Journal•ISSN: 0048-9697
Science of The Total Environment
Elsevier BV
About: Science of The Total Environment is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Environmental science. It has an ISSN identifier of 0048-9697. Over the lifetime, 61543 publications have been published receiving 2227166 citations.
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TL;DR: This review provides a summary of the recent occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment including sewage, surface water, groundwater and drinking water.
2,933 citations
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TL;DR: The processes that affect removal and retention of nitrogen during wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands (CWs) are manifold and include NH(3) volatilization, nitrification, denitrification, nitrogen fixation, plant and microbial uptake, mineralization, mineralification, nitrate reduction to ammonium, anaerobic ammonia oxidation, fragmentation, sorption, desorption, burial, and leaching.
2,313 citations
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TL;DR: From the large number of ground water samples that were taken from agricultural areas in Germany, no contamination by antibiotics was detected except for two sites, which indicates that intake from veterinary applications to the aquatic environment is of minor importance.
2,070 citations
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TL;DR: A comprehensive assessment of soil heavy metal pollution derived from mines in China is provided, while identifying policy recommendations for pollution mitigation and environmental management of these mines.
2,061 citations