Removal of dyes from aqueous solutions by straw based adsorbents: Batch and column studies

W Zhang, H Yan, H Li, Z Jiang, L Dong, X Kan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, the wheat straw materials have been simply modified by carboxymethylation to
prepare a kind of new adsorbent. The adsorption of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous …

Atmospheric concentrations and air–soil gas exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in remote, rural village and urban areas of Beijing–Tianjin region …

W Wang, S Simonich, B Giri, Y Chang, Y Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2011 - Elsevier
Forty passive air samplers were deployed to study the occurrence of gas and particulate
phase PAHs in remote, rural village and urban areas of Beijing–Tianjin region, North China …

Effects of soil organic matter on the development of the microbial polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degradation potentials

Y Yang, N Zhang, M Xue, ST Lu, S Tao - Environmental Pollution, 2011 - Elsevier
The microbial activity in soils was a critical factor governing the degradation of organic micro-
pollutants. The present study was conducted to analyze the effects of soil organic matter on …

Global time trends in PAH emissions from motor vehicles

H Shen, S Tao, R Wang, B Wang, G Shen, W Li… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Emission from motor vehicles is the most important source of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban areas. Emission factors of individual PAHs for motor vehicles …

Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations and gas/particle partitioning at background, rural village and urban sites in the North China Plain

W Wang, SLM Simonich, W Wang, B Giri, J Zhao… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Gas and particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in air at a
background site (Xiaolongmen), two rural village sites (Gubeikou and Donghe), and at an …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in surface soils from the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

S Tao, W Wang, W Liu, Q Zuo, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Eighty eight surface soil samples were collected from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) for
determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides …

Residual levels and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in freshwater fishes from Lake Small Bai-Yang-Dian, Northern China

FL Xu, WJ Wu, JJ Wang, N Qin, Y Wang, QS He… - Ecological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The residual levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the liver, brain, gill and
muscle tissues of four common edible freshwater fish species including crucian carp …

Spatial distribution and source diagnosis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from Chengdu Economic Region, Sichuan Province, western China

X Xing, S Qi, J Zhang, C Wu, Y Zhang, D Yang… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Surface soils from the Chengdu Economic Region (CER) were analyzed for sixteen United
States Environment Protection Agency priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to …

Spatial distribution and seasonal variation of atmospheric bulk deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Beijing–Tianjin region, North China

W Wang, SLM Simonich, B Giri, M Xue, J Zhao… - Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Bulk deposition samples were collected in remote, rural village and urban areas of Beijing–
Tianjin region, North China in spring, summer, fall and winter from 2007 to 2008. The …

Mobilization of soil-bound residue of organochlorine pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an in vitro gastrointestinal model

S Tao, L Li, J Ding, J Zhong, D Zhang… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
A previous study on mobilization of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in contaminated soils
from the field revealed that the total amount of OCPs measured in digestive fluid and chyme …