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Environmental Sciences
Yuan Lin, Xueli Yang, Fengchao Liang, Keyong Huang, Fangchao Liu, Jianxin Li, Qingyang Xiao, Jichun Chen, Xiaoqing Liu, Jie Cao, Shufeng Chen, Chong Shen, Ling Yu, Fanghong Lu, Xianping Wu, Liancheng Zhao, Xigui Wu, Ying Li, Dongsheng Hu, Jianfeng Huang, Xiangfeng Lu, Yang Liu, Dongfeng Gu
Summary: Active commuting is beneficial for Chinese adults, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality while increasing life expectancy. However, these benefits can be diminished by long-term exposure to high levels of PM2.5 pollution.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yu Jiang, Jiacheng Yang, Yi Tan, Seungju Yoon, Hung-Li Chang, John Collins, Hector Maldonado, Mark Carlock, Nigel Clark, David McKain, David Cocker III, Georgios Karavalakis, Kent C. Johnson, Thomas D. Durbin
Summary: The study suggests that an on-board diagnostics (OBD)-based Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) can significantly reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions and opacity levels, providing tangible emission benefits for diesel HDVs.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Guilherme Martins Pereira, Thiago Nogueira, Leonardo Yoshiaki Kamigauti, Djacinto Monteiro dos Santos, Emerson Queiroz Mota Nascimento, Jose Vinicius Martins, Ana Vicente, Paulo Artaxo, Celia Alves, Perola de Castro Vasconcellos, Maria de Fatima Andrade
Summary: This study characterized the chemical composition of particulate matter from light- and heavy-duty vehicles in the megacity of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The research identified high abundances of certain elements linked with specific vehicle emissions, and calculated diagnostic ratios for assessing fuel type variations. The findings highlighted the impact of biofuels on chemical species ratios and provided possible markers for differentiating emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Shuaixing Song, Zhan Gao, Xiaoan Zhang, Xin Zhao, Hui Chang, Junxi Zhang, Zengli Yu, Cunrui Huang, Huanhuan Zhang
Summary: This umbrella review examines the evidence on the association between ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and pregnancy outcomes. It found that pregnant women exposed to PM2.5 have a higher risk of adverse birth outcomes, such as low birth weight, preterm birth, stillbirth, small for gestational age, and birth defects. The review also identified a positive association between PM2.5 exposure and pregnancy complications, including hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus, gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia. These findings highlight the importance of addressing air pollution for perinatal health care and promoting intergenerational equity.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hongxu Bao, Benying Li, Qing You, Xinyu Dun, Zhen Zhang, Yanan Liang, Yahui Li, Qixiao Jiang, Rong Zhang, Rui Chen, Wen Chen, Yuxin Zheng, Daochuan Li, Lianhua Cui
Summary: This study elucidated the potential role of platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFR beta) in particulate matter-induced vascular toxicity. PDGFR beta induced vascular hypertrophy through the activation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway, which might serve as a biological target for the vascular toxic effects caused by exposure to particulate matter.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qi Chen, Qingqing Wang, Bin Xu, Yan Xu, Zhen Ding, Jinyi Zhou, Hong Sun
Summary: The study revealed that ambient particulate matter pollution has cumulative effects on mortality and mortality displacement within 30 days. Risk assessment based on single-day or 2-day moving average lag structures may underestimate the adverse effects of PM pollution.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuting Gong, Yueshu Zhao, Xiaoan Zhang, Xin Zhao, Hui Chang, Jia Huang, Zengli Yu, Huanhuan Zhang, Hongyan Liu
Summary: This study found that maternal exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) may lead to a reduction in birth weight (BW) of newborns, which may be mediated by the effect of PM on maternal thyroid hormone concentrations.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Tiantian Li, Yi Zhang, Ning Jiang, Hang Du, Chen Chen, Jiaonan Wang, Qiutong Li, Da Feng, Xiaoming Shi
Summary: In China, the level of PM2.5 pollution exceeds the recommended air quality standards and has significant health effects on cardiopulmonary diseases. Studies have provided important evidence on the risks associated with PM2.5 globally, and further research is needed to understand the relationship between PM2.5 and specific diseases, as well as identifying biomarkers and mechanisms for targeted reduction measures.
CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Solmaz Amoushahi, Reza Bayat, Akram Sanaei, Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz, Sasan Faridi, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand
Summary: The study assessed the health burden and economic impacts of ambient PM2.5 in Isfahan from 2016 to 2019, finding significant effects on overall mortality and mortality from specific diseases.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xu Wang, Zhiwei Xu, Hong Su, Hung Chak Ho, Yimeng Song, Hao Zheng, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Md Alfazal Khan, Daniel Bogale, Heng Zhang, Jing Wei, Jian Cheng
Summary: The study suggests that PM1 has a greater short-term impact on childhood pneumonia compared to PM2.5 and PM10. Both boys and girls are susceptible to the effects of PM1, while PM2.5 and PM10 primarily affect boys. Children aged 0-12 months and 1-4 years are impacted by PM1, while PM2.5 and PM10 are associated with children aged 1-4 years.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lucien Swetschinski, Kelvin C. Fong, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Julian D. Marshall, Michelle L. Bell
Summary: The societal costs of air pollution have historically been measured in terms of premature deaths, disability-adjusted life years, and medical costs. However, emerging research shows that air pollution can also impact human capital formation. Extended exposure to pollutants such as PM2.5 during childhood can lead to health complications and hinder academic performance and skill acquisition. A study analyzing income data for Americans born between 1979 and 1983 found that early-life exposure to PM2.5 is associated with lower predicted income percentiles in adulthood. The study estimates that meeting air quality standards for PM2.5 could have increased 2014-2015 earnings by $7.18 billion for this birth cohort.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qixiao Jiang, Andong Ji, Daochuan Li, Limei Shi, Mengyu Gao, Na Lv, Ying Zhang, Rong Zhang, Rui Chen, Wen Chen, Yuxin Zheng, Lianhua Cui
Summary: Exposure to ambient particulate matter induced cardiotoxicity in C57/B6 mice, including cardiac mitochondria damage and disrupted PPAR alpha signaling as contributing factors. Co-treatment with PPAR alpha agonist WY 14,643 alleviated toxicities, while co-treatment with PPAR alpha antagonist GW 6471 had mixed results, exerting both exacerbating and alleviating effects on different endpoints. Interestingly, the co-treatments exhibited similar regulative effects towards PPAR alpha signaling.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nelson Gouveia, Josiah L. Kephart, Iryna Dronova, Leslie McClure, Jose Tapia Granados, Ricardo Morales Betancourt, Andrea Cortinez O'Ryan, Jose Luis Texcalac-Sangrador, Kevin Martinez-Folgar, Daniel Rodriguez, Ana Diez-Roux
Summary: The study found that a significant proportion of the population in Latin American cities live in areas with air pollution levels above WHO standards. Larger cities, higher GDP, higher motorization rate, and congestion tend to have higher PM2.5 levels. On the other hand, areas with higher population density tend to have lower levels of PM2.5.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bhavana Sivakumar, Gino A. Kurian
Summary: This study assessed the cardiotoxic effects of PM2.5 from real ambient air and diesel vehicular exhaust, and compared them with a standard substance, SRM-2975. The results showed that continuous exposure to PM2.5 for 21 days induced cardiac hypertrophy, vascular calcification, and alterations in cardiac electrophysiology, with more prominent changes observed in animals exposed to real ambient air. Chemical analysis revealed the presence of additional metals in the real ambient air sample.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Jiaqi Wang, Shizhen Zhao, Haoyu Jiang, Xiaofei Geng, Jun Li, Shuduan Mao, Shexia Ma, Surat Bualert, Guangcai Zhong, Gan Zhang
Summary: Oxidative stress is a key mechanism by which ambient particulate matter induces adverse health effects. This study found that plastic waste burning and fossil fuel combustion are the major contributors to the oxidative potential of ambient total suspended particulate.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-PROCESSES & IMPACTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Toshimi Nakajima, Mao Kuragano, Makoto Yamada, Ryo Sugimoto
Summary: This study compared the contribution of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to river nutrient budgets at nearshore and embayment scales, and found that SGD-derived nutrients become more important at larger spatial scales.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fan Liu, Lei Zhang, Chongyang Zhang, Ziguang Chen, Jingguang Li
Summary: NO2 emissions from wall-mounted gas stoves used for household heating have become a significant source of indoor pollution in Chinese urban areas. The high indoor concentration of NO2 poses potential health risks to residents. It is urgently necessary to establish relevant regulations and implement emission reduction technologies to reduce NO2 emissions from wall-mounted gas stoves.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Letter
Environmental Sciences
Hans Peter H. Arp, Raoul Wolf, Sarah E. Hale, Sivani Baskaran, Juliane Gluege, Martin Scheringer, Xenia Trier, Ian T. Cousins, Harrie Timmer, Roberta Hofman-Caris, Anna Lennquist, Andre D. Bannink, Gerard J. Stroomberg, Rosa M. A. Sjerps, Rosa Montes, Rosario Rodil, Jose Benito Quintana, Daniel Zahn, Herve Gallard, Tobias Mohr, Ivo Schliebner, Michael Neumann
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Philomina Onyedikachi Peter, Binessi Edouard Ifon, Francois Nkinahamira, Kayode Hassan Lasisi, Jiangwei Li, Anyi Hu, Chang-Ping Yu
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in sediments from Yundang Lagoon, China. The results show four distinct fluorescent components, with protein-like substances being the most prevalent. Additionally, the total fluorescence intensity and LREE concentrations exhibit a synchronized increase from Outer to Inner to Songbai Lake core sediments. The findings demonstrate a strong correlation between DOM content and pollution levels.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Surya Gupta, Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Christine Alewell
Summary: The objective of this study is to incorporate soil hydraulic properties into the erodibility factor (K) of USLE-type models. By modifying and improving the existing equations for soil texture and permeability, the study successfully included information on saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) into the calculation of K factor. Using the Random Forest machine learning algorithm, two independent K factor maps with different spatial resolutions were generated. The results show that the decrease in K factor values has a positive impact on the modeling of soil erosion rates.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jesmin Akter, Wendy J. M. Smith, Yawen Liu, Ilho Kim, Stuart L. Simpson, Phong Thai, Asja Korajkic, Warish Ahmed
Summary: The choice of workflow in wastewater surveillance has a significant impact on SARS-CoV-2 concentrations, while having minimal effects on HF183 and no effect on HAdV 40/41 concentrations. Certain components in the workflow can be interchangeable, but factors such as buffer type, chloroform, and homogenization speed can affect the recovery of viruses and bacteria.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yu Luo, Xueting Yang, Diwei Wang, Hongmei Xu, Hongai Zhang, Shasha Huang, Qiyuan Wang, Ningning Zhang, Junji Cao, Zhenxing Shen
Summary: Atmospheric PM2.5, which can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), is associated with cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. The study found that both the mass concentration of PM2.5 and the DTT activity were higher during the heating season than during the nonheating season. Combustion sources were the primary contributors to DTT activity during the heating season, while secondary formation dominated during the nonheating season. The study also revealed that biomass burning had the highest inherent oxidation potential among all sources investigated.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Erin L. Murphy, Leah R. Gerber, Chelsea M. Rochman, Beth Polidoro
Summary: Plastic pollution has devastating consequences for marine organisms. This study uses a trait-based framework to develop a vulnerability index for marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles in Hawai'i. The index ranks 63 study species based on their vulnerability to macroplastic pollution, providing valuable information for species monitoring and management priorities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kenji Maurice, Amelia Bourceret, Sami Youssef, Stephane Boivin, Liam Laurent-Webb, Coraline Damasio, Hassan Boukcim, Marc-Andre Selosse, Marc Ducousso
Summary: Growing pressure from climate change and agricultural land use is destabilizing soil microbial community interactions. Little is known about microbial community resistance and adaptation to disturbances, hindering our understanding of recovery latency and implications for ecosystem functioning. This study found that anthropic disturbance and natural disturbance have different effects on the topology and stability of soil microbial networks.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yunhao Li, Yali Feng, Haoran Li, Yisong Yao, Chenglong Xu, Jinrong Ju, Ruiyu Ma, Haoyu Wang, Shiwei Jiang
Summary: Deep-sea mining poses a serious threat to marine ecosystems and human health by disturbing sediment and transmitting metal ions through the food chain. This study developed a new regenerative adsorption material, OMN@SA, which effectively removes metal ions. The adsorption mechanism and performance of the material for metal ion fixation were investigated.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Antonio Medici, Margherita Lavorgna, Marina Isidori, Chiara Russo, Elena Orlo, Giovanni Luongo, Giovanni Di Fabio, Armando Zarrelli
Summary: Valsartan, a widely used antihypertensive drug, has been detected in high concentrations in surface waters due to its unchanged excretion and incomplete degradation in wastewater treatment plants. This study investigated the degradation of valsartan and identified 14 degradation byproducts. The acute and chronic toxicity of these byproducts were evaluated in key organisms in the freshwater trophic chain.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiang Lin, Lianbao Chi, Qing Yuan, Busu Li, Mingbao Feng
Summary: This study investigated the photodegradation behavior and product formation of two representative pharmaceuticals in simulated estuary water. The study found that the formed transformation products of these pharmaceuticals have potential toxicity on marine organisms, including oxidative stress and damage to cellular components.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hua Fang, Dongdong Jiang, Ye He, Siyi Wu, Yuehong Li, Ziqi Zhang, Haoting Chen, Zixin Zheng, Yan Sun, Wenxiang Wang
Summary: This study revealed that exposure to lower levels of air pollutants led to decreased pregnancy rates, with PM10, NO2, SO2, and CO emerging as the four most prominent pollutants. Individuals aged 35 and above exhibited heightened susceptibility to pollutants.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ali Shaan Manzoor Ghumman, Rashid Shamsuddin, Amin Abbasi, Mohaira Ahmad, Yoshiaki Yoshida, Abdul Sami, Hamad Almohamadi
Summary: In this study, inverse vulcanized polysulfides (IVP) were synthesized by reacting molten sulfur with 4-vinyl benzyl chloride, and then functionalized using N-methyl D-glucamine (NMDG). The functionalized IVP showed a high mercury adsorption capacity and a machine learning model was developed to predict the amount of mercury removed. Furthermore, the functionalized IVP can be regenerated and reused, providing a sustainable and cost-effective adsorbent.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rita Bonfiglio, Renata Sisto, Stefano Casciardi, Valeria Palumbo, Maria Paola Scioli, Erica Giacobbi, Francesca Servadei, Gerry Melino, Alessandro Mauriello, Manuel Scimeca
Summary: This study investigated the presence of aluminum in human colon cancer samples and its potential association with biological processes involved in cancer progression. Aluminum was found in tumor areas of 24% of patients and was associated with epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell death. Additional analyses revealed higher tumor mutational burden and mutations in genes related to EMT and apoptosis in aluminum-positive colon cancers. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of aluminum toxicity may improve strategies for the management of colon cancer patients.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)