Drone fly, rat-tailed maggot Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) by Margaret Pfiester, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…It describes this hover fly that mimics the European honey bee and is adapted to living in polluted habitats — its distribution, description, life cycle, economic importance, and management. …”
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Effect of Mercury on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Mungbean (<i>Vigna radiata</i> (L.) Wilczek) by ZI Muhammad, KS Maria, A Mohammad, S Muhammad, F Zia-ur-Rehman, K Muhammad

“…Special care should be taken to monitor the toxic pollutants available in the immediate environment. The accumulation of such types of toxic pollutants in larger concentrations by crop can produce harmful effects to crops and ecosystem as well.…”
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Smart Filter Performance Monitoring System by Chenxing Pei, Weiqi Chen, Qisheng Ou, David Y. H. Pui

“…It is designed to remove particulate pollutants in the air to supply cleaner air to either occupants or industrial equipment. …”
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Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste as an Alternative Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Kabale Kigezi District. by Kijjambu, Isaac Newton

“…This project aims to evaluate gasification which is a waste-to-energy technology to align the growing waste production rates with the growing populations of Kabale district to mitigate the adverse effects of a polluted environment that can arise from landfill leachate which can pollute both surface water sources and the underground sources as well as other environmental concerns. …”
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Impact of Biomass Burning on Air Quality in Temuco City, Chile by Felipe Reyes, Sofía Ahumada, Francisca Rojas, Pedro Oyola, Yeanice Vásquez, Claudio Aguilera, Andres Henriquez, Ernesto Gramsch, Choong-Min Kang, Sanna Saarikoski, Kimmo Teinilä, Minna Aurela, Hilkka Timonen

“…These events matched with higher temperatures at high altitude than at the surface characterizing the typical profile of a vertical inversion that prevents the dilution of air pollutants.…”
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Survey on the presence of floating microplastics, trace metals and metalloids in seawater from Southern Italy to the United States of America by Elisabetta Morici, Gaetano Cammilleri, Sergio Scirè, Francesco Paolo Bonomo, Luigi Tranchina, Francesca Terracina, Paola Galluzzo, Vincenzo Ferrantelli, Vincenzo Paolo Monteverde, Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo, Sergio Davì, Mariano Licciardi, Salvatore Dara

“…Information about the distribution of these pollutants is often lacking, and large-scale studies come with uncertainties because of difficult comparisons of results obtained using different methods to collect and process data. …”
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Assessments of the Emission Contributions from an Ultra-Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plant to Ambient PM2.5 in Taiwan by Yi-Cheng Lin, Fang-Yi Cheng, Yi-Ju Lee, Thi-Thuy-Nghiem Nguyen, Chuen-Jinn Tsai, Huan-Cheng Wen, Cheng-Hung Wu, Wei-Chieh Chang, Chung-Chi Huang

“…Enhancing thermal efficiency can significantly reduce air pollutant emissions; however, its impact on ambient air pollutant concentrations under various meteorological conditions is rarely studied. …”
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Small-Scale Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems: Principles and Regulatory Framework by Kiara Winans, Shanin Speas-Frost, Mike Jerauld, Mark Clark, Gurpal Toor

“…Natural systems use the natural processes of wetland ecosystems to both transform and hold on to many of the common pollutants that occur in household wastewater. This 8-page fact sheet briefly describes the principles and added benefits of natural systems. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF MALIR RIVER WATER QUALITY AND IT SUITABILITY FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES by MUHAMMAD SALEEM

“…It was found that the concentration of studied metals is a function of position and season. Most of the pollutants are within the limits provided by national and international standards however, nickel was above the allowable limit for irrigation water quality (1000 μg/L) which is probably attributed to the discharge of effluent from vegetable-ghee manufacturing factories working in the vicinity. …”
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Small-Scale Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems: Principles and Regulatory Framework by Kiara Winans, Shanin Speas-Frost, Mike Jerauld, Mark Clark, Gurpal Toor

“…Natural systems use the natural processes of wetland ecosystems to both transform and hold on to many of the common pollutants that occur in household wastewater. This 8-page fact sheet briefly describes the principles and added benefits of natural systems. …”
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Managing the leachate at the regional landfill in Kikinda by Marković Sanja, Milanović Jelena

“…In developed, industrial countries, there is 1.2kg waste per capita, waste being collected and disposed of in regulated, sanitary landfills, which have systems for the protection of groundwater and air from pollutants, in Serbia, the largest number of landfills does not meet even the basic safety criteria for environmental protection. …”
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Homeowner Best Management Practices for the Home Lawn by Laurie E. Trenholm

“…Trenholm, provides easy-to-follow tips for maintaining a healthy lawn without polluting ground or surface water resources. It describes how to apply and store fertilizer, how to mow and irrigate your home lawn, and best practices for managing weeds effectively. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE OWN EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCING THE FOAMED GLASS-CERAMIC by LUCIAN PĂUNESCU, MARIUS FLORIN DRĂGOESCU, SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE

“…The product, obtained with low energy consumptions and very low pollutants emissions, has physical and mechanical characteristics of an insulating material, i.e. high porosity, low thermal conductivity and an adequate compressive strength. …”
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Homeowner Best Management Practices for the Home Lawn by Laurie E. Trenholm

“…Trenholm, provides easy-to-follow tips for maintaining a healthy lawn without polluting ground or surface water resources. It describes how to apply and store fertilizer, how to mow and irrigate your home lawn, and best practices for managing weeds effectively. …”
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A Novel Sustainable Semiconductor/Metal-organic Framework Coated Electret Filter for Simultaneous Removal of PM2.5 and VOCs by Yu Zhang, Zan Zhu, Wei-Ning Wang, Sheng-Chieh Chen

“…The results showed that this novel PE-MOFilter not only captured but also effectively photodegraded VOC pollutants via the synergistic action of adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation (PCO). …”
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Review of Decadal Changes in ASEAN Emissions Based on Regional and Global Emission Inventory Datasets by Shimul Roy, Yun Fat Lam, Shauhrat S. Chopra, Md. Mahbubul Hoque

“…We have observed increasing annual emission trends for most pollutants in ASEAN countries, with more significant emission growth in Vietnam (e.g., SO2 and NOx emissions increased by 232% and 145%, respectively). …”
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The Mosquito by Jorge R. Rey

“…They can reproduce in virtually any natural or man-made deposit of water and have been found in mines deep below the surface, in mountain peaks, in highly polluted water bodies, in snow pools, and even in crab holes. …”
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The Mosquito by Jorge R. Rey

“…They can reproduce in virtually any natural or man-made deposit of water and have been found in mines deep below the surface, in mountain peaks, in highly polluted water bodies, in snow pools, and even in crab holes. …”
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Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to PM2.5 during COVID-19 Lockdown in Suburban Malaysia by Eliani Ezani, Peter Brimblecombe, Zulfa Hanan Asha’ari, Amirul Aiman Fazil, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Zamzam Tuah Ahmad Ramly, Md Firoz Khan

“…However, COVID-19 restrictions required people to spend more time at home so the exposure to air pollutants shifted to being derived from that of domestic interiors, rather than outdoors or the workplace environment. …”
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Long-term Measurements of Carbonaceous Aerosol at Cape Hedo, Okinawa, Japan: Effects of Changes in Emissions in East Asia by Kojiro Shimada, Akinori Takami, Takatsugu Ishida, Yuta Taniguchi, Shuichi Hasegawa, Chak K. Chan, Yong Pyo Kim, Neng-Huei Lin, Shiro Hatakeyama

“…We estimated the contributions from the various sources of carbonaceous aerosol, viz., biomass burning, fossil-fuel combustion, and air-pollutant transport from China, based on the OC/EC ratio, which decreased from 5.7 to 2.4 in terms of the annual average. …”
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