Showing papers in "Journal of Hazardous Materials in 2021"

TL;DR: This review summarises the opportunities and future directions of research in the heterogeneous Fenton catalysis and insights to the zero-valent iron and its capacity to remove a wide range of organic pollutants, heavy metals and bacterial contamination are discussed.

TL;DR: This review comprehensively reviewed the available literature on the source, occurrence, and fate of microplastics in different environments, including air, freshwater, soil, and ocean, across the world and found that large research gaps exist in the quantitative analysis of different exposure routes ofmicroplastics, and microplastic toxicity to organisms.

TL;DR: This review will deepen the understanding of the tacit cooperation between the in situ production and utilization of H2O2 in Fenton process, and provide the further insight into this promising process for degradation of emerging contaminants in industrial wastewater.

TL;DR: This review provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on NPs with focus on currently less-investigated fields, such as the environmental fate in agroecosystems, migration in porous media, weathering, and toxic effects on plants.

TL;DR: This was the first attempt to transform microplastic counts into a mass value relevant to human toxicology, and estimated that globally on average, humans may ingest 0.1-5 g of microplastics weekly through various exposure pathways.

TL;DR: The purpose of this study is to consider the adsorption as a beneficial treatment of emerging contaminants also advanced and cost effective emerging contaminates treatment methods.

TL;DR: The effects of microplastics on typical aquatic organisms from different trophic levels are described, and the combined effects ofmicroplastics and associated contaminants on aquatic biota are summarized.

TL;DR: DP-ZnO-NPs demonstrated significant antibacterial effects on various pathogenic bacteria in terms of zone-of-inhibition measured by disc-diffusion method, and is suitable for industrial wastewater treatment.

TL;DR: This review aims to clarify the corresponding issues through surveying literature, including the uncertainty about the identity of radicals in the bulk solution or adsorbed on the catalyst surface in quenching tests, selection of proper scavengers, and the incorrect identification of EPR signals.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent work on heterojunction formation (type-II and direct Z-scheme) to achieve the bandgap for extended visible light absorption and improved charge carrier separation for efficient photocatalytic efficiency is presented.

TL;DR: This review provides a comprehensive summary of recent literature, an overview of approaches and treatment systems, and breakthrough in the field of algal-mediated removal of PPCPs in wastewater treatment processes, highlighting microalgae as a promising and sustainable approach to efficiently bio-transform or bio-adsorb P PCPs.

TL;DR: This review delineates the pros and cons and critical issues pertaining to the deployment of these nanomaterials endowed with their superior surface area, mechanical properties, significant chemical reactivity, and cost-effectiveness with low energy consumption for removal of hazardous materials and contaminants from water.

TL;DR: The current state of knowledge on toxicological interaction of MPs/NPs with co-contaminants (heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, nanoparticles, organohalogens, plastic additives, and organotins) is provided.

TL;DR: The PBCKOH was believed to enhance the Cr(VI) adsorption mainly through the combination of electrostatic attraction, complexation, ion exchange and reduction action, while achieving the high NAP uptake by pore filling and π-π stacking interactions.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that PS-MPs induced male reproductive dysfunctions in mice, which provided new insights into the toxicity of MPs in mammals.

TL;DR: It is revealed that adsorption capacity of cross-linked chitosan based materials have been enhanced in recently published works either by grafting, incorporation of solid adsorbents or combination of both prior to cross-linking.

TL;DR: An overview of PPOH system is provided and the future research direction of the system in practical treatment of antibiotic wastewater is outlined and the performance of antibiotic degradation and internal mechanism in the coupled oxidation system are analyzed comprehensively.

TL;DR: The state-of-art technologies used to remove ECs from wastewater through a comprehensive review are presented and a hybrid technique of ozonation accompanied by activated carbon was found significantly effective in removing some ECs, particularly pharmaceuticals and pesticides.

TL;DR: This review is intended to highlight some of the recent trends followed in MOF based material engineering towards effective water regeneration.

TL;DR: The desorption capacity of antibiotics with PLA was better than that of PVC, which proved that the potential negative impact of PLA on the aquatic environment and organisms might be more serious.

TL;DR: The research progress in the adsorption of heavy metals in water treatment by electrospun nanofibrous membranes is reviewed and may provide an insight for the development of ENFMs-based adsorbents for heavy metals separation and water purification in the future.

TL;DR: The presence of microplastics in human lung tissues obtained at autopsies was determined and the most frequently determined polymers were polyethylene and polypropylene.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the changing characteristics and environmental behaviors of disposable masks when exposed to the shoreline environment and find that the melt-blown cloth in the middle layer of masks is particularly sensitive to UV irradiation.

TL;DR: In this article, an overview on employing sonophotocatalysis for the removal of toxic organic contaminants from aqueous environments is provided, and the limitations of photocatalysis alone and the fundamental sonophotonocatalytic mechanistic pathways are discussed.

TL;DR: This work proposes a novel strategy for the elimination of microplastics using glass fiber substrates to trap low density microplastic particles such as polypropylene (PP) which in parallel support the photocatalyst material.

TL;DR: The present review provides a recent update for development and applications of phytoremediation in different environments including air, water, and soil.

TL;DR: The transport and distribution of microplastics/nanoplastics in individual compartments and the toxicity of organisms, either alone or in combination with other pollutants are reviewed.

TL;DR: The sources and inputs of MPs in aquatic environments were first summarized followed by the analytical methods for investigating MP aggregation, including the sampling, visualization, and quantification procedures of MP' particle sizes.

TL;DR: The information of both molecular and physiological responses of mycorrhizal plants as well as AMF to heavy metal stress which could be helpful for exploring new insight into the mechanisms of HMs remediation by utilizing AMF are provided.

TL;DR: This study synthesized a hollow tubular CN isotype heterojunction with high visible-light photocatalytic performance and provided a theoretical basis for CN isotypes heterojunctions.