Many tons of intentionally produced obsolete halogenated persistent organic pollutants
(POPs), are stored worldwide in stockpiles, often in an unsafe manner. These are a serious …

Carbon fibers were fabricated from electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) nanofibers.
Electrospun PVA nanofibers were treated with iodine vapor for different periods …

Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is the most widely used brominated flame retardant (BFR),
which has received more and more concerns due to its high lipophilicity, persistency and …

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is considered as a probable human carcinogen and is toxic (LD
50 3500 mg/kg) by all routes of exposure as a persistent organic pollutant. The …

Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) has been identified as a potential persistent organic
pollutant, and received concerns from many countries for regulation due to its impurities …

Mechanochemical destruction (MCD) has been recognized as a promising non-combustion
technology for the disposal of obsolete pesticides belonging to the persistent organic …

DDTs (DDT and its metabolites) contaminated sites urgently need to be treated efficiently
and greenly. In this study, a horizontal planetary mechanochemical method with co-milling …

Mechanochemical treatment (MCT) is a promising method for degrading
hexachlorobenzene (HCB). Silicon carbide (SiC) was proposed in this study as a new …

Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and trimethoprim (TMP) in compound sulfamethoxazole tablets
(CSTs) are a typical class of pharmaceuticals, and they belong to the pseudo-POPs due to …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been banned from production and use. The
brominated flame retardant TBBPA is a type of POP and has been widely used in plastics to …