Formation, characteristics, and applications of environmentally persistent free radicals in biochars: a review

X Ruan, Y Sun, W Du, Y Tang, Q Liu, Z Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to abundant biomass and eco-friendliness, biochar is exemplified as one of the most
promising candidates to mediate the degradation of environmental contaminants. Recently …

[HTML][HTML] The role of plant–microbe interactions and their exploitation for phytoremediation of air pollutants

N Weyens, S Thijs, R Popek, N Witters… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Since air pollution has been linked to a plethora of human health problems, strategies to
improve air quality are indispensable. Despite the complexity in composition of air pollution …

Pollution characteristics of environmental persistent free radicals (EPFRs) and their contribution to oxidation potential in road dust in a large city in northwest China

H Li, Q Chen, C Wang, R Wang, T Sha, X Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental persistent free radicals (EPFRs) are new environmental health risk
substances in the atmosphere, and their oxidative toxicity (OT) has not been strongly …

[HTML][HTML] Does urban forestry have a quantitative effect on ambient air quality in an urban environment?

PJ Irga, MD Burchett, FR Torpy - Atmospheric Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasing urban greenspace has been proposed as a means of reducing airborne pollutant
concentrations; however limited studies provide experimental data, as opposed to model …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in the role of reactive oxygen species in allergic asthma

J Qu, Y Li, W Zhong, P Gao, C Hu - Journal of thoracic disease, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Allergic asthma has a global prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. Many environmental
factors, such as pollutants and allergens, are highly relevant to allergic asthma. The most …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic impact of outdoor air pollution on asthma and allergic diseases

SK Huang, Q Zhang, Z Qiu, KF Chung - Journal of thoracic disease, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past decades, asthma and allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis and eczema,
have become increasingly common, but the reason for this increased prevalence is still …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoremediation of particulate matter from indoor air by Chlorophytum comosum L. plants

H Gawrońska, B Bakera - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2015 - Springer
Higher plants, including spider plants, are able to take up and degrade/detoxify various
pollutants in the air. Although nearly 120 plant species have been tested for indoor air …

Highly elevated levels and particle-size distributions of environmentally persistent free radicals in haze-associated atmosphere

L Yang, G Liu, M Zheng, R Jin, Q Zhu… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Levels and particle-size distributions of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in
haze-associated atmospheric particulate matter (PM) have not been highlighted, even …

Pivotal roles of metal oxides in the formation of environmentally persistent free radicals

L Yang, G Liu, M Zheng, R Jin, Y Zhao… - … Science & Technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) are emerging pollutants that can adversely
affect human health. Although the pivotal roles of metal oxides in EPFR formation have been …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced health risks from exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals and the oxidative stress of PM2. 5 from Asian dust storms in Erenhot …

Q Chen, M Wang, H Sun, X Wang, Y Wang, Y Li… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Asian dust storms can increase the level of atmospheric pollution over regions downwind of
dust storms and may have adverse health effects on residents along the sandstorm …