The increasing interest in the development of novel green solvents has led to the synthesis of benign alternative products with minimized environmental impacts. However, most of published studies on green solvents focus primarily on their physicochemical properties, with limited emphasis on absence of ecotoxicological assessment. In this study, we evaluated the acute ecotoxicity of four levulin...

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Photovoltaic systems inherently generate pollutants over their entire life-cycle. To study the environmental impact of products, an inventory of all energy and material inputs for the product is made, including all emissions to the environment. This life cycle inventory is subsequently used to calculate the size of various impact indicators, such as land-use, depletion of resources, contributio...

The European Commission has funded COMET (Computerized Molecular Evaluation of Toxicity), a project to evaluate the possibility to predict a series of toxic and ecotoxic endpoints. This research will focus on the relationship between chemicals and their toxic and ecotoxic effects investigated through updated computerized approaches. The major objective of COMET is to extract as much as possible...

Nanocolloids (Ncs) are highly dispersed mixtures of nanoscale (1–100 nm) heterogeneous systems, which ubiquitous in aquatic environments. Ncs considered a vital pollutant carrier due to their special surface properties and unique hydrodynamic characteristics. They play an essential role the process promoting migration transformation. In recent years, with increase chemicals environment complexi...

The toxicity and ecotoxicity effects, handling disposal of synthetic amorphous silica nanoparticles aerogels are reviewed discussed.