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This paper investigated the highway stormwater quality at two Texas cities-Austin and College Station. Two highways with high average daily traffic were monitored using passive stormwater samplers for collecting first-flush runoff during a 16-month period. Detailed traffic and weather data were collected at College Station sites, but only weather data were obtained at Austin sites. A stepwise r...

The suitability of sentinel species to monitor environmental pollution is often hampered by an insufficient knowledge on pollutant trophodynamics. We simultaneously evaluated the influence of individuals' trophic position (as revealed by δ(15)N values) and dietary exploitation of particular systems (using δ(13)C and δ(34)S as proxies) on inorganic pollutant concentrations measured on fledglings...

In this work, Mg-doped ZnO nanostructures were prepared in water under ultrasonic irradiation for 60 min without using any organic compounds or post preparation treatments. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive analysis of X-ray (EDX), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS...

butions of exposure to environmental neuro-toxicant chemicals in the marked increase in neurodevelopmental disorders, including learning disabilities, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and autism spectrum disorders (Szpir 2006). Despite the increasing recognition of the importance of evaluating developmental neurotoxicity in safety assessment (Claudio et al., the fact remains that, ...

Limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 °C while respecting ‘the right health’ requires substantial reductions in Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs), including methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons, co-emitted air pollutants. This study evaluates the inclusion of SLCP pollutant mitigation within Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that were submitted between 2015 2022. Be...

In general, we should like to express our lack of sympathy for the expressed purpose of this Symposium, which is the planning of epidemiological studies for the evaluation of effects of major pollutants on humans. Carcinogenesis and leukemogenesis are two particularly worrisome long term effects which deserve consideration with respect to any pollutant. From our experience with ionizing radiati...