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Drinking water wells on a riverbank filtration sites are exposed to contamination from farmlands (like pesticides) that had migrated from the contaminated river. In this study, pesticide contamination of the Warta River and riverbank filtration water at the Mosina-Krajkowo well field (Poland) were examined during the annual cycle. Among the 164 pesticides analysed, 25 were identified. The highest concentrations occurred in the river water and decreased along the flow path from the river to wells. Only the most persistent substances were detected at the farthest points. During the study, seasonal changes in pesticide concentrations and differences in the types of occurring substances were observed. Most substances and the highest concentrations were detected in May 2018, while the lowest number and the lowest concentrations were detected in February 2018. Spring is the period of increased exposure of water to pollution, which is correlated with increased pesticides use and increased rainfall. Seven toxic and persistent pesticides were found with the highest concentrations in water: isoproturon, nicosulfuron, imidacloprid, terbuthylazine, chlorotoluron, S-metalachlor, and prometryn. Pesticides are widely used in the study area; therefore, a potential health risk assessment was performed. The hazard quotient (HQ) values did not exceed one, which indicated a less significant health risk.

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In recent years, vibrational spectroscopic techniques based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) or Raman microspectroscopy have been suggested to fulfill the unmet need for microplastic particle detection and identification. Inter-system comparison of spectra from reference polymers enables assessing the reproducibility between instruments and advantages of emerging quantum cascade laser-based optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) spectroscopy. In our work, IR and Raman spectra of nine plastics, namely polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, silicone, polylactide acid and polymethylmethacrylate were simultaneously acquired using an O-PTIR microscope in non-contact, reflection mode. Comprehensive band assignments were presented. We determined the agreement of O-PTIR with standalone attenuated total reflection FTIR and Raman spectrometers based on the hit quality index (HQI) and introduced a two-dimensional identification (2D-HQI) approach using both Raman- and IR-HQIs. Finally, microplastic particles were prepared as test samples from known materials by wet grinding, O-PTIR data were collected and subjected to the 2D-HQI identification approach. We concluded that this framework offers improved material identification of microplastic particles in environmental, nutritious and biological matrices.A significant portion of the NO3from agricultural fields that contaminates surface waters in the Midwest Corn Belt is transported to streams or rivers by subsurface drainage systems or \uffe2\uff80\uff9ctiles.\uffe2\uff80\uff9d Previous research has shown that N fertilizer management alone is not sufficient for reducing NO3concentrations in subsurface drainage to acceptable levels; therefore, additional approaches need to be devised. We compared two cropping system modifications for NO3concentration and load in subsurface drainage water for a no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till corn (Zea maysL.)\uffe2\uff80\uff90soybean (Glycine max[L.] Merr.) management system. In one treatment, eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloidesL.) was grown in permanent 3.05\uffe2\uff80\uff90m\uffe2\uff80\uff90wide strips above the tiles. For the second treatment, a rye (Secale cerealeL.) winter cover crop was seeded over the entire plot area each year near harvest and chemically killed before planting the following spring. Twelve 30.5 \uffc3\uff97 42.7\uffe2\uff80\uff90m subsurface\uffe2\uff80\uff90drained field plots were established in 1999 with an automated system for measuring tile flow and collecting flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted samples. Both treatments and a control were initiated in 2000 and replicated four times. Full establishment of both treatments did not occur until fall 2001 because of dry conditions. Treatment comparisons were conducted from 2002 through 2005. The rye cover crop treatment significantly reduced subsurface drainage water flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted NO3concentrations and NO3loads in all 4 yr. The rye cover crop treatment did not significantly reduce cumulative annual drainage. Averaged over 4 yr, the rye cover crop reduced flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted NO3concentrations by 59% and loads by 61%. The gamagrass strips did not significantly reduce cumulative drainage, the average annual flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted NO3concentrations, or cumulative NO3loads averaged over the 4 yr. Rye winter cover crops grown after corn and soybean have the potential to reduce the NO3concentrations and loads delivered to surface waters by subsurface drainage systems.

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The results showed that the NH4+-N concentration in flood water was significantly increased by wheat straw returning while significantly decreased by domestic sewage irrigation. The cumulative ammonia volatilization in the whole rice season under tap water irrigation and straw removal treatment was 58.29 kg\u00b7hm-2, accounting for 24.29% of the total N applied. The N loss ratio of ammonia volatilization was significantly increased to 45.66% by wheat straw returning, while significantly decreased to 17.26% under straw removal and 32.72% under straw returning by domestic sewage irrigation. Significant positive interaction was observed between straw incorporation and domestic sewage irrigation on ammonia volatilization loss. The average N loss from ammonia volatilization during the tillering stage was the highest among the three fertilization stages, accounting for 7.38%-24.44% of the total N applied. In addition, ammonia volatilization fluxes showed a significant positive correlation with the flood water NH4+-N concentration, irrespective of the irrigation water, but had no significant correlation with pH. These results indicated that straw returning increased ammonia volatilization losses, whereas domestic sewage irrigation could effectively reduce ammonia volatilization losses and simultaneously replace 44.41% of chemical nitrogen fertilizer by the N contained in the domestic sewage. 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However, they have poor degradability in human and animal intestines, and will enter the sewage treatment system through the discharge of feces and urine. The aerobic activated sludge (AAS) in wastewater treatment plant was found to be able to effectively transform SAs. This article summarizes the advances in biodegradation of SAs in aerobic activated sludge system, which includes the biodegradation mechanisms, the main biodegradation pathways, and the environmental factors affecting the degradation efficiency. Challenges encountered in the current research were discussed, with the aim to provide scientific basis for optimizing the biodegradation of SAs in wastewater treatment process.", "keywords": ["Sulfonamides", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "Sewage", "Humans", "02 engineering and technology", "0210 nano-technology", "01 natural sciences", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "0104 chemical sciences", "Anti-Bacterial Agents"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Hang Xu, Rong Ji, Sicheng Zhu, Wenhui Zhang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.13345/j.cjb.210428"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sheng%20wu%20gong%20cheng%20xue%20bao%20%3D%20Chinese%20journal%20of%20biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.13345/j.cjb.210428", "name": "item", "description": "10.13345/j.cjb.210428", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.13345/j.cjb.210428"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10261/377128", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-07", "title": "Groundwater antibiotic pollution and its relationship with dissolved organic matter: Identification and environmental implications", "description": "The occurrence of veterinary antibiotics and hydro-chemical parameters in eleven natural springs in a livestock production area is evaluated, jointly with the characterization of their DOM fingerprint by Orbitrap HRMS. Tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics were ubiquitous in all sites, and they were detected at low ng L-1 concentrations, except for doxycycline, that was present at \u03bcg L-1 in one location. DOM analysis revealed that most molecular formulas were CHO compounds (49 %-68\u00a0%), with a remarkable percentage containing nitrogen and sulphur (16 %-23\u00a0% and 11 %-24\u00a0%, respectively). Major DOM components were phenolic and highly unsaturated compounds (~90\u00a0%), typical for soil-derived organic matter, while approximately 11\u00a0% were unsaturated aliphatic, suggesting that springs may be susceptible to anthropogenic contamination sources. Comparing the DOM fingerprint among sites, the spring showing the most different profile was the one with surface water interaction and characterized by having lower CHO and higher CHOS formulas and aliphatic compounds. Correlations between antibiotics and DOM showed that tetracyclines positively correlate with unsaturated oxygen-rich substances, while sulfonamides relate with aliphatic and unsaturated oxygen-poor compounds. This indicates that the fate of different antibiotics will be controlled by the type of DOM present in groundwater.", "keywords": ["High-resolution mass spectrometry", "550", "Contaminants emergents en l'aigua", "Antibi\u00f2tics", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Soil", "Antibiotics", "Co-transport", "Groundwater -- Pollution", "Dissolved organic matter", "Groundwater", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", "Emerging contaminants in water", "Atmosphere", "[SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", " Atmosphere", "[SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "6. 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Natural based solutions, notably constructed/artificial wetland treatment systems, rely heavily on identification and use of macrophytes with the ability to tolerate multiple contaminants and grow for an extended period to reduce contamination. The potential to tolerate and remediate metal(loid) contaminated groundwater from an industrial site located in Flanders (Belgium) was assessed for 10 wetland macrophytes (including Carex riparia, Cyperus longus, Cyperus rotundus, Iris pseudacorus, Juncus effusus, Lythrum salicaria, Menta aquatica, Phragmites australis, Scirpus holoschoenus, and Typha angustifolia). The experiment was conducted under static conditions, where plants were exposed to polluted acidic (pH~4)water, having high level of metal(loid)s for 15 days. Plant biomass, morphology, and metal uptake by roots and shoots were analysed every 5 days for all species. T. angustifolia and S. holoschoenus produced ~3 and ~1.1 times more dried biomass than the controls, respectively. For S. holoschoenus, P. australis, and T. angustifolia, no apparent morphological stress symptoms were observed, and plant heights were similar between control and plants exposed to polluted groundwater. Higher concentrations of all metal(loid)s were detected in the roots indicating a potential for phytostabilization of metal(loid)s below the water column. For J. effusus and T. angustifolia, Cd, Ni, and Zn accumulation was observed higher in the shoots. S. holoschoenus, P. australis, and T. angustifolia are proposed for restoration and phytostabilization strategies in natural and/or constructed wetland and aquatic ecosystems affected by metal(loid) inputs.

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Conservation tillage can reduce soil loss; however, the residual herbicides normally used to control weeds are often detected in surface runoff at high levels, particularly if runoff\uffe2\uff80\uff90producing storms occur shortly after application. Therefore, we measured losses of alachlor, atrazine, linuron, and metribuzin from seven small (0.45\uffe2\uff80\uff930.79\uffe2\uff80\uff90ha) watersheds for 9 yr (1993\uffe2\uff80\uff932001) to investigate whether a reduced\uffe2\uff80\uff90input system for corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production with light disking, cultivation, and half\uffe2\uff80\uff90rate herbicide applications could reduce losses compared with chisel and no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till. As a percentage of application, annual losses were highest for all herbicides for no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till and similar for chisel and reduced\uffe2\uff80\uff90input. Atrazine was the most frequently detected herbicide and yearly flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted concentrations exceeded the drinking water standard of 3 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 in 20 out of 27 watershed years that it was applied. Averaged for 9 corn yr, yearly flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted atrazine concentrations were 26.3, 9.6, and 8.3 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till, chisel, and reduced\uffe2\uff80\uff90input, respectively. Similarly, flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted concentrations of alachlor exceeded the drinking water standard of 2 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 in 23 out of 54 application years and in all treatments. Thus, while banding and half\uffe2\uff80\uff90rate applications as part of a reduced\uffe2\uff80\uff90input management practice reduced herbicide loss, concentrations of some herbicides may still be a concern. For all watersheds, 60 to 99% of herbicide loss was due to the five largest transport events during the 9\uffe2\uff80\uff90yr period. Thus, regardless of tillage practice, a small number of runoff events, usually shortly after herbicide application, dominated herbicide transport.

", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Glycine max", "Herbicides", "Triazines", "Rain", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Zea mays", "6. Clean water", "Kinetics", "Water Supply", "13. Climate action", "Acetamides", "Water Movements", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Atrazine", "Linuron", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2005.0476"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2005.0476", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2005.0476", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2005.0476"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2001.301229x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:19:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-06-14", "title": "Phosphorus Accumulation In Cultivated Soils From Long-Term Annual Applications Of Cattle Feedlot Manure", "description": "ABSTRACT

Historically, manure has been recognized as an excellent soil amendment that can improve soil quality and provide nutrients for crop production. In areas of high animal density, however, the potential for water pollution resulting from improper storage or disposal of manure may be significant. The objective of this study was to determine the P balance of cultivated soils under barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) production that have received long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term annual manure amendments. Nonirrigated soils at the study site in Lethbridge, AB, Canada, have received 0, 30, 60, or 90 Mg manure ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 (wet wt. basis) while irrigated plots received 0, 60, 120, and 180 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 annually for 16 yr. The amount of P removed in barley grain and straw during the 16\uffe2\uff80\uff90yr period was between 5 and 18% of the cumulative manure P applied. There was a balance between P applied in manure and P recovered in crops and soils (to the 150\uffe2\uff80\uff90cm depth) of nonirrigated plots during the 16\uffe2\uff80\uff90yr study. In irrigated plots, as much as 1.4 Mg P ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 added (180 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921 treatment) was not recovered over 16 yr, and was probably lost through leaching. The risk of ground water contamination with P from manure was greater in irrigated than nonirrigated plots that have received long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term annual manure amendments. Manure application rates should be reduced in nonirrigated and irrigated plots to more closely match manure P inputs to crop P requirements.

", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture", "Hordeum", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Manure", "Soil", "Water Movements", "Animals", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Cattle", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2001.301229x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2001.301229x", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2001.301229x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2001.301229x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2003.5990", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:19:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-08-02", "description": "ABSTRACT

Maize (Zea mays L.) production in the smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe is based on both organic and mineral nutrient sources. A study was conducted to determine the effect of composted cattle manure, mineral N fertilizer, and their combinations on NO3 concentrations in leachate leaving the root zone and to establish N fertilization rates that minimize leaching. Maize was grown for three seasons (1996\uffe2\uff80\uff931997, 1997\uffe2\uff80\uff931998, and 1998\uffe2\uff80\uff931999) in field lysimeters repacked with a coarse\uffe2\uff80\uff90grained sandy soil (Typic Kandiustalf). Leachate volumes ranged from 480 to 509 mm yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921 (1395 mm rainfall) in 1996\uffe2\uff80\uff931997, 296 to 335 mm yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921 (840 mm rainfall) in 1997\uffe2\uff80\uff931998, and 606 to 635 mm yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921 (1387 mm rainfall) in 1998\uffe2\uff80\uff931999. Mineral N fertilizer, especially the high rate (120 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921), and manure plus mineral N fertilizer combinations resulted in high NO3 leachate concentrations (up to 34 mg N L\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and NO3 losses (up to 56 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) in 1996\uffe2\uff80\uff931997, which represent both environmental and economic concerns. Although the leaching losses were relatively small in the other seasons, they are still of great significance in African smallholder farming where fertilizer is unaffordable for most farmers. Nitrate leaching from sole manure treatments was relatively low (average of less than 20 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921), whereas the crop uptake efficiency of mineral N fertilizer was enhanced by up to 26% when manure and mineral N fertilizer were applied in combination. The low manure (12.5 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) plus 60 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 fertilizer treatment was best in terms of maintaining dry matter yield and minimizing N leaching losses.

", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Tropical Climate", "Nitrates", "Rain", "rainfall", "cattle manure", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Silicon Dioxide", "Plant Roots", "losses", "6. Clean water", "Manure", "corn", "nitrogen-fertilizer", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Water Pollutants", "lysimeters", "Fertilizers", "zimbabwe", "time", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2003.5990"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2003.5990", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2003.5990", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2003.5990"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2004.2290", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:19:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-06-14", "title": "Pig Slurry Application And Irrigation Effects On Nitrate Leaching In Mediterranean Soil Lysimeters", "description": "ABSTRACT

Land application of animal manures, such as pig slurry (PS), is a common practice in intensive\uffe2\uff80\uff90farming agriculture. However, this practice has a pitfall consisting of the loss of nutrients, in particular nitrate, toward water courses. The objective of this study was to evaluate nitrate leaching for three application rates of pig slurry (50, 100, and 200 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and a control treatment of mineral fertilizer (275 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921) applied to corn grown in 10 drainage lysimeters. The effects of two irrigation regimes (low vs. high irrigation efficiency) were also analyzed. In the first two irrigation events, drainage NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N concentrations as high as 145 and 69 mg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 were measured in the high and moderate PS rate treatments, respectively, in the low irrigation efficiency treatments. This indicates the fast transformation of the PS ammonium into nitrate and the subsequent leaching of the transformed nitrate. Drainage NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N concentration and load increased linearly by 0.69 mg NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 and 4.6 kg NO3\uffe2\uff80\uff93N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively, for each 10 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 applied over the minimum of 275 kg N ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 An increase in irrigation efficiency did not induce a significant increase of leachate concentration and the amount of nitrate leached decreased about 65%. Application of low PS doses before sowing complemented with sidedressing N application and a good irrigation management are the key factors to reduce nitrate contamination of water courses.

", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrates", "Mediterranean Region", "Swine", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Manure", "Solubility", "Water Supply", "Animals", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Water Pollutants", "Fertilizers", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "A. Daud\u00e9n, D. Qu\u00edlez, M. V. Vera,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2004.2290"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2004.2290", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2004.2290", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2004.2290"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2006.0540", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:19:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-02-12", "title": "Impact Of Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean And Glufosinate-Tolerant Corn Production On Herbicide Losses In Surface Runoff", "description": "Abstract

Residual herbicides used in the production of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] and corn (Zea mays L.) are often detected in surface runoff at concentrations exceeding their maximum contaminant levels (MCL) or health advisory levels (HAL). With the advent of transgenic, glyphosate\uffe2\uff80\uff90tolerant soybean and glufosinate\uffe2\uff80\uff90tolerant corn this concern might be reduced by replacing some of the residual herbicides with short half\uffe2\uff80\uff90life, strongly sorbed, contact herbicides. We applied both herbicide types to two chiseled and two no\uffe2\uff80\uff90till watersheds in a 2\uffe2\uff80\uff90yr corn\uffe2\uff80\uff93soybean rotation and at half rates to three disked watersheds in a 3\uffe2\uff80\uff90yr corn/soybean/wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)\uffe2\uff80\uff90red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) rotation and monitored herbicide losses in runoff water for four crop years. In soybean years, average glyphosate loss (0.07%) was \uffe2\uff88\uffbc1/7 that of metribuzin (0.48%) and about one\uffe2\uff80\uff90half that of alachlor (0.12%), residual herbicides it can replace. Maximum, annual, flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted concentration of glyphosate (9.2 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921) was well below its 700 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 MCL and metribuzin (9.5 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921) was well below its 200 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 HAL, whereas alachlor (44.5 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921) was well above its 2 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921 MCL. In corn years, average glufosinate loss (0.10%) was similar to losses of alachlor (0.07%) and linuron (0.15%), but about one\uffe2\uff80\uff90fourth that of atrazine (0.37%). Maximum, annual, flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted concentration of glufosinate (no MCL) was 3.5 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921, whereas atrazine (31.5 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and alachlor (9.8 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921) substantially exceeded their MCLs of 3 and 2 \uffce\uffbcg L\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively. Regardless of tillage system, flow\uffe2\uff80\uff90weighted atrazine and alachlor concentrations exceeded their MCLs in at least one crop year. Replacing these herbicides with glyphosate and glufosinate can reduce the occurrence of dissolved herbicide concentrations in runoff exceeding drinking water standards.

", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Glyphosate", "Glycine max", "Herbicides", "Rain", "Glycine", "Agriculture", "Drug Tolerance", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Plants", " Genetically Modified", "Zea mays", "6. Clean water", "Water Supply", "13. Climate action", "Water Movements", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring", "Ohio"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2006.0540"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2006.0540", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2006.0540", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2006.0540"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2007.0197", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:19:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-02-12", "description": "Abstract

Within Canada, it has been recognized in the last decade that military training activities may have impacts on the environmental quality of training ranges. However, impacts of activities specific to Air Force Bases have not yet been intensely documented. A hydrogeological study was accomplished at the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta, to evaluate the environmental impacts of using bombs, rockets, strafing, and open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) on the quality of soil, ground water, surface water, and lake sediments. Samples were analyzed for metals, anions, ammonium perchlorate (NH4ClO4), and energetic materials (EM). It was found that training activities did not result in measured values being exceeded on the basis of guidance values for surface water and lake sediments. Contamination by metals was mostly limited to soils, and some metals may be related to the use of bombs (Cd, Cu, Pb), strafe (Cu), and rockets (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, U, V, Zn). TNT (2,4,6\uffe2\uff80\uff90trinitrotoluene) was the main EM found in soils, while RDX (hexahydro\uffe2\uff80\uff901,3,5\uffe2\uff80\uff90trinitro\uffe2\uff80\uff901,3,5\uffe2\uff80\uff90triazine) was more common in ground water. Both are related to live bombing, while nitroglycerine (NG) is related to rocket use and was detected in soils only. Aluminum, nitrate, and ammonium perchlorate detected in ground water may be related to live bombing or rockets. OB/OD operations resulted in the presence of various EM in soils, and of perchlorate and nitrate in ground water. Contamination by metals and explosives in soils was localized around the targets and varied significantly in time; however, in ground water it was more constant and may persist for a period of several years after a target has been removed.

", "keywords": ["Anions", "Geologic Sediments", "550", "lake sediments", "Fresh Water", "Environment", "01 natural sciences", "Alberta", "Explosive Agents", "Water Supply", "Soil Pollutants", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Nitrates", "Perchlorates", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "nitroglycerine", "ammonium perchlorate", "Quaternary Ammonium Compounds", "Metals", "13. Climate action", "open detonation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Weapons", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring", "Trinitrotoluene"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2007.0197"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2007.0197", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2007.0197", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2007.0197"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2008.0408", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:19:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-01-05", "description": "

While water quality functions of conservation buffers established adjacent to cropped fields have been widely documented, the relative contribution of these re\uffe2\uff80\uff90established perennial plant systems to greenhouse gases has not been completely documented. In the case of methane (CH4), these systems have the potential to serve as sinks of CH4or may provide favorable conditions for CH4production. This study quantifies CH4flux from soils of riparian buffer systems comprised of three vegetation types and compares these fluxes with those of adjacent crop fields. We measured soil properties and diel and seasonal variations of CH4flux in 7 to 17 yr\uffe2\uff80\uff90old re\uffe2\uff80\uff90established riparian forest buffers, warm\uffe2\uff80\uff90season and cool\uffe2\uff80\uff90season grass filters, and an adjacent crop field located in the Bear Creek watershed in central Iowa. Forest buffer and grass filter soils had significantly lower bulk density (P< 0.01); and higher pH (P< 0.01), total carbon (TC) (P< 0.01), and total nitrogen (TN) (P< 0.01) than crop field soils. There was no significant relationship between CH4flux and soil moisture or soil temperature among sites within the range of conditions observed. Cumulative CH4flux was \uffe2\uff88\uff920.80 kg CH4\uffe2\uff80\uff93C ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921in the cropped field, \uffe2\uff88\uff920.46 kg CH4\uffe2\uff80\uff93C ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921within the forest buffers, and 0.04 kg CH4\uffe2\uff80\uff93C ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921within grass filters, but difference among vegetation covers was not significant. Results suggest that CH4flux was not changed after establishment of perennial vegetation on cropped soils, despite significant changes in soil properties.

", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "riparian buffer", "methane", "Natural Resources Management and Policy", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "crops", "rivers", "630", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "pollutants", "Rivers", "Agronomy and Crop Sciences", "13. Climate action", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Hydrology", "Methane", "Ecosystem", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2008.0408"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Quality", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2134/jeq2008.0408", "name": "item", "description": "10.2134/jeq2008.0408", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2134/jeq2008.0408"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2134/jeq2009.0138", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:19:06Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-07-20", "title": "Influence Of Biochars On Nitrous Oxide Emission And Nitrogen Leaching From Two Contrasting Soils", "description": "

The influence of biochar on nitrogen (N) transformation processes in soil is not fully understood. This study assessed the influence of four biochars (wood and poultry manure biochars synthesized at 400\uffc2\uffb0C, nonactivated, and at 550\uffc2\uffb0C, activated, abbreviated as: W400, PM400, W550, PM550, respectively) on nitrous oxide (N2O) emission and N leaching from an Alfisol and a Vertisol. Repacked soil columns were subjected to three wetting\uffe2\uff80\uff93drying (W\uffe2\uff80\uff93D) cycles to achieve a range of water\uffe2\uff80\uff90filled pore space (WFPS) over a 5\uffe2\uff80\uff90mo period. During the first two W\uffe2\uff80\uff93D cycles, W400 and W550 had inconsistent effects on N2O emissions and the soils amended with PM400 produced higher N2O emissions relative to the control. The initially greater N2O emission from the PM400 soils was ascribed to its higher labile intrinsic N content than the other biochars. During the third W\uffe2\uff80\uff93D cycle, all biochar treatments consistently decreased N2O emissions, cumulatively by 14 to 73% from the Alfisol and by 23 to 52% from the Vertisol, relative to their controls. In the first leaching event, higher nitrate leaching occurred from the PM400\uffe2\uff80\uff90amended soils compared with the other treatments. In the second event, the leaching of ammonium was reduced by 55 to 93% from the W550\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and PM550\uffe2\uff80\uff90Alfisol and Vertisol, and by 87 to 94% from the W400\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and PM400\uffe2\uff80\uff90Vertisol only (cf. control). We propose that the increased effectiveness of biochars in reducing N2O emissions and ammonium leaching over time was due to increased sorption capacity of biochars through oxidative reactions on the biochar surfaces with ageing.

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In the present study, the method introduced by the USA Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to detect surfactants, using methylene blue, MB, which is identified an ideal candidate for PFAS-MB ion pairing, is extended at the lowest concentration range by a simple additional step that involves the dissociation of the ion pairs in water. In this work, Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, SERS, is applied via Ag nanocolloidal suspensions to probe MB and indirectly either/or both short-chain (perfluorobutyric acid, PFBA) and long-chain (perfluoloctanoic acid, PFOA) PFAS downt to 5\u00a0ppt. This method, which can be further optimized to sub-ppt level via a custom-made SERS-PFAS dedicated Raman system, offers the possibility to be applied to either specific PFAS (both short and long-chain) in a targeted analysis or to total PFAS in a non-targeted analysis at very low detection limits, following any type of MB detection method in aqueous solutions and obviously with any type of SERS substrate.", "keywords": ["Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)", "Surface Enhanced Raman 20 Scattering (SERS)", "ion pairing", "Fluorocarbons", "Surface-Active Agents", "Silver", "Limit of Detection", "Metal Nanoparticles", "Caprylates", "Spectrum Analysis", " Raman", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4887145"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2139/ssrn.4887145", "name": "item", "description": "10.2139/ssrn.4887145", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2139/ssrn.4887145"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10256/20664", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:15Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-07", "title": "Groundwater antibiotic pollution and its relationship with dissolved organic matter: Identification and environmental implications", "description": "The occurrence of veterinary antibiotics and hydro-chemical parameters in eleven natural springs in a livestock production area is evaluated, jointly with the characterization of their DOM fingerprint by Orbitrap HRMS. Tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics were ubiquitous in all sites, and they were detected at low ng L-1 concentrations, except for doxycycline, that was present at \u03bcg L-1 in one location. DOM analysis revealed that most molecular formulas were CHO compounds (49 %-68\u00a0%), with a remarkable percentage containing nitrogen and sulphur (16 %-23\u00a0% and 11 %-24\u00a0%, respectively). Major DOM components were phenolic and highly unsaturated compounds (~90\u00a0%), typical for soil-derived organic matter, while approximately 11\u00a0% were unsaturated aliphatic, suggesting that springs may be susceptible to anthropogenic contamination sources. Comparing the DOM fingerprint among sites, the spring showing the most different profile was the one with surface water interaction and characterized by having lower CHO and higher CHOS formulas and aliphatic compounds. Correlations between antibiotics and DOM showed that tetracyclines positively correlate with unsaturated oxygen-rich substances, while sulfonamides relate with aliphatic and unsaturated oxygen-poor compounds. This indicates that the fate of different antibiotics will be controlled by the type of DOM present in groundwater.", "keywords": ["High-resolution mass spectrometry", "550", "Contaminants emergents en l'aigua", "Antibi\u00f2tics", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Soil", "Antibiotics", "Groundwater -- Pollution", "Co-transport", "Dissolved organic matter", "Groundwater", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", "Emerging contaminants in water", "Atmosphere", "[SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", " Atmosphere", "[SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "6. 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Natural based solutions, notably constructed/artificial wetland treatment systems, rely heavily on identification and use of macrophytes with the ability to tolerate multiple contaminants and grow for an extended period to reduce contamination. The potential to tolerate and remediate metal(loid) contaminated groundwater from an industrial site located in Flanders (Belgium) was assessed for 10 wetland macrophytes (including Carex riparia, Cyperus longus, Cyperus rotundus, Iris pseudacorus, Juncus effusus, Lythrum salicaria, Menta aquatica, Phragmites australis, Scirpus holoschoenus, and Typha angustifolia). The experiment was conducted under static conditions, where plants were exposed to polluted acidic (pH~4)water, having high level of metal(loid)s for 15 days. Plant biomass, morphology, and metal uptake by roots and shoots were analysed every 5 days for all species. T. angustifolia and S. holoschoenus produced ~3 and ~1.1 times more dried biomass than the controls, respectively. For S. holoschoenus, P. australis, and T. angustifolia, no apparent morphological stress symptoms were observed, and plant heights were similar between control and plants exposed to polluted groundwater. Higher concentrations of all metal(loid)s were detected in the roots indicating a potential for phytostabilization of metal(loid)s below the water column. For J. effusus and T. angustifolia, Cd, Ni, and Zn accumulation was observed higher in the shoots. S. holoschoenus, P. australis, and T. angustifolia are proposed for restoration and phytostabilization strategies in natural and/or constructed wetland and aquatic ecosystems affected by metal(loid) inputs.

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The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact on the soil-plant system and determining the accumulation of carbamazepine (CBZ), diclofenac (DCF), ketoprofen (KTP) and naproxen (NPX) in the edible part of lettuce under commonly used agricultural practices in commercial production. For this purpose, red oak baby lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) was irrigated with reclaimed water fortified with different concentrations of pharmaceuticals. The study was carried out in two different scenarios: soil and tray. The tray experiments were conducted with substrate and took place at three different seasons of the year. Lettuce tissue sampled from these experiments were analysed 3 times during the lettuce growing cycle (first, second and third harvest). The practices of first harvest regrowth were also evaluated. For all experiments, CBZ showed the highest accumulation in lettuce leaves of the pharmaceuticals tested, showing a correlation between irrigation exposure time and pharmaceutical uptake. Unexpectedly, DCF was the compound with the highest uptake levels after regrowth practices. Results suggested that pharmaceuticals uptake could be directly associated with the irrigation method and possible accumulation in soil and substrates, while concentration of pharmaceuticals in substrates were 10 times higher. Based on the concentration values detected in lettuce leaves, the risk assessment suggests that no compounds imply any risk to human health, except CBZ for those on vegetarian diets in the tray scenario. Although commercial agricultural practices are usually not considered with regards to risk reduction, in this experiment we demonstrated that climatic conditions are a key factor in pharmaceuticals uptake and different agricultural practices (soil cropping and drip irrigation) can limit the presence of pharmaceutical compounds in crops.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "Agricultural Irrigation", "Diclofenac", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Plant uptake emerging risk", "Water", "02 engineering and technology", "Wastewater", "Risk Assessment", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Soil accumulation", "3. 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The adverse effects of this pollution on soil and plant health are not fully understood but may stem from the plastic particles or the toxicity of leached chemical additives. This study assessed the impact of macro- and microplastics from nondegradable LDPE-based (LDPEb) and biodegradable PBAT-based (PBATb) mulch films, along with their leachates, on the germination of three plant species. After seven days of incubation, PBAT mulch leached compounds that significantly inhibited Arabidopsis germination, while cotton and tomato exhibited notable tolerance. Notably, PBATb mulch released a higher concentration of compounds, whereas LDPEb mulch exhibited a greater diversity of leached chemicals. Microplastic particles alone did not hinder seed germination, indicating that plastic toxicity primarily arises from the leachates. Many of these leached compounds lack global regulation and hazard information, underscoring the urgent need for further investigation into their environmental impacts and the development of appropriate regulatory frameworks to mitigate the potential toxicity of chemicals from conventional and biodegradable mulches.", "keywords": ["Plastic mulch", "Toxicity", "ddc:550", "Microplastics", "Arabidopsis", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Germination", "02 engineering and technology", "Plant health", "01 natural sciences", "Solanum lycopersicum", "Contaminants", "Seeds", "Life Science", "Soil Pollutants", "Environmental toxicology", "Plastics", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Plastic additives", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10261/393730"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Hazardous%20Materials", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10261/393730", "name": "item", "description": "10261/393730", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10261/393730"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10379/15858", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-12-17", "title": "Pyrolysed waste materials show potential for remediation of trichloroethylene-contaminated water", "description": "Trichloroethylene (TCE) is an Environmental Protection Agency priority pollutant associated with cancer in humans. With numerous industrial applications and regular landfill disposal, TCE is a common landfill leachate pollutant. In situ treatment barriers use costly fill materials such as granular activated carbon (GAC). Here, we show that while a range of untreated waste materials had little ability to adsorb TCE, waste-derived biochar showed excellent capacity for TCE adsorption. TCE removal efficiencies by spruce and oak-derived biochars were > 99.5 %, outperforming GAC (95 %) and herbal pomace biochar (93 %). A contact time of at least 32 h was required to reach equilibrium for all of these media. Assessment of pollution swapping potential revealed release of phosphate by all biochars. Analysis of media surface characteristics by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) predicted that GAC should have the highest ability to adsorb TCE, followed by Oak Biochar, Herbal Pomace Biochar 1, and Spruce Biochar 2, which was not in agreement with the experimental adsorption data. These data demonstrate the potential for pyrolysed waste material to be used as an alternative fill material for in situ remediation applications, thereby also addressing the European Circular Economy Strategy.", "keywords": ["Waste Products", "circular economy", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Water Purification", "Trichloroethylene", "12. Responsible consumption", "3. Good health", "Quercus", "Waste Disposal Facilities", "kinetic study", "adsorption", "13. 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Contaminated leachate plumes may be intercepted prior to reaching groundwater and treated in situ using permeable reactive barriers (PRB). This study used a packed column system containing herbal pomace and spruce biochar, previously shown to have TCE adsorptive capabilities, to investigate the feasibility of using pyrolysed waste as a fill material in a PRB. Influent containing raw or autoclaved landfill leachate was used to investigate the potential for environmental micro-organisms to establish a TCE-dechlorinating biofilm on the biochar, in order to prolong the operational life span of the system. TCE removal \u2265 99.7 was observed by both spruce and herbal pomace based biochars. No dichloroethylene (DCE) isomers were present in the column effluents, but cis-1,2 DCE was adsorbed to the biochar treating raw landfill leachate, indicating that dechlorination was occurring biologically in these columns. Known microbial species that are individually capable of complete dechlorination of TCE to ethene were not detected by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, but several species capable of partial TCE dechlorination (Desulfitobacterium spp., Sulfurospirillium spp. and Desulfuromonas spp) were present in the biofilms of the columns treating raw landfill leachate. These data demonstrate that biochar from waste material may be capable of supporting a dechlorinating biofilm to promote bioremediation of TCE.", "keywords": ["Permeable Reactive Barrier", "Waste reuse", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Trichloroethylene", "12. Responsible consumption", "3. Good health", "Biochar", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "13. 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At farm scale, P sources can enter in-field drains and open ditches, resulting in transfer along ditch networks and delivery into nearby streams. Open ditches could be a potential location for P mitigation if the right location was identified, depending on P sources entering the ditch and the source-sink dynamics at the sediment-water interface. The objective of this study was to identify the right location along a ditch to mitigate P losses on an intensive dairy farm. High spatial resolution grab samples for water quality, along with sediment and bankside samples, were collected along an open ditch network to characterise the P dynamics within the ditch. Phosphorus inputs to the ditch adversely affected water quality, and a step change in P concentrations (increase in mean dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) from 0.054 to 0.228 mg L-1) midway along the section of the ditch sampled, signalled the influence of a point source entering the ditch. Phosphorus inputs altered sediment P sorption properties as P accumulated along the length of the ditch. Accumulation of bankside and sediment labile extractable P, Mehlich 3 P (M3P) (from 13 to 97 mg kg-1) resulted in a decrease in P binding energies (k) to", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Farm pollution", "Water", "Agriculture", "Phosphorus", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "farm pollution", "soil", "Soil", "sediment", "Drainage water", "Water Movements", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Sediment", "14. 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Due to the extensive use and high resistance to degradative factors, these compounds pose a significant risk of environmental spreading, bioaccumulating also in living organisms. In this context, despite many researches have been performed to demonstrate 'legacy' PFAS harmfulness, only few data are still available about all the emerging fluorinated molecules, industrially introduced to replace the previous ones. For this reason, we proposed the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana as consolidated invertebrate model to assess the effects of four different PFAS (HFPO-DA, PFMoBa, PFOA and PFMOPrA) following freshwater dispersion. Morphological, immunohistochemical and molecular analyses demonstrate that, despite all the compounds basically induce an acute inflammatory and oxidative stress response, a different cellular and molecular response has been observed. Whereas for PFOA and PFMOPrA an increase in the tested concentration leads to a corresponding rise in the immune response, HFPO-DA and PFMoBa trigger an entirely opposite effect. Indeed, the significant recruitment of both granulocytes and macrophage like cells, typically involved in the removal of non-self, is inhibited with increasing concentrations of these compounds. The data collected revealed a different sensitivity of the leech immune system following PFAS exposure, requiring to deepen the current knowledge on the potential toxicity of these compounds.", "keywords": ["Inflammation", "Fluorocarbons", "PFAS", "Freshwater environment", "Inflammatory response", "610", "Toxicology", "Hirudo medicinalis", "Oxidative Stress", "Leeches", "628", "Oxidative stre", "Animals", "Medicinal leech", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/11579/193142"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11579/193142", "name": "item", "description": "11579/193142", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11579/193142"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "1854/LU-8619257", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-06-13", "title": "A spatial approach to identify priority areas for pesticide pollution mitigation", "description": "Identifying priority areas is an essential step in developing management strategies to reduce pesticide loads in surface water. A spatially explicit model-based approach was developed to detect priority areas for diffuse pesticide pollution at catchment scale. The method uses available datasets and considers different pesticide pathways in the environment post-application. The approach was applied in a catchment area in SE Flanders (Belgium) as a case study. Calculated risk areas were obtained using detailed landscape data and combining pesticide emissions and hydrological connectivity. The risk areas obtained were further compared with an alternative observation-based method, developed specifically for this study site that includes long-term field observations and local expert knowledge. Both methods equally classified 50% of the areas. The impact of crop rotation on the calculated risk was analysed. High-risk areas were identified and added to a cumulative map over all five years to evaluate temporal variations. The model-based approach was used for the initial identification of risk areas at the study site. The tool helps to prioritise zones and detect particular fields to target landscape mitigation measures to reduce diffuse pesticide pollution reaching surface water bodies.", "keywords": ["Technology and Engineering", "GIS modelling", "FATE", "0207 environmental engineering", "GLYPHOSATE", "02 engineering and technology", "Diffuse pesticide pollution", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "CATCHMENT", "Belgium", "RUNOFF", "SURFACE WATERS", "Pesticides", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "RISK", "Catchment scale", "Water Pollution", "Surface water", "Agriculture", "HERBICIDE LOSSES", "15. Life on land", "Field observations", "BUFFER ZONES", "TRANSPORT", "6. Clean water", "NO-TILL", "Chemistry", "13. 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To date, limited information is available about the transfer of NMPs up the food web via trophic transfer, however, concerns about this exposure pathway for invertebrates and higher-level organisms have been raised. We aim to examine and quantify the trophic transfer of europium doped polystyrene nanoplastics (Eu-PS; NPs) within a terrestrial food chain. The uptake of 100\u00a0nm spherical Eu-PS particles from water through the roots of the plants to the leaves and finally to garden snails (Cantareus aspersus) was assessed. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) was cultivated in Hoagland solution spiked with different concentrations of Eu-PS (15, 150 and 1500\u00a0\u03bcg/L) for three weeks. Then, lettuce shoots were used as food for snails for 19\u00a0days at a rate of 1\u00a0g of shoots per day. The Eu-PS primarily accumulated in the lettuce roots for all treatments, with a limited transfer to the shoots (only quantifiable in the highest treatment; translocation factor: TF\u00a0<\u00a01). No detectable levels of Eu-PS were found in the snails' digestive gland; however, the Eu-PS particles were detected in their feces (trophic transfer factor: TFF\u00a0>\u00a01). Moreover, only limited effects were observed on lettuce biomass by NPs treatments. No effects of the Eu-PS particles on snails were observed, with the exception of a consistent decrease in the shell diameter. Overall, our research illustrates that NPs can be absorbed by plants through their roots, subsequently transported to the shoots. However, our findings show limited transfer of NPs into snail tissues, but direct excretion into their feces. We provide an important insight into the potential transfer within the human food chain.", "keywords": ["Food Chain", "Human food basket", "Microplastics", "Snails", "Uptake", "Animals", "Invertebrate", "Plant", "Plastics transfer", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Lactuca", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/1887/4097823"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "1887/4097823", "name": "item", "description": "1887/4097823", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/1887/4097823"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2799460907", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:07Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-05-06", "title": "Improving nitrate load estimates in an agricultural catchment using Event Response Reconstruction", "description": "Low-frequency grab sampling cannot capture fine dynamics of stream solute concentrations, which results in large uncertainties in load estimates. The recent development of high-frequency sensors has enabled monitoring solute concentrations at sub-hourly time scales. This study aimed to improve nitrate (NO3) load estimates using high-resolution records (15-min time interval) from optical sensors to capture the typical concentration response to storm events. An empirical model was developed to reconstruct NO3 concentrations during storm events in a 100-km2 agricultural catchment in Germany. Two years (Jan 2002 to Dec 2002 and Oct 2005 to Sep 2006) of high-frequency measurements of NO3 concentrations, discharge and precipitation were used. An Event Response Reconstruction (ERR) model was developed using NO3 concentration descriptor variables and predictor variables calculated from discharge and precipitation records. Fourteen events were used for calibration, and 27 events from four periods of continuous records of high-frequency measurement were used for validation. During all selected storm events, NO3 concentration decreased during flow rise and increased during the recession phase of the hydrograph. Three storm descriptor variables were used to describe these dynamics: relative change in concentration between initial and minimum NO3 concentrations (rdN), time to maximum change in NO3 concentration (TdN) and time to 50% recovery of NO3 concentration (TN rec ). The ERR consisted of building linear models of discharge and precipitation to predict these three descriptors. The ERR approach greatly improved NO3 load estimates compared to linear interpolation of grab sampling data (error decreased from 10 to 1%) or flow-weighted estimation of load (error is 7%). This study demonstrated that ERR based on a few months of high-resolution data enables accurate load estimates from low-frequency NO3 data.", "keywords": ["Nitrates", "Rivers", "13. 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This has been developed using a hybrid triple quadrupole-linear ion trap-mass spectrometer (QqLIT). With the increasing sensitivity of today's tandem mass spectrometers, direct injection analysis of water samples has become an attractive alternative to traditional analytical protocols, which often include a preliminary pre-concentration step. What's more, this kind of analysis is in accordance with many of the main objectives of so-called green analytical chemistry, or environmentally friendly practice. The analytical performance of the LC-MS/MS method was evaluated in three different water matrices (surface water, influent and effluent wastewater). Data acquisition was carried out in selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode under time-scheduled conditions, monitoring two SRM transitions for simultaneous identification/quantification of all target compounds in the samples. Additionally, an experiment was performed using the information-dependent acquisition (IDA) scan to carry out the identification of those analytes for which the second transition was present at a low intensity. Finally, the two methodologies developed were applied to real samples for evaluation.", "keywords": ["Illicit Drugs", "Tandem Mass Spectrometry", "Solid Phase Extraction", "TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering", "Environmental Pollutants", "TP Chemical technology", "01 natural sciences", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "6. Clean water", "Chromatography", " Liquid", "Environmental Monitoring", "0104 chemical sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/21645685"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Talanta", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "21645685", "name": "item", "description": "21645685", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/21645685"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2792552733", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:07Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-18", "title": "Comparison of theory and experiment for NAPL dissolution in porous media", "description": "Contamination of groundwater resources by an immiscible organic phase commonly called NAPL (Non Aqueous Phase Liquid) represents a major scientific challenge considering the residence time of such a pollutant. This contamination leads to the formation of NAPL blobs trapped in the soil and impact of this residual saturation cannot be ignored for correct predictions of the contaminant fate. In this paper, we present results of micromodel experiments on the dissolution of pure hydrocarbon phase (toluene). They were conducted for two values of the P\u00e9clet number. These experiments provide data for comparison and validation of a two-phase non-equilibrium theoretical model developed by Quintard and Whitaker (1994) using the volume averaging method. The model was directly upscaled from the averaged pore-scale mass balance equations. The effective properties of the macroscopic model were calculated over periodic unit cells designed from images of the experimental flow cell. Comparison of experimental and numerical results shows that the transport model predicts correctly - with no fitting parameters - the main mechanisms of NAPL mass transfer. The study highlights the crucial need of having a fair recovery of pore-scale characteristic lengths to predict the mass transfer coefficient with accuracy.", "keywords": ["0208 environmental biotechnology", "0207 environmental engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "Models", " Theoretical", "Hydrocarbons", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "Solubility", "13. Climate action", "Hydrology", "Groundwater", "Porosity", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Toluene"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/2792552733"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Contaminant%20Hydrology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2792552733", "name": "item", "description": "2792552733", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2792552733"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "29573829", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-18", "title": "Comparison of theory and experiment for NAPL dissolution in porous media", "description": "Contamination of groundwater resources by an immiscible organic phase commonly called NAPL (Non Aqueous Phase Liquid) represents a major scientific challenge considering the residence time of such a pollutant. This contamination leads to the formation of NAPL blobs trapped in the soil and impact of this residual saturation cannot be ignored for correct predictions of the contaminant fate. In this paper, we present results of micromodel experiments on the dissolution of pure hydrocarbon phase (toluene). They were conducted for two values of the P\u00e9clet number. These experiments provide data for comparison and validation of a two-phase non-equilibrium theoretical model developed by Quintard and Whitaker (1994) using the volume averaging method. The model was directly upscaled from the averaged pore-scale mass balance equations. The effective properties of the macroscopic model were calculated over periodic unit cells designed from images of the experimental flow cell. Comparison of experimental and numerical results shows that the transport model predicts correctly - with no fitting parameters - the main mechanisms of NAPL mass transfer. The study highlights the crucial need of having a fair recovery of pore-scale characteristic lengths to predict the mass transfer coefficient with accuracy.", "keywords": ["Volume averaging method", "0208 environmental biotechnology", "Porous media", "0207 environmental engineering", "[SPI.MECA.MEFL] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]", "[SPI.FLUID] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Reactive fluid environment", "02 engineering and technology", "Models", " Theoretical", "Porous media flow", "Hydrocarbons", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "Solubility", "Upscaling transport", "13. Climate action", "Volume Averaging", "Upscaling", "[SDU.STU.HY] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology", "NAPL dissolution", "Hydrology", "Groundwater", "Porosity", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Toluene"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/29573829"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Contaminant%20Hydrology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "29573829", "name": "item", "description": "29573829", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/29573829"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "29732470", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-05-06", "title": "Improving nitrate load estimates in an agricultural catchment using Event Response Reconstruction", "description": "Low-frequency grab sampling cannot capture fine dynamics of stream solute concentrations, which results in large uncertainties in load estimates. The recent development of high-frequency sensors has enabled monitoring solute concentrations at sub-hourly time scales. This study aimed to improve nitrate (NO3) load estimates using high-resolution records (15-min time interval) from optical sensors to capture the typical concentration response to storm events. An empirical model was developed to reconstruct NO3 concentrations during storm events in a 100-km2 agricultural catchment in Germany. Two years (Jan 2002 to Dec 2002 and Oct 2005 to Sep 2006) of high-frequency measurements of NO3 concentrations, discharge and precipitation were used. An Event Response Reconstruction (ERR) model was developed using NO3 concentration descriptor variables and predictor variables calculated from discharge and precipitation records. Fourteen events were used for calibration, and 27 events from four periods of continuous records of high-frequency measurement were used for validation. During all selected storm events, NO3 concentration decreased during flow rise and increased during the recession phase of the hydrograph. Three storm descriptor variables were used to describe these dynamics: relative change in concentration between initial and minimum NO3 concentrations (rdN), time to maximum change in NO3 concentration (TdN) and time to 50% recovery of NO3 concentration (TN rec ). The ERR consisted of building linear models of discharge and precipitation to predict these three descriptors. The ERR approach greatly improved NO3 load estimates compared to linear interpolation of grab sampling data (error decreased from 10 to 1%) or flow-weighted estimation of load (error is 7%). This study demonstrated that ERR based on a few months of high-resolution data enables accurate load estimates from low-frequency NO3 data.", "keywords": ["Nitrates", "Rivers", "13. Climate action", "Germany", "0208 environmental biotechnology", "Water Pollution", " Chemical", "0207 environmental engineering", "Agriculture", "Nitrogen Oxides", "02 engineering and technology", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "6. Clean water", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/29732470"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Monitoring%20and%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "29732470", "name": "item", "description": "29732470", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/29732470"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-05-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "3161788824", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:24Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-05-19", "title": "An Automated Methodology for Non-targeted Compositional Analysis of Small Molecules in High Complexity Environmental Matrices Using Coupled Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry", "description": "Abstract The life-critical matrices of air and water are among the most complex chemical mixtures that are ever encountered. Ultra-high resolution mass spectrometers, such as the Orbitrap, provide unprecedented analytical capabilities to probe the molecular composition of such matrices, but the extraction of non-targeted chemical information is impractical to perform via manual data processing. Automated non-targeted tools rapidly extract the chemical information of all detected compounds within a sample dataset. However, these methods have not been exploited in the environmental sciences. Here, we provide an automated and (for the first time) rigorously tested methodology for the non-targeted compositional analysis of environmental matrices using coupled liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric data. First, the robustness and reproducibility was tested using authentic standards, evaluating performance as a function of concentration, ionization potential and sample complexity. The method was then used for the compositional analysis of particulate matter and surface waters collected from world-wide locations. The method detected >9,600 compounds in the individual environmental samples, arising from critical pollutant sources, including carcinogenic industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, among others. This methodology offers considerable advances in the environmental sciences, providing a more complete assessment of sample compositions, whilst significantly increasing throughput.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "1600", "2304", "Reproducibility of Results", "Pesticides", "01 natural sciences", "Chromatography", " High Pressure Liquid", "Mass Spectrometry", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Chromatography", " Liquid", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36790/1/An%20Automated%20Methodology%20for%20Non-targeted%20Compositional%20Analysis%20of%20Small%20Molecules%20in%20High%20Complexity%20Environmental%20Matrice.pdf"}, {"href": "https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/174399/1/acs.est.0c08208.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/3161788824"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20%26amp%3B%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "3161788824", "name": "item", "description": "3161788824", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/3161788824"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-05-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "36374801", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-10-29", "title": "Microplastic appraisal of soil, water, ditch sediment and airborne dust: The case of agricultural systems", "description": "Although microplastic pollution jeopardizes both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the movement of plastic particles through terrestrial environments is still poorly understood. Agricultural soils exposed to different managements are important sites of storage and dispersal of microplastics. This study aimed to identify the abundance, distribution, and type of microplastics present in agricultural soils, water, airborne dust, and ditch sediments. Soil health was also assessed using soil macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity. Sixteen fields were evaluated, 6 of which had been exposed to more than 5 years of compost application, 5 were exposed to at least 5 years of plastic mulch use, and 5 were not exposed to any specific management (controls) within the last 5 years. We also evaluated the spread of microplastics from the farms into nearby water bodies and airborne dust. We found 11 types of microplastics in soil, among which Light Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Light Density Polyethylene covered with pro-oxidant additives (PAC) were the most abundant. The highest concentrations of plastics were found in soils exposed to plastic mulch management (128.7\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0320\u00a0MPs.g-1 soil and 224.84\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0488\u00a0MPs.g-1 soil, respectively) and the particles measured from 50 to 150\u00a0\u03bcm. Nine types of microplastics were found in water, with the highest concentrations observed in systems exposed to compost. Farms applying compost had higher LDPE and PAC concentrations in ditch sediments as compared to control and mulch systems; a significant correlation between soil polypropylene (PP) microplastics with ditch sediment microplastics (r2 0.7 p\u00a0<\u00a00.05) was found. LDPE, PAC, PE (Polyethylene), and PP were the most abundant microplastics in airborne dust. Soil invertebrates were scarce in the systems using plastic mulch. A cocktail of microplastics was found in all assessed matrices.", "keywords": ["Microplastics", "Environmental Sciences & Ecology", "Polypropylenes", "01 natural sciences", "Soil", "Airborne dust", "Life Science", "Soil Pollutants", "Agricultural systems", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Science & Technology", "Ditch sediment", "ddc:550", "Water", "Dust", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Polyethylene", "13. Climate action", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine", "Plastics", "Environmental Sciences", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/36374801"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "36374801", "name": "item", "description": "36374801", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/36374801"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "38006870", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-11-25", "title": "Detecting small microplastics down to 1.3\u00a0\u03bcm using large area ATR-FTIR", "description": "Large area attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (LAATR-FTIR) is introduced as a novel technique for detecting small microplastics (MPs) down to 1.3\u00a0\u03bcm. Two different LAATR units, one with a zinc selenide (ZnSe) and one with a germanium (Ge) crystal, were used to detect reference MPs\u00a0<\u00a020\u00a0\u03bcm, and MPs in marine water samples, and compared with \u03bc-FTIR in transmission mode. The LAATR units performed well in identifying small MPs down to 1.3\u00a0\u03bcm. However, they were poorly suited for large MPs as uneven particle thickness resulted in uneven contact between crystal and particle, misinterpreting large MPs as many small MPs. However, for more homogeneous matrices, the technique was promising. Further assessment indicated that there was little difference in spectra quality between transmission mode and LAATR mode. All in all, while LAATR units struggle to substitute transmission mode, it provides additional information and valuable information on small MPs.", "keywords": ["Ge", "ZnSe", "Microplastics", "Spectroscopy", " Fourier Transform Infrared", "LAATR", "Plastics", "Spectroscopy", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Environmental Monitoring"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Liu, Yuanli; id_orcid 0000-0003-2225-395X, L\u00fcttjohann, Stephan, Vianello, Alvise; id_orcid 0000-0001-6069-2625, Lorenz, Claudia; id_orcid 0000-0002-7898-7728, Liu, Fan; id_orcid 0000-0002-7975-4790, Vollertsen, Jes; id_orcid 0000-0003-0738-0547,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/38006870"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Marine%20Pollution%20Bulletin", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "38006870", "name": "item", "description": "38006870", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/38006870"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "38763635", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-04-22", "title": "Microplastics in seafood: Consumer preferences and valuation for mitigation technologies", "description": "Abstract

Microplastics, an emerging pollutant, have garnered widespread attention due to potential repercussions on human health and the environment. Given the critical role of seafood in food security, growing concerns about microplastics might be detrimental to meeting future global food demand. This study employs a discrete choice experiment to investigate Chilean consumers' preferences for technology aimed at mitigating microplastic levels in mussels. Using a between-subjects design with information treatments, we examined the impact of informing consumers about potential human health and environmental effects linked to microplastics pollution on their valuation for the technology. We found that the information treatments increased consumers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 willingness to pay for them. Specifically, consumers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 willingness to pay for mussels with a 90% depuration efficiency certification is around US$ 4. The provision of health impact information increased the price premium by 56%, while the provision of environmental information increased it by 21%. Furthermore, combined health and environmental information significantly increased the probability of non-purchasing behavior by 22.8% and the risk perception of microplastics for human health by 5.8%. These results emphasize the critical role of information in shaping consumer preferences and provide evidence for validating investment in research and development related to microplastic pollution mitigation measures.Abstract The life-critical matrices of air and water are among the most complex chemical mixtures that are ever encountered. Ultra-high resolution mass spectrometers, such as the Orbitrap, provide unprecedented analytical capabilities to probe the molecular composition of such matrices, but the extraction of non-targeted chemical information is impractical to perform via manual data processing. Automated non-targeted tools rapidly extract the chemical information of all detected compounds within a sample dataset. However, these methods have not been exploited in the environmental sciences. Here, we provide an automated and (for the first time) rigorously tested methodology for the non-targeted compositional analysis of environmental matrices using coupled liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric data. First, the robustness and reproducibility was tested using authentic standards, evaluating performance as a function of concentration, ionization potential and sample complexity. The method was then used for the compositional analysis of particulate matter and surface waters collected from world-wide locations. The method detected >9,600 compounds in the individual environmental samples, arising from critical pollutant sources, including carcinogenic industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, among others. This methodology offers considerable advances in the environmental sciences, providing a more complete assessment of sample compositions, whilst significantly increasing throughput.", "keywords": ["ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry", "Compound Discoverer", "1600", "2304", "Reproducibility of Results", "non-targeted analysis", "01 natural sciences", "Mass Spectrometry", "13. Climate action", "Pesticides", "liquid chromatography\u2212mass spectrometry", "Chromatography", " High Pressure Liquid", "Water Pollutants", " Chemical", "Chromatography", " Liquid", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36790/1/An%20Automated%20Methodology%20for%20Non-targeted%20Compositional%20Analysis%20of%20Small%20Molecules%20in%20High%20Complexity%20Environmental%20Matrice.pdf"}, {"href": "https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/174399/1/acs.est.0c08208.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/PMC8277131"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Science%20%26amp%3B%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "PMC8277131", "name": "item", "description": "PMC8277131", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC8277131"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-05-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "PMC9637219", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:25:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-11-05", "title": "Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy with simultaneously acquired Raman spectroscopy for two-dimensional microplastic identification", "description": "Abstract

In recent years, vibrational spectroscopic techniques based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) or Raman microspectroscopy have been suggested to fulfill the unmet need for microplastic particle detection and identification. Inter-system comparison of spectra from reference polymers enables assessing the reproducibility between instruments and advantages of emerging quantum cascade laser-based optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) spectroscopy. In our work, IR and Raman spectra of nine plastics, namely polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, silicone, polylactide acid and polymethylmethacrylate were simultaneously acquired using an O-PTIR microscope in non-contact, reflection mode. Comprehensive band assignments were presented. We determined the agreement of O-PTIR with standalone attenuated total reflection FTIR and Raman spectrometers based on the hit quality index (HQI) and introduced a two-dimensional identification (2D-HQI) approach using both Raman- and IR-HQIs. Finally, microplastic particles were prepared as test samples from known materials by wet grinding, O-PTIR data were collected and subjected to the 2D-HQI identification approach. We concluded that this framework offers improved material identification of microplastic particles in environmental, nutritious and biological matrices.