Di Liu

TL;DR: Investigation in offshore waters of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea in China indicated that three antibiotics dehydration erythromycin, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim occurred throughout the offshore waters at concentrations of 0.10-16.6 ng L(-1) and they decreased exponentially from the rivers to the coastal and offshore waters.

TL;DR: Intense seasonal variations with high levels in summer air and winter deposition samples indicated that the air and deposition CP levels were controlled mainly by the vapor and particle phase, respectively, suggesting that the gaseous transport of CPs is the dominant mechanism responsible for the higher concentrations of lighter and likely more mobile CPs in the rural areas.

TL;DR: Investigation of the atmospheric behavior of carbonaceous aerosols during hazy and normal days using radiocarbon ((14)C) and biomass burning/secondary organic aerosol (SOA) tracers during winter in Guangzhou, China found that haze episodes were formed either abruptly by local emissions or through the accumulation of particles transported from other areas.

TL;DR: Fugacity fraction values indicate that soils are acting as a secondary source to contaminate the atmosphere at certain sampling stations and that organochlorine pesticides were the dominant OCPs found in both soil and air samples.

TL;DR: The Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health in a Chinese Megacity (APHH-Beijing) as discussed by the authors is an international collaborative project focusing on understanding the sources, processes and health effects of air pollution in the Beijing megacity.