Present knowledge and future perspectives of atmospheric emission inventories of toxic trace elements: a critical review

X Bai, H Tian, C Zhu, L Luo, Y Hao, S Liu… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Toxic trace elements (TEs) can pose serious risks to ecosystems and human health.
However, a comprehensive understanding of atmospheric emission inventories for several …

Incorporating carbon capture and storage in decarbonizing China's cement sector

T Wu, ST Ng, J Chen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025 - Elsevier
China's target of carbon neutrality by 2060 has prompted the hard-to-abate cement sector to
seriously consider the deep deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies …

The co-benefits of clean air and low-carbon policies on heavy metal emission reductions from coal-fired power plants in China

Y Guo, B Chen, Y Li, S Zhou, X Zou, N Zhang… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
China has implemented a series of measures to address air pollutants and carbon
emissions from coal-fired power plants, which can mitigate toxic heavy metal emissions …

Improved anthropogenic mercury emission inventories for China from 1980 to 2020: Toward more accurate effectiveness evaluation for the Minamata convention

Y Zhang, L Zhang, S Cao, X Liu, J **… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) emission inventories are crucial for the effectiveness evaluation
of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. In this study, we developed an integrated Dynamic …

Modernizing cement manufacturing in China leads to substantial environmental gains

X Xu, B Huang, L Liu, Z Cao, X Gao, R Mao… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
China has witnessed a construction boom and thus an enormous amount of cement use in
the past decades. At the same time, cement manufacturing technology has been upgraded …

Revealing varying relationships between wastewater mercury emissions and economic growth in Chinese cities

Y Zhou, S Ma, W Zhu, Q Shi, H Jiang, R Lu… - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury emission from industrial wastewater has a great impact on the aquatic environment
but is not well studied. Inventory analysis, decoupling and decomposition methods have …

Increasing mercury risk of fly ash generated from coal-fired power plants in China

Q Chen, L Chen, J Li, Y Guo, Y Wang, W Wei… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The trend in mercury (Hg) content of fly ash, the primary solid Hg waste from coal-fired
power plants (CFPPs), has not been well evaluated in China. This study integrated a …

Bioaccumulation of toxic metals in children exposed to urban pollution and to cement plant emissions

A Di Ciaula - Exposure and Health, 2021 - Springer
Cement plants located in urban areas can increase health risk. Although children are
particularly vulnerable, biomonitoring studies are lacking. Toenail concentration of 24 metals …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial-temporal changes of land-use mercury emissions in China

S Guo, Y Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Land use change is closely related to human activities, and has significant impacts on
pollutant emissions. Mercury (Hg) is the most toxic heavy metal element gas damaging the …

Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations and Isotopic Compositions Impacted by Typical Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions Sources

C Wang, S Yang, R Li, J Yan, Y Hu, C Lai… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) and cement plants (CPs) are important anthropogenic
mercury (Hg) emission sources. Mercury speciation profiles in flue gas are different among …