The authors received research grants from the Research Fund of the Yildiz Technical University(No.2015-05-02-DOP02).Also,Kubra Ulucan-Altuntas was supported by the Scientist Supporting Board of TUBITAK during the study.We would also like to thank Dr.Iberia Aydin and Zumre Busra Arslan for their help.
In this study,the bimetallic Fe/Pd nanoparticle was synthesized using the catalytic element palladium to increase the effect of nano zero valent iron(nZVI),in the light of the information obtained from our previous st...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41571316, 41201311, and 41301278);the Environmental Protection Scientific Research Subject of Jiangsu Province, China (No. 2013026);the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program) of China (No. 2009AA063103)
Remediation of organochlorine pesticide (OCP)-contaminated soils is urgently required especially in China. The present study investigated the removal of OCPs from two soils by triton X-100 (TX- 100)-enhanced washing c...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41101482);the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, China (No. 8122021)
Twenty-eight surface soil samples from 5 functional zones (park, traffic roadside, business/residential area, rural area, and industrial area) of Uruimqi, China were collected and analyzed for the concentrations of ...
supported by the National High Technology R&D Program of China (Nos. 2012AA06A204, 2013AA065202, and 2013AA102804D);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang (No. LZ13D010001)
A plasmid transfer-mediated bioaugmentation method for the enhancement of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(DDT) degradation in soil was developed using the catabolic plasmid pDOD from Sphingobacterium sp. D-6. The p ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41271478,41101463,and 41271479);the Special Fund for Scientific Research of China's Ministry of Land and Resources in the Public Interest (No.201111020)
Adding organic amendments to stimulate the biodegradation of pesticides is a subject of ongoing interest. The effect of sewage sludge on the bioremediation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(DDT) and hexachlorocyclo...
Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2009AA063103);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41030531)
Problems associated with organochlorine pesticide (OCP)-contaminated sites in China have received wide attention. To solve such problems, innovative ex-situ methods of site remediation are urgently needed. We invest...
supported by the Scientific Award Fund for the Excellent Middle-Aged and Young Scientists of Shandong Province(No.2008BS09024);the Science and Technology Development Project of Binzhou City(No. 200818);the Science and Technology Development Project of Shandong Province(No.2009GG10006012)
The Yellow River Delta (YRD) is a typical agricultural and petrochemical industrial area of China. To assess the current status of soil dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) r...
Objectives: The general purpose of this study is to detection and determination of the concentration level of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in some commercially available marine dry fishes and to investigate t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30870356 and 31071993) to Miao Wei;the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KSCX2-YW-G-072) to Miao Wei
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT),tributyltin (TBT),and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) are persistent in the environment and cause continuous toxic effects in humans and aquatic life.Tetrahymena thermo...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.40473043);the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education,China(No.20090145110004)
Soil samples collected from several sites along an altitudinal transect on the eastern slope of the Tibetan Plateau were analyzed for hexachlorobenzenes(HCHs) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes(DDTs).The results sho...