluation of a chemical substance's persistence is key to understanding its
environmental fate, exposure concentration, and, ultimately, environmental risk. Traditional …

There is a growing concern that neuroactive chemicals released into the environment can
perturb wildlife behaviour. Among these chemicals, pharmaceuticals such as …

Reflecting the growing interest in the concept of absolute sustainability, this research defines
an absolute sustainability assessment method (ASAM) with three key characteristics:(i) …

Impacts on the environment from human activities are now threatening to exceed thresholds
for central Earth System processes, potentially moving the Earth System out of the Holocene …

Many manmade organic air pollutants are semivolatile and primarily used and exposed
indoors. It remains unclear how indoor environmental parameters affect indoor air dynamics …

The ambitions for a circular economy are high and unambiguous, but day-to-day experience
shows that the transition still has many difficulties to overcome. One of the current hurdles is …

Geological carbon dioxide (CO 2) sequestration in deep formations involves displacing
resident fluids from porous media, and is considered an unstable process due to the …

While many products become more sustainable, overall pressure from emissions and
exposure to chemicals in products on human and environmental health increases, driven by …

Interactions between the gut microbiome and immunoglobulin A (IgA) in the gut during
infancy are important for future health. IgM and IgG are also present in the gut; however …