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{"title":"Chronic oral exposure to Amistar fungicide does not significantly affect colour discrimination but may impact memory retention in bumblebees","authors":"Lotta Kaila,&nbsp;Léo Despains,&nbsp;Danae Nyckees,&nbsp;Marjaana Toivonen,&nbsp;Marja Jalli,&nbsp;Olli J. Loukola","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00744-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00744-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Intensive agriculture, including pesticides, is one of the many reasons for pollinator decline. The EU legislation on plant protection products (hereon pesticides) demands that the risks of active substances and their use in pesticide products are assessed for bees. However, the risk assessment is not always sufficient as shown, for example, in the case of the fungicide Amistar. The fungicide has been shown to cause lethal and sublethal effects on bumblebees at levels that, according to the EU risk assessment, do not require risk mitigation measures to protect bees. In order to understand the effects of chronic Amistar exposure on bumblebees, we studied whether 5 days of oral exposure to 0.015 µl Amistar (3.75 µg azoxystrobin/day) impairs bumblebees’ learning and memory performance in the 10-colour discrimination task.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>Chronic Amistar treatment did not impair the learning of the bees, but a statistically non-significant negative trend was observed in memory retention between the final learning bout and the subsequent memory test.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The results of our study suggest that chronic sublethal exposure to Amistar fungicide did not significantly impair the learning ability of bumblebees. However, there was a trend towards impaired memory retention, although this was not statistically significant. These findings provide further support for the hypothesis that Amistar may have a negative effect on bee cognitive performance. It is important to continue studying the effects of widely used pesticides on pollinators, as their decline is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors. Understanding the effects of different pesticide residue levels on bumblebees can inform policymakers in making more sustainable pesticide legislation and help protect pollinators.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00744-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4030799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Life cycle assessment of MycoWorks’ Reishi™: the first low-carbon and biodegradable alternative leather","authors":"Ellie Williams,&nbsp;Katarzyna Cenian,&nbsp;Laura Golsteijn,&nbsp;Bill Morris,&nbsp;Matthew L. Scullin","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00741-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00741-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00741-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5634519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A flavonol synthase (FLS) gene, GhFLS1, was screened out increasing salt resistance in cotton","authors":"Mingge Han,&nbsp;Ruifeng Cui,&nbsp;Yupeng Cui,&nbsp;Junjuan Wang,&nbsp;Shuai Wang,&nbsp;Tiantian Jiang,&nbsp;Hui Huang,&nbsp;Yuqian Lei,&nbsp;Xiaoyu Liu,&nbsp;Cun Rui,&nbsp;Yapeng Fan,&nbsp;Yuexin Zhang,&nbsp;Kesong Ni,&nbsp;Liangqing Sun,&nbsp;Xiugui Chen,&nbsp;Xuke Lu,&nbsp;Delong Wang,&nbsp;Zujun Yin,&nbsp;Chao Chen,&nbsp;Lixue Guo,&nbsp;Lanjie Zhao,&nbsp;Quanjia Chen,&nbsp;Wuwei Ye","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00743-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00743-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Flavonols play important roles in antioxidation and anticancer activities, longevity, and cardiovascular protection. <i>Flavonol synthase</i> (<i>FLS</i>) is a key enzyme for flavonol synthesis.</p><h3>Result</h3><p>Phenotypic, transcriptional and metabolic data were analyzed, which showed that there was a close relationship between salt stress and flavonoids, and flavonols were significantly upregulated under salt stress. Nine, seven, four, and four <i>FLS</i> genes were identified in <i>Gossypium hirsutum</i>, <i>Gossypium barbadense</i>, <i>Gossypium arboreum</i>, and <i>Gossypium raimondii,</i> respectively. The results of subcellular localization showed that FLS existed in the nucleus and cytoplasmic. Through phylogenetic analysis, 24 <i>FLS</i> genes were divided into three subfamilies. The results of the RNA sequencing showed that the expression of <i>GhFLS</i> genes was mainly induced by salt, drought, low temperature, and heat stress. <i>GhFLS</i> promoter mainly comprised plant hormone response elements and abiotic stress elements, indicating that the <i>GhFLS</i> gene may play a key role in abiotic stress response. The proline contents of pYL156:GhFLS1 was reduced significantly compared to pYL156 under salt stress, thereby reducing the resistance of cotton to salt stress.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study will lay a foundation for further study on the antioxidant regulation mechanism of the <i>FLS</i> gene under abiotic stress.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00743-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4761893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions: what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and Lusatian region in Germany?","authors":"Werner Gerwin,&nbsp;Thomas Raab,&nbsp;Klaus Birkhofer,&nbsp;Christoph Hinz,&nbsp;Peter Letmathe,&nbsp;Michael Leuchner,&nbsp;Martina Roß-Nickoll,&nbsp;Thomas Rüde,&nbsp;Katja Trachte,&nbsp;Frank Wätzold,&nbsp;Frank Lehmkuhl","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00738-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00738-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The decision of the German federal government to cease lignite mining until 2038 or—if possible—already earlier until 2030, will cause manifold transition processes in the remaining lignite mining districts of Germany. The two largest districts are located in geographically opposite regions: The Rhineland in the western part and Lusatia in the east of Germany. As particularly these two mining districts will experience severe changes in their socioeconomic as well environmental conditions, the federal government has adopted comprehensive economic support measures. However, the environmental changes will also cause altered ecosystem functions and services to be provided by the future post-mining landscapes.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>In this paper, the two main lignite-producing regions of Germany are compared with regard to their natural and cultural settings. The economic situation and its history are reflected and differences are outlined. Part of the disparities in the cultural development can be explained by very different natural conditions, especially edaphic factors and climatic situation. Because of dissimilar geological settings, different mining technologies were developed and are in use in the two regions with distinct effects on the resulting post-mining landscapes.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The long-standing and manifold lignite mining activities have radically restructured the landscapes in Lusatia and the Rhineland. With the ongoing decline of the mining industry and its complete cessation, presumably within the next decade, both regions will alter their faces significantly. These changes offer both challenges but also opportunities with respect to the post-mining landscapes and their ecosystem services they are going to provide. The prerequisites for a positive socioeconomic development and for sustainable land-use concepts that also consider ecological aspects are different for both regions. However, or especially because of these differences, the knowledge exchange and experience transfer between both mining regions are pivotal for the success of this extensive transformation process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00738-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4432712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of a realistic pesticide spraying sequence for apple crop on stream communities in mesocosms: negligible or notable?","authors":"Silvia Mohr,&nbsp;Stefan Meinecke,&nbsp;Michael Feibicke,&nbsp;Sabine Duquesne,&nbsp;Tobias Frische,&nbsp;René Sahm","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00739-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00739-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Several large-scale studies revealed impacts and risks for aquatic communities of small rural lakes and streams due to pesticides in agricultural landscapes. It appears that pesticide risk assessment based on single products does not offer sufficient protection for non-target organisms, which are exposed repeatedly to pesticide mixtures in the environment. Therefore, a comprehensive stream mesocosm study was conducted in order to investigate the potential effects of a realistic spraying sequence for conventional orchard farmed apples on a stream community using pesticides at their regulatory acceptable concentrations (RACs). Eight 74-m-long stream mesocosms were established with water, sand, sediment, macrophytes, plankton and benthic macroinvertebrates. In total, nine fungicidal, four herbicidal and four insecticidal pesticides were applied in four of the eight stream mesocosms on 19 spraying event days in the period from April to July while the remaining four stream mesocosms served as controls. The community composition, the abundance of benthos, periphyton and macrophytes, the emergence of insects, physico-chemical water parameters, and drift measurements of aquatic invertebrates were measured.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>The pesticide spraying sequence induced significant effects on invertebrates, periphyton, and macrophytes as well as on the water ion composition especially in the second half of the experiment. It was not possible to relate the observed effects on the community to specific pesticides applied at certain time points and their associated toxic pressure using the toxic unit approach. The most striking result was the statistically significant increase in variation of population response parameters of some taxa in the treated mesocosms compared to the controls. This inter-individual variation can be seen as a general disturbance measure for the ecosystem.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The pesticide spraying sequence simulated by using RAC values had notable effects on the aquatic stream community in the conducted mesocosm study. The results indicate that the current risk assessment for pesticides may not ensure a sufficient level of protection to the field communities facing multiple pesticide entries due to spraying sequences and other combined stress. Hence, there is still room for improvement regarding the prospective risk assessment of pesticides to further reduce negative effects on the environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00739-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4705537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identification of microplastic fibres released from COVID-19 test swabs with Raman imaging","authors":"Cheng Fang,&nbsp;Yunlong Luo,&nbsp;Clarence Chuah,&nbsp;Ravi Naidu","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00737-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00737-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, and it has been generating lots of plastic wastes that become a big concern. To catch the virus, for example, no matter via antigen or PCR test, swab is generally used for sampling. Unfortunately, the swab tip is commonly made of plastics, and thus it can be a potential source of microplastics. This study aims to propose and optimise several Raman imaging to identify the microplastic fibres released from different COVID-19 test swabs.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>The results show that Raman imaging can effectively identify and visualise the microplastic fibres released from the swabs. In the meantime, on the surface of the fibres, additives such as titanium oxide particles are also captured for some brands of swabs. To increase the result certainty, scanning electron microscope (SEM) is first employed to get the morphology of the released microplastic fibres, along with Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) to confirm the presence of titanium element. Then, Raman imaging is advanced to identify and visualise the microplastics and titanium oxide particles, from different characteristic peaks in the scanning spectrum matrix. To further increase the imaging certainty, these images can be merged and cross-checked using algorithms, or the raw data from the scanning spectrum matrix can be analysed and decoded via chemometrics, such as principal component analysis (PCA). Beyond the advantages, the disadvantages of the confocal Raman imaging (affected by focal height) and algorithms (non-supervised calculation) are also discussed and intentionally corrected. In brief, the imaging analysis (particularly the combined SEM with Raman) is recommended to avoid the possible result bias that might be generated from the single spectrum analysis at a selective but random position.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Overall, the results indicate that Raman imaging can be a useful tool to detect microplastics. The results also send us a strong warning that, if we worry about the potential microplastics contamination, we should be cautious to select the suitable COVID-19 testing kits.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00737-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4265791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of environmental intolerances and symptoms between patients with multiple chemical sensitivity, subjects with self-reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity, patients with bronchial asthma, and the general population","authors":"Atsushi Mizukoshi,&nbsp;Sachiko Hojo,&nbsp;Kenichi Azuma,&nbsp;Masami Mizuki,&nbsp;Mikio Miyata,&nbsp;Hideo Ogura,&nbsp;Kou Sakabe,&nbsp;Naomi Tsurikisawa,&nbsp;Chiyako Oshikata,&nbsp;Jiro Okumura","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00735-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00735-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Environmental hypersensitivity/intolerance is considered closely related to allergic diseases. To understand these conditions, the environmental intolerances and symptoms of patients with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), subjects with self-reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), patients with bronchial asthma (BA), and the general population were compared using universal questionnaires.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>A survey was conducted from 2012 to 2015. The subjects were categorized in four groups: 111 patients with physician-diagnosed MCS, 119 subjects with self-reported EHS, patients with 98 physician-diagnosed BA, and 619 controls from general population. The Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory and EHS questionnaire were used. The differences between the questionnaire scores among the four groups were tested using logistic regression analyses adjusted for age and gender as covariates.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>The MCS and EHS groups had significantly high scores of intolerances to multiple environmental factors, life impact, and multiple symptoms than the BA and control groups. Although the differences between most of these scores of the MCS and EHS groups were not significant, the electromagnetic hypersensitivity reaction was significantly higher in the EHS group than in the MCS group. In addition, the scores for intolerances to chemicals and other compounds, life impact, and several symptoms of the BA group were significantly higher than those of the control group.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study clarified the similarities and differences of the environmental intolerances and symptoms between the four groups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00735-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5143059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Much effort, little success: causes for the low ecological efficacy of restoration measures in German surface waters","authors":"Denise Jasmin Brettschneider,&nbsp;Taschina Spring,&nbsp;Moritz Blumer,&nbsp;Lukas Welge,&nbsp;Andrea Dombrowski,&nbsp;Ulrike Schulte-Oehlmann,&nbsp;Andrea Sundermann,&nbsp;Matthias Oetken,&nbsp;Jörg Oehlmann","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00736-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00736-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>For more than 20 years, restoration measures have been conducted on watercourses in Germany to increase habitat diversity and thus promote biodiversity. However, their ecological efficacy often proved to be limited. While some studies report an increase in species diversity, others show little evidence of improvement even many years after the implementation of restoration measures. In general, ecological efficacy of hydromorphological restoration measures is highest for terrestrial and semiaquatic groups of organisms such as floodplain vegetation and ground beetles. According to the literature, macrophytes responded most strongly to in-stream restoration measures, while fish stocks showed little improvement and macroinvertebrates showed little or no effect in terms of species richness and diversity. These findings raise the question of reasons for the low ecological efficacy of hydromorphological restoration measures, especially for macroinvertebrate communities. The following literature review and a case study for the river Horloff will provide possible indications for failing success of intensive restoration measures.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>One reason for the inadequate ecological status of many restored river stretches is the inappropriate scaling of restoration measures. Often, small-scale restoration measures are planned, although the respective water bodies exhibit stressors at the catchment scale that impair the ecological efficacy of restoration measures. In particular, chemical contamination of running waters is often insufficiently addressed in the planning and implementation of restoration measures and hampers efficacy of hydromorphological restoration measures. For a holistic water resource management, the planning and implementation of measures should therefore be more closely coordinated and harmonized between federal states and neighboring countries. For this purpose, the establishment of so-called river basin communities is suitable, as they already exist today on the rivers Rhine, Danube, Meuse, Weser, Elbe, Ems, Eider, Schlei/Trave, Warnow/Peene.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The literature review indicated that for a successful recolonization of restored river stretches by macroinvertebrates and the enhancement of the ecological status, large-scale stressors, i.e., stressors acting at the catchment scale, should be eliminated initially by restoration measures focusing on the chemical contamination and the surrounding land use. Structural restoration measures acting on the reach or local scale should ideally be implemented contemporarily to the removal of large-scale stressors like chemical contamination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00736-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5137896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new approach to using Diffusive Gradient in Thin-films (DGT) labile concentration for Water Framework Directive chemical status assessment: adaptation of Environmental Quality Standard to DGT for cadmium, nickel and lead","authors":"Amouroux Isabelle,&nbsp;Jean-Louis Gonzalez,&nbsp;Stephane Guesdon,&nbsp;María Jesús Belzunce-Segarra,&nbsp;Philippe Bersuder,&nbsp;Thi Bolam,&nbsp;Miguel Caetano,&nbsp;Margarida Correia Dos Santos,&nbsp;Joana Larreta,&nbsp;Luc Lebrun,&nbsp;Barbara Marras,&nbsp;Vanessa Millán Gabet,&nbsp;Brendan McHugh,&nbsp;Iratxe Menchaca,&nbsp;Florence Menet-Nédélec,&nbsp;Natalia Montero,&nbsp;Olivier Perceval,&nbsp;Olivier Pierre-Duplessix,&nbsp;Fiona Regan,&nbsp;Jose Germán Rodríguez,&nbsp;Marta Rodrigo Sanz,&nbsp;Marco Schintu,&nbsp;Blánaid White,&nbsp;Hao Zhang","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00733-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00733-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Integrative passive samplers, such as DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films), are identified in European Technical Guidance Documents as promising tools to improve the quality of the assessment, in the context of the WFD (EU Water Framework Directive). However, DGT results cannot yet be used directly in a regulatory framework to assess the chemical status of water bodies, as DGT labile concentrations cannot be directly compared to the metal AA-EQS_{marine water} (Annual Average Environmental Quality Standard) established by the WFD, which are defined in the dissolved concentration. Therefore, prior to using DGT results in a regulatory context, for cadmium, nickel and lead, an adaptation of existing AA-EQS_{marine water} for DGTs should be pursued, ensuring at least the same level of protection. In this sense, in the framework of the MONITOOL project, a robust database of dissolved and labile metal concentrations in transitional and coastal waters, for adapting the existing AA-EQS_{marine water} for DGT technique, was obtained. Building on these results, this study proposes a methodology and provides values and equations for using DGT results for the chemical status assessment of marine waters, by adapting the EQS_{marine water} to adapted EQS_DGT or predicting dissolved concentrations from DGT results. Based on available dataset, a first simulation of “chemical status” assessment per MONITOOL sampling site using DGT measured labile concentrations was carried out and the results were compared to an assessment based on dissolved concentration to check their compliance. These results demonstrate that the use of DGT passive samplers is appropriate for the metal concentrations level encountered in the marine environment. Further work is recommended to test the effectiveness of the methodology proposed in this study under WFD conditions on more sites and to establish common strategy guidelines for the use of DGT passive samplers in monitoring.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00733-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5102258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: PFAS: forever chemicals—persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile. Reviewing the status and the need for their phase out and remediation of contaminated sites","authors":"Hubertus Brunn,&nbsp;Gottfried Arnold,&nbsp;Wolfgang Körner,&nbsp;Gerd Rippen,&nbsp;Klaus Günter Steinhäuser,&nbsp;Ingo Valentin","doi":"10.1186/s12302-023-00730-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12302-023-00730-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54293,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Sciences Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://enveurope.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12302-023-00730-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5106991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}