1. A review of the Texas, USA San Jacinto Superfund site and the deposition of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in the San Jacinto River and Houston Ship Channel

   • Rupa Iyer
   • Juhi Aggarwal
   • Brian Iken

   Review Article 24 September 2016 Pages: 23321 - 23338

   

2. Environmental pollutants: genetic damage and epigenetic changes in male germ cells

   • Cecilia Vecoli
   • Luigi Montano
   • Maria Grazia Andreassi

   Review Article 26 September 2016 Pages: 23339 - 23348

   

3. Unleashing the potential of ligninolytic bacterial contributions towards pulp and paper industry: key challenges and new insights

   • Rashmi Priyadarshinee
   • Anuj Kumar
   • Dalia Dasguptamandal

   Review Article 30 September 2016 Pages: 23349 - 23368

   

4. Risk assessment of PBDEs and PAHs in house dust in Kocaeli, Turkey: levels and sources

   • Mihriban Yılmaz Civan
   • U. Merve Kara

   Research Article 09 September 2016 Pages: 23369 - 23384

   

5. Do morphometric parameters and geological conditions determine chemistry of glacier surface ice? Spatial distribution of contaminants present in the surface ice of Spitsbergen glaciers (European Arctic)

   • Sara Lehmann
   • Grzegorz Gajek
   • Żaneta Polkowska

   Research Article 09 September 2016 Pages: 23385 - 23405

   

6. Research and application of method of oxygen isotope of inorganic phosphate in Beijing agricultural soils

   • Liyan Tian
   • Qingjun Guo
   • Junxing Yang

   Research Article 09 September 2016 Pages: 23406 - 23414

   

7. Influence of filtration velocity on DON variation in BAF for micropolluted surface water treatment

   • Teng-Fei Ma
   • You-Peng Chen
   • Xiao-Tian Zhang

   Research Article 09 September 2016 Pages: 23415 - 23421

   

8. Endogenous trans-zeatin content in plants with different metal-accumulating ability: a field survey

   • Qinchun Li
   • Xiaoyan Yang
   • Shujuan He

   Research Article 09 September 2016 Pages: 23422 - 23435

   

9. Cross-sectional biomonitoring study of pesticide exposures in Queensland, Australia, using pooled urine samples

   • AL Heffernan
   • K English
   • JF Mueller

   Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23436 - 23448

   

10. Improving the Fenton process by visible LED irradiation

    • Gema Pliego
    • Patricia Garcia-Muñoz
    • J.J. Rodriguez

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23449 - 23455

    

11. The influence of the scale of mining activity and mine site remediation on the contamination legacy of historical metal mining activity

    • Graham Bird

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23456 - 23466

    

12. Computational study of H-abstraction reactions from CH₃OCH₂CH₂Cl/CH₃CH₂OCH₂CH₂Cl by Cl atom and OH radical and fate of alkoxy radicals

    • Jin-Ting Ye
    • Feng-Yang Bai
    • Xiu-Mei Pan

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23467 - 23484

    

13. Distribution, sources, and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface water in industrial affected areas of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

    • Binghui Zheng
    • Yingqun Ma
    • Chaonan Han

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23485 - 23495

    

14. Assessment of trace metal air pollution in Paris using slurry-TXRF analysis on cemetery mosses

    • Marco Natali
    • Augusto Zanella
    • Jean -Christophe Lata

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23496 - 23510

    

15. Heavy metal in sediments of Ziya River in northern China: distribution, potential risks, and source apportionment

    • Xiaolei Zhu
    • Baoqing Shan
    • Wenzhong Tang

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23511 - 23521

    

16. Microplastics affect assimilation efficiency in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus fossarum

    • Pascal Blarer
    • Patricia Burkhardt-Holm

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23522 - 23532

    

17. A 59-year sedimentary record of metal pollution in the sediment core from the Huaihe River, Huainan, Anhui, China

    • Jie Wang
    • Guijian Liu
    • Paul K. S. Lam

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23533 - 23545

    

18. Metabolic and endocrine effects of bisphenol A exposure in market seller women with polycystic ovary syndrome

    • Mahjoob Vahedi
    • Arastoo Saeedi
    • Mohammadreza Fattahi

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23546 - 23550

    

19. Effects of alkaline and bioorganic amendments on cadmium, lead, zinc, and nutrient accumulation in brown rice and grain yield in acidic paddy fields contaminated with a mixture of heavy metals

    • Huaidong He
    • Nora F. Y. Tam
    • Zhihong Ye

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23551 - 23560

20. Mobility and plant availability of risk elements in soil after long-term application of farmyard manure

    • Pavel Tlustoš
    • Michal Hejcman
    • Jiřina Száková

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23561 - 23572

    

21. Monitoring the clean-up operation of agricultural fields flooded with red mud in Hungary

    • Nikolett Uzinger
    • Márk Rékási
    • Attila Anton

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23573 - 23581

    

22. Organic materials retain high proportion of protons, iron and aluminium from acid sulphate soil drainage water with little subsequent release

    • Tan Dang
    • Luke M. Mosley
    • Petra Marschner

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23582 - 23592

    

23. Free radical reaction characteristics of coal low-temperature oxidation and its inhibition method

    • Zenghua Li
    • Biao Kong
    • Lanzhun Zhang

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23593 - 23605

    

24. Enhanced adsorption of methylene blue by citric acid modification of biochar derived from water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes)

    • Yan Xu
    • Yunguo Liu
    • Bohong Zheng

    Research Article 10 September 2016 Pages: 23606 - 23618

    

25. Assessment of metal retention in newly constructed highway embankments

    • Moritz Werkenthin
    • Björn Kluge
    • Gerd Wessolek

    Research Article 11 September 2016 Pages: 23619 - 23629

    

26. Heavy metal speciation, risk, and bioavailability in the sediments of rivers with different pollution sources and intensity

    • Wenzhong Tang
    • Baoqing Shan
    • Shanshan Li

    Research Article 11 September 2016 Pages: 23630 - 23637

    

27. In situ stabilization of heavy metals in multiple-metal contaminated paddy soil using different steel slag-based silicon fertilizer

    • Dongfeng Ning
    • Yongchao Liang
    • Zhandong Liu

    Research Article 11 September 2016 Pages: 23638 - 23647

    

28. Persistent organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in air of the North Sea region and air-sea exchange

    • Carolin Mai
    • Norbert Theobald
    • Gerhard Lammel

    Research Article Open access 12 September 2016 Pages: 23648 - 23661

    

29. Investigation of distribution of radioactivity with effects of heavy metals in toothpastes from Penang markets

    • Najeba F. Salih
    • Zubir M. Jafri
    • Mohamad S. Jaafar

    Research Article 12 September 2016 Pages: 23662 - 23674

    

30. A combination of He-Ne laser irradiation and exogenous NO application efficiently protect wheat seedling from oxidative stress caused by elevated UV-B stress

    • Yongfeng Li
    • Limei Gao
    • Rong Han

    Research Article 12 September 2016 Pages: 23675 - 23682

    

31. Chemical forms of heavy metals in agricultural soils affected by coal mining in the Linhuan subsidence of Huaibei Coalfield, Anhui Province, China

    • Wenqin Shang
    • Quan Tang
    • Hua Cheng

    Research Article 12 September 2016 Pages: 23683 - 23693

    

32. Estimation of heavy metal loads from Tiber River to the Tyrrhenian Sea and environmental quality assessment

    • Paolo Montuori
    • Sara Aurino
    • Maria Triassi

    Research Article 12 September 2016 Pages: 23694 - 23713

    

33. Mercury accumulation in marine fish most favoured by Malaysian women, the predictors and the potential health risk

    • Pravina Jeevanaraj
    • Zailina Hashim
    • Ahmad Zaharin Aris

    Research Article 12 September 2016 Pages: 23714 - 23729

    

34. Mercury in forest mushrooms and topsoil from the Yunnan highlands and the subalpine region of the Minya Konka summit in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau

    • Jerzy Falandysz
    • Martyna Saba
    • Dan Zhang

    Research Article Open access 12 September 2016 Pages: 23730 - 23741

    

35. Degradation of orange dyes and carbamazepine by soybean peroxidase immobilized on silica monoliths and titanium dioxide

    • Paola Calza
    • Dario Zacchigna
    • Enzo Laurenti

    Research Article 13 September 2016 Pages: 23742 - 23749

    

36. Characterization of re-grown floc size and structure: effect of mixing conditions during floc growth, breakage and re-growth process

    • Jun Nan
    • Zhenbei Wang
    • Xiaofei Zhang

    Research Article 13 September 2016 Pages: 23750 - 23757

    

37. Influence of imazethapyr and quizalofop-p-ethyl application on microbial biomass and enzymatic activity in peanut grown soil

    • Ajoy Saha
    • Debarati Bhaduri
    • N. K. Jain

    Research Article 13 September 2016 Pages: 23758 - 23771

    

38. Degradation of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) by UV-254 nm/H₂O₂ photochemical oxidation: kinetics and influence of various process parameters

    • Dong Wang
    • Xiaodi Duan
    • Dionysios D. Dionysiou

    Research Article 13 September 2016 Pages: 23772 - 23780

    

39. Assessment of elemental composition and properties of copper smelter-affected dust and its nano- and micron size fractions

    • Mikhail S. Ermolin
    • Petr S. Fedotov
    • Yury G. Tatsy

    Research Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 23781 - 23790

    

40. Trace metals in target tissues and stomach contents of the top predator sailfish Istiophorus platypterus from the Eastern Pacific: concentrations and contrasting behavior of biomagnification

    • Dalia Moreno-Sierra
    • Magdalena E. Bergés-Tiznado
    • Federico Páez-Osuna

    Research Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 23791 - 23803

    

41. Ciliated protozoa community of a combined UASB–activated sludge system in southeastern Brazil

    • Isabel Cristina Vidal Siqueira-Castro
    • Juliane Araújo Greinert-Goulart
    • Regina Maura Bueno Franco

    Research Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 23804 - 23814

    

42. Aging with higher fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels are associated with increased urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine concentrations in elder females

    • Jian Hou
    • Yuqing Yang
    • Jing Yuan

    Research Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 23815 - 23824

    

43. Urbanization, regime type and durability, and environmental degradation in Ghana

    • Samuel Adams
    • Philip Kofi Adom
    • Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu

    Research Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 23825 - 23839

44. People with dyslexia and heart, chest, skin, digestive, musculoskeletal, vision, learning, speech and mental disorders were more dissatisfied with neighbourhoods: Scottish Household Survey, 2007–2008

    • Ivy Shiue

    Research Article Open access 14 September 2016 Pages: 23840 - 23853

    

45. Role of metals in free radical generation and genotoxicity induced by airborne particulate matter (PM_2.5) from Pune (India)

    • Suman Yadav
    • Rohi Jan
    • P. Gursumeeran Satsangi

    Research Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 23854 - 23866

    

46. Effects of binding materials on microaggregate size distribution in bauxite residues

    • Feng Zhu
    • Nan Huang
    • Qi Zou

    Research Article 15 September 2016 Pages: 23867 - 23875

    

47. Remediation of oil-contaminated sand with self-collapsing air microbubbles

    • Ashutosh Agarwal
    • Yufeng Zhou
    • Yu Liu

    Research Article 15 September 2016 Pages: 23876 - 23883

    

48. Is the risk for soil arthropods covered by new data requirements under the EU PPP Regulation No. 1107/2009?

    • E. Kohlschmid
    • D. Ruf

    Research Article 15 September 2016 Pages: 23884 - 23891

    

49. Influence of PM₁ and PM_2.5 on lung function parameters in healthy schoolchildren—a panel study

    • A. Zwozdziak
    • I. Sówka
    • W. Balińska-Miśkiewicz

    Research Article Open access 15 September 2016 Pages: 23892 - 23901

    

50. Equilibrium and kinetic modeling of iron adsorption and the effect by chloride, sulfate, and hydroxyl: evaluation of PVC-U drinking pipes

    • Jia -Ying Wang
    • Shu-Ping Li
    • Tao Tao

    Research Article 15 September 2016 Pages: 23902 - 23910