The current approach to soil remediation: a review of physicochemical and biological technologies, and the potential of their strategic combination

JD Aparicio, EE Raimondo, JM Saez… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the growing industrial activities, rapid urbanization, highest consumption
rates, and non-safe human practices have greatly increased soil pollution with …

Key characteristics of carcinogens as a basis for organizing data on mechanisms of carcinogenesis

MT Smith, KZ Guyton, CF Gibbons… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: A recent review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
updated the assessments of the> 100 agents classified as Group 1, carcinogenic to humans …

Photocatalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate by TiO2 anchored on cupper ferrite (TiO2@ CuFe2O4) into 2, 4-D degradation: Process feasibility, mechanism and …

M Golshan, B Kakavandi, M Ahmadi, M Azizi - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
A thorough study of photo-oxidation efficiency of TiO 2@ CuFe 2 O 4 dissociating
peroxymonosulfate (PMS) is reported in detail. The origin of high catalytic activity was …

Glyphosate toxicity and carcinogenicity: a review of the scientific basis of the European Union assessment and its differences with IARC

JV Tarazona, D Court-Marques, M Tiramani… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide worldwide. It is a broad spectrum herbicide
and its agricultural uses increased considerably after the development of glyphosate …

Reconfigurable self-assembly of photocatalytic magnetic microrobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, X Peng, CM Oral, M Pumera - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
The development of artificial small-scale robotic swarms with nature-mimicking collective
behaviors represents the frontier of research in robotics. While microrobot swarming under …

Ectoparasites: scabies

C Thomas, SJ Coates, D Engelman… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Scabies is an ectoparasitic dermatosis caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis and is a
public health issue in all countries regardless of socioeconomic status. In high-income …

2, 4-D past, present, and future: a review

MA Peterson, SA McMaster, DE Riechers… - Weed …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Since its discovery and initial commercialization in the 1940s, 2, 4-D has been an important
tool for weed control in a wide variety of crop and noncrop uses. Work studying its chemistry …

Herbicide resistance and biodiversity: agronomic and environmental aspects of genetically modified herbicide-resistant plants

G Schütte, M Eckerstorfer, V Rastelli… - Environmental Sciences …, 2017 - Springer
Farmland biodiversity is an important characteristic when assessing sustainability of
agricultural practices and is of major international concern. Scientific data indicate that …

The COVID-19 Pandemic Vulnerability Index (PVI) Dashboard: Monitoring county-level vulnerability using visualization, statistical modeling, and machine learning

SW Marvel, JS House, M Wheeler… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Methods The current PVI model integrates multiple data streams into an overall score
derived from 12 key indicators—including well-established, general vulnerability factors for …

A review on photocatalytic degradation of hazardous pesticides using heterojunctions

K Bano, S Kaushal, PP Singh - Polyhedron, 2021 - Elsevier
Contamination of natural resources by unwanted harmful chemical species is increasing day
by day. After the use of pesticides in agricultural fields, some harmful residues are always …