Plastic litter is widely acknowledged as a global environmental threat, and poor
management and disposal lead to increasing levels in the environment. Of recent concern is …

The recent advances in nanotechnology and the corresponding increase in the use of
nanomaterials in products in every sector of society have resulted in uncertainties regarding …

Building on the success of its 1993 predecessor, this second edition of Geochemistry,
Groundwater and Pollution has been thoroughly re-written, updated and extended to …

The retention (or release) of a liquid compound on a solid controls the mobility of many
substances in the environment and has been quantified in terms of the “sorption isotherm” …

The concentrations of U in natural waters are usually low, being typically less than 4 μg/L in
river water, around 3.3 μg/L in open seawater, and usually less than 5 μg/L in groundwater …

The ever-increasing use of engineered nanomaterials will lead to heightened levels of these
materials in the environment. The present review aims to provide a comprehensive overview …

The rapid developments in nanopesticide research over the last two years have motivated a
number of international organizations to consider potential issues relating to the use of …

Published literature has been reviewed in order to (a) explore the (potential) applications of
nanotechnology in pesticide formulation,(b) identify possible impacts on environmental fate …

The inositol phosphates are a group of organic phosphorus compounds found widely in the
natural environment, but that represent the greatest gap in our understanding of the global …

We present direct evidence of the release of synthetic nanoparticles from urban applications
into the aquatic environment. We investigated TiO2 particles as these particles are used in …