The environmental impacts of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is an increasingly
prominent topic in the scientific community. POPs are stable chemicals that are accumulated …

This review updates information on the historical manufacture and unintentional production
of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). The direct toxicity of PCNs as a result of …

The coking industry can generate large amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and their derivatives, which may negatively impact the environment and human …

Application of integrated magnetic, geochemical and mineralogical methods for qualitative
and quantitative assessment of forest topsoils exposed to the industrial emissions was the …

With the increasing sludge production and cement carbon emissions worldwide, there is an
urgent need to develop synergistic approaches to sludge co-process in cement kilns options …

Magnetic susceptibility is used worldwide as a measure of concentration of (ferri) magnetic
minerals in soil, sediment and dust. In soils, these minerals are of various origins: air-derived …

Accurate estimates of spatiotemporally resolved Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
(PCDD/Fs, or dioxins) emissions are critical for understanding their environmental fate and …

Land degradation is one of the major global environmental issues that need serious
attention. The land itself is a complex system regulating myriads of processes. Any …

A pilot study was performed to evaluate formation, distribution and emission of
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) from cement kilns that co …