Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for the efficient removal of contaminants from water: Underlying mechanisms, recent advances, challenges, and future prospects

C Yan, J Jin, J Wang, F Zhang, Y Tian, C Liu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution has always been one of the main reasons for the water shortage issue. At
present, various inorganic and emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) are the main …

Towards an integrated health risk assessment framework of soil heavy metals pollution: Theoretical basis, conceptual model, and perspectives

S Yang, L Sun, Y Sun, K Song, Q Qin, Z Zhu… - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The health risk of soil heavy metals pollution has been gaining increasing public concern.
However, many countries have not set their own health risk assessment (HRA) framework …

Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide

M Liu, Q Zhang, T Maavara, S Liu, X Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mercury is a potent neurotoxic substance and accounts for 250,000 intellectual disabilities
annually. Worldwide, coastal fisheries contribute the majority of human exposure to mercury …

Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments and water from the coastal areas of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

K Tian, Q Wu, P Liu, W Hu, B Huang, B Shi… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (YSLME) is an important socioeconomic
zone in Asia, but has been deteriorated by various environmental pollutants over the last …

Global health effects of future atmospheric mercury emissions

Y Zhang, Z Song, S Huang, P Zhang, Y Peng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that poses health risks to the global population.
Anthropogenic mercury emissions to the atmosphere are projected to decrease in the future …

Food production in China requires intensified measures to be consistent with national and provincial environmental boundaries

Y Hu, M Su, Y Wang, S Cui, F Meng, W Yue, Y Liu… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Meeting increasing food demands in an environmentally sustainable manner is a worldwide
challenge. Applying life cycle analysis to different scenarios, we show that a 47–99 …

Biomimetic mercury immobilization by selenium functionalized polyphenylene sulfide fabric

H Li, F Meng, P Zhu, H Zu, Z Yang, W Qu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Highly efficient decontamination of elemental mercury (Hg0) remains an enormous
challenge for public health and ecosystem protection. The artificial conversion of Hg0 into …

Measuring progress of China's circular economy

H Wang, H Schandl, X Wang, F Ma, Q Yue… - Resources …, 2020 - Elsevier
As the largest user of primary materials globally China has made a commitment to rebuild its
economy to a circular model and to enhance the efficiency of material use, which is spelled …

Scarcity-weighted fossil fuel footprint of China at the provincial level

H Wang, G Wang, J Qi, H Schandl, Y Li, C Feng… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Supply risks and shortages of fossil fuels are major challenges to the sustainable
development of countries. In response to this challenge, the 12th main goal of the …

Global supply chain drivers of agricultural antibiotic emissions in China

X Yang, Q Zhong, S Liang, Y Li, Y Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic pollution causes serious environmental and social issues. China is the largest
antibiotic producer and user in the world, with a large share of antibiotics used in agriculture …