Water is polluted by increasing activities of population and the necessity to provide them
with goods and services that use water as a vital resource. The contamination of water due …

Surface water is heavily exposed to contamination as this is the ubiquitous source for most
of the water needs. This situation is exaggerated by the excessive population, heavy …

Expandable polystyrene (EPS) foam, one of the most widely used thermal insulation of
building materials, is highly flammable, while its traditional flame-retardant coating has been …

The development of reliable anthropogenic emission inventories is essential for both
understanding the sources of air pollution and designing effective air-pollution-control …

Wuhan was the first city to adopt the lockdown measures to prevent COVID-19 spreading,
which improved the air quality accordingly. This study investigated the variations in chemical …

Incineration has overtaken landfilling as the most important option for disposal of the
increasing volumes of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in China. Accordingly …

PM 2.5 and its major chemical compositions were sampled and analyzed in January, April,
July and October of 2014 at Beijing (BJ), Tianjin (TJ), Langfang (LF) and Baoding (BD) in …

Rapid industrialization and urbanization during recent decades are having dramatic effects
on urban soil properties and lead to large discharges of pollutants, which inevitably affect …

Contamination of agricultural soil by heavy metals has become a global issue concerning
food security and human health risk. In this study, a soil investigation was conducted to …

Heavy metal concentrations in Taihu Lake sediment from studies performed between 2000
and 2018 were analyzed and Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis of heavy metal geo …