Elisabetta Loffredo

TL;DR: Results indicated that after 2 and 4 days bisphenol A at the lower concentrations was not toxic for alga, whereas at the highest concentration it reduced algal growth and photosynthetic efficiency, and the use of M. braunii could be reasonably recommended for the phytoremediation of aquatic environments from bispenol A.

TL;DR: An evident phytotoxicity was induced by BPA in all species after 21 days of growth with evident morphological anomalies and significant reductions of the lengths and fresh and dry weights of shoots and roots of seedlings.

TL;DR: BC samples were characterized by a higher porosity and hydrophobicity than HC, thus being potentially more suitable for the sorption of organic pollutants, and careful selection of feedstock is needed, especially for HC production.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs) on the performance of adsorption was investigated using a batch equilibrium method and the HPLC technique on four samples collected from the surface (depth 0-30 cm) and deep (depth 30-90 cm) horizons of two acidic sandy soils in Portugal (P and Germany (G) (P30 and G30, and P90 and G90, respectively).

TL;DR: The regulation capacity of four humic substance samples, a soil humic acid (HA) and two HAs and one fulvic acid (FA) isolated from a composting substrate, was evaluated at two concentrations on the growth in vitro of one plant pathogenic, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and two antagonistic, Trichoderma viride and T. harzianum, soil-borne fungi.