Fundamental knowledge gaps still exist in the exposome, especially regarding analytical space coverage, mapping and prioritization of a very large number of diverse chemical structures. This review...

Eutrophication remains a persistent global water quality challenge despite extensive investigations. Numerous reviews highlight multifaceted controversies, and scholars from diverse fields have att...

There exist two distinct pathways for the migration and conversion of organic pollutants in natural water, namely degradation and polymerization. From the perspective of the carbon cycle in the wat...

Uranium is a naturally occurring radionuclide with chemical toxicity, derived from deposits formed through complex processes. In recent years, uranium utilization activities have increased uranium ...

Nitrogen pollution poses a substantial threat to water bodies, making the exploration of effective treatment technologies imperative. Among these, biological denitrification stands out as one of th...

Dissimilatory iron reduction (DIR) is an important form of microbial respirations and a key part of iron biogeochemical cycle. A wide range of both bacteria and archaea that can conserve energy thr...

Freshwater microplastics (MPs) can profoundly impact ecosystem functioning and human health. Understanding the current status of MP occurrence and the network of factors that influence the fate and...

Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs), prized for their unique optical properties, are ubiquitous in a range of electronic products. However, their growing use and disposal have led to a continuous influx...

The safe production of rice is linked to a range of critical needs such as regional food supplies, people’s livelihoods, and human health. Arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) are two highly toxic element...

Computational toxicology provides the basis for the accurate assessment and prediction of toxic effects at the molecular level. However, classical computing often lacks speed and accuracy for compl...

The rise of the global mean temperature as a consequence of incessant anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, led by CO2, is one of the direst challenges faced by humankind today. The need of...

Plastic pollution, a pervasive environmental crisis, arises from the improper disposal of non-biodegradable plastics, endangering species and ecosystems worldwide. While microplastics (MPs) have be...

Drinking water is one of the primary sources of microplastic exposure in humans. However, the extent to which microplastics in drinking water contribute to overall human health remains unclear. The...

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are emerging pollutants that are widely present in the environment, and are affected by microplastics (MPs). The coexistence of MPs and ARGs enhances their abunda...

This review critically examines the long-term management of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using constructed floating wetlands (CFW) as a sustainable approach for contaminated water tre...

Microplastic pollution is a significant environmental issue caused by unsustainable plastic use and disposal. These tiny plastic particles (<5 mm) have been found in virtually every environmental c...

Rice–aquaculture farming has been widely recognized as a sustainable symbiosis system for its potential to increase crop yield and income for farmers and to cultivate aquaculture products simultane...

The exponential growth in plastic production and usage has escalated global concerns about plastic pollution, particularly regarding harmful chemical additives. Understanding the anthropogenic cycl...

Biological nitrogen removal is a classic technique for removing nitrogen from wastewater that has been studied extensively and gives high nitrogen removal rate, energy efficiency, and is relatively...

Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) have emerged as an effective technology for treating domestic and industrial wastewater. However, AnMBRs typically exhibit low membrane fluxes (<10 L/m2.h), ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses an increasing threat to global health. To deliberate the distribution and transmission of environmental resistance in a wide geographic and longitudinal scope, ...

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Agricultural practices such as extensive manure application (containing residual antibiotics) as fertilizer can also contribute to antibiotic pollution in soil, besides nitrous oxide (N2O) emission...

The emerging environmental pollutant hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (OH-PBDEs) have been of particular concern in recent years due to their ubiquitous distribution in environmental mat...

Biological waste treatment technology is currently the world’s largest application process, and its functional achievement mainly relies on complex microbial communities. However, the microbial sys...

The biological denitrification process is crucial for removing nitrogen and reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. To investigate the mechanism of action of key enzymes in the denitrification proc...

Selenium (Se) serves as a natural detoxifier for the typical toxic heavy metal mercury (Hg), and the interactions between Se and Hg have attracted considerable scholarly attention in the field of S...

This review addresses the role of household washing machines in the release of plastic microfibers (MFs), and means to minimize emissions. Specifically, various strategies with potential to mitigat...

High throughput in vitro assays for screening chemical hazards focus primarily on specific receptors that are linked with certain adverse outcome pathways, neglecting potential novel endpoints or p...

One of the greatest challenges facing global environmental science is the protection of aquatic from heavy metal contamination stemming from human activities. This article is intended as a response...

In approximately one decade, global temperatures will likely exceed a warming level that a United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report considers a “red alert for humanity”. We p...

Diatoms have unique silica cellular and metabolic characteristics and can grow in various environments, including wastewater, facilitating pollutant removal. Diatoms provide a sustainable solution ...

Colloidal phosphorus (P), defined as P associated with particles within the size range from 1 to 1000 nm, is an often-neglected yet significant component of waterborne P, posing global water qualit...

Contamination of heavy metal(loid) in soils is a global problem. Various remediation technologies have thus been applied to mitigate the ecological and health risk of heavy metal(loid)s in contamin...

The extensive application of neonicotinoid insecticides (NNIs) has resulted in its worldwide detection in waters, leading to risks to human health and ecology safety. Presently, various remediation...

Photocatalysis is regarded as a potent alternative to conventional treatment methods with low removal efficiency (e.g., activated sludge process) against refractory/recalcitrant antibiotics in wast...

Triclosan (TCS) is an anti-microbial widely used in personal care and medical antibacterial products. Despite the widespread occurrence of TCS in municipal sewage sludge, understanding toward the f...

Nanomaterials (NMs) have become one of the most attractive new materials because of their excellent performance and application in the fields of chemistry, agriculture and medicine. However, high p...

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Non-phthalate plasticizers are being increasingly used in commercial and consumer products, to replace phthalates. Among major non-phthalate plasticizer groups, we chose five alternative plasticize...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) industry is expanding rapidly in the context of addressing the challenge of climate change and energy crisis. As a technology-intensive product, large number of new syn...

Efficient waste gas treatment technologies containing catalytic processes are necessary to meet the requirements of rigorous global emission regulations. However, the catalyst was inevitably poison...

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have extensive applications in nanomedicine and parasitology, particularly as antifungal, bactericidal, antiviral, larvicidal, mosquitocidal, and tick-killing agents. P...

Microplastic-derived dissolved organic matter (MP-DOM) exerts great effects on organic carbon pool and its environmental behaviors in natural waters due to increasing amounts of uncontrolled plasti...

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is a promising and efficient biological nitrogen removal process, which can economically treat wastewater without organic supplement and aeration. However, to...

Microplastics (MPs) are contaminants of global concern, especially considering their widespread use. However, a systematic and comprehensive analytical procedure is not yet standardized for MPs in ...

Aryl-phosphate flame retardants (APFRs), a subcategory of organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs), are present in a diverse range of materials including plastic, and foam products, furniture, and ...

Using carbon-based materials (CBMs) to facilitate phytoremediation shows great promise for simultaneously enhancing the restoration efficiency of contaminated soil and reducing carbon dioxide in th...

Anaerobic digestion (AD) presents a promising avenue for efficiently reducing sewage sludge and generating renewable energy. The success of AD systems largely relies upon the microbial community co...

In view of water eutrophication, global energy crisis and the carbon neutrality policies, the ammonia recovery from wastewater with high efficiency and low energy consumption is crucial for preserv...

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are of major concern for urban water environment restoration that draws worldwide attention. The enaction of related policies, regulations, guidelines and criteria f...

In situ chemical injection technology is widely used in groundwater contamination remediation projects because of its high efficiency and low disturbance. Hydrodynamic dispersion is the basis for r...

The application of machine learning (ML) techniques for understanding and predicting organic matter (OM) and harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwater systems has increased significantly with the a...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of synthetic organic compounds that are widely distributed in the environment and have significant adverse effects on humans as well as the ecosystem. M...

The extensive use of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) inevitably results in their introduction into soil and groundwater, which poses a significant risk to the safety of these natural resources. Therefo...

Green and clean photocatalytic technology has been extensively applied to degrade environmental pollutants and produce renewable energy, which is an important mean to solve environmental and energy...

In recent years, microplastics (MPs) have attracted worldwide attention as emerging pollutants, and wastewater treatment plants are among the environment’s most important sources of MPs. This study...

Human activities have released numerous environmental pollutants, posing significant risks to ecological systems and human health. Toxicity assessment of environmental pollutants generally contains...

The adverse effects of antimony (Sb) pollution on ecosystems and human health caused by its use, enrichment, and bioaccumulation have become global environmental problems, particularly in China. Ba...

As a rising star in the post-graphene era, two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide nanomaterials (2D-MoS2) are taking the scientific community by storm due to their fascinating physicochemical propert...