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{"title":"Sustainable valorization of Stenochlaena palustris residues to bioenergy and green chemicals via pyrolysis: thermal decomposition, kinetic analysis, and product distributions.","authors":"Hesti Wijayanti, Meilana Dharma Putra, Primata Mardina, Rinna Juwita, Zikri Daffa Aulia Madani, Rangga Dwi Hendrawan, Andhan Dwi Juwita Sari, Arana Aleyda Ramadina","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-37016-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-37016-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stenochlaena palustris, a species of fern, is commonly found in the wetland regions. Local communities in Southeast Asia typically only process their young leaves for food and medicine, discarding the older leaves and stems, resulting in residues accumulation. For the first time, pyrolysis of these residues was studied to investigate its potency as the source of energy and chemicals. The thermogravimetry data revealed that the decomposition of Stenochlaena palustris residues primarily took place at 213-550 °C, with three distinct decomposition temperature regions: hemicellulose (213-285 °C), cellulose (285-400 °C), and lignin (400-550 °C). The Coats-Redfern method was applied to thermogravimetry data to calculate the kinetic parameters (activation energy, pre-exponential factor, and reaction order). The calculated data of Stenochlaena palustris residues pyrolysis using this kinetic model was in a good agreement with the experimental data from thermogravimetry analysis. Furthermore, the pyrolysis experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of temperature on the product yield and its chemical compounds distribution. As the temperature increased from 500 to 600 °C, the yield of char decreased but the yield of gas increased. While the liquid yield shows slightly increased as the temperature increased from 500 to 550 °C, but continually decreased as further heated up to 600 °C. At 550 °C, the resulted bio-oil had higher relative content of phenolic compounds, hydrocarbons, and lower nitrogen compounds. The combination of kinetics, and pyrolysis properties concluded that Stenochlaena palustris residues potentially becomes a useful source of bioenergy or chemicals through pyrolysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145230933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Isolation of a Sphingomonas strain able to degrade the pleuromutilin antibiotic tiamulin: in vitro characterization of the antibiotic transformation capacity and pathway elucidation via comparative genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics.","authors":"Chiara Perruchon, Niki Tagkalidou, Natasa Kalogiouri, Eleni Katsivelou, Panagiotis A Karas, Urania Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, Sotirios Vasileiadis, Dimitrios G Karpouzas","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-36996-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36996-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tiamulin (TIA) is a commonly used veterinary antibiotic. It is persistent in the animal digestive system, its excreta and receiving environments, posing environmental and public health concerns due to potential selection for microbial TIA resistance. We isolated a TIA-degrading bacterium with potential use in mitigating TIA environmental pressure. The isolate degraded up to 100 µg/mL of TIA, with pH and temperature optima of 6.5-7.5 and 16-25 °C respectively. Phylogenomics deemed the isolate to be a new Sphingomonas strain, which we named Candidatus Sphingomonas perruchoniana. Genomics and transcriptomics revealed antibiotrophy-relevant putative features like (i) TIA-detoxifying transporters and (ii) oxygenases and hydrolases possibly contributing to TIA transformation. The latter along with LC-QTOF-MS/MS analysis data suggest a monooxygenase mediated primary oxidation of the tricyclic moiety of TIA to a mono-hydroxylated derivative (OH-TIA), further bio-oxidized to di-OH-TIA or bio-hydrolysed to 2-diethylamino-ethyl-thio acetic acid. This study enforces the prospects of antibiotrophy in treating antibiotic polluted environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145230988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review on hazardous potential, disposal, pollution, and user behavior associated with the use of sanitary pads in the Indian context.","authors":"Binay Kumar, Rimzim Jasrotia, Jandeep Singh, Sunil Mittal, Harminder Singh","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-36806-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36806-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The National Family Health reports that approximately 70% of females living in urban areas and 48% females in rural India use sanitary napkins. Each woman uses average eight of these non-biodegradable napkins in a single cycle of 28-35 days, 121 million users generating a waste load of 1.021 billion pads monthly in India. The annual disposal of 12.3 billion pads produces 113,000 tons of menstrual waste, of which 98% ends up in landfill polluting our natural resources. Globally, many researchers are working on this major concern and less attention being paid to this problem in India. This review paper aims to study the fate and environmental impact of sanitary napkins disposal. The study highlights much needed shift in promoting organic or reusable materials for making sanitary napkins. In India, less data is available on the use of menstrual hygiene products till 2014. However, in 2015, National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) took it up to include this topic in their survey, and data was published in 2018. This enabled researcher to understand the nature and scale of the problem. Organic solvents present in sanitary pad, according to this study, may enhance several health concerns including reproductive, cardiovascular, immunological, and neurological impacts. Due to dearth of research, more comprehensive study could help to improve Indian women's health. The present review may be of help for authorities in policy making regarding the safe manufacturing, usage, and disposal of sanitary napkins.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Asian dust exacerbates cedar pollen-induced allergic conjunctivitis in mice.","authors":"Tatsuya Mimura, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Takamichi Ichinose","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-37009-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-37009-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Asian sand dust (ASD), a type of fine particulate matter originating from arid regions of East Asia, is known to exacerbate respiratory diseases, but its impact on the ocular surface remains poorly understood. Given the increasing prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis in Japan, particularly during the Japanese cedar pollen (JCP) season, we investigated whether ASD exposure aggravates ocular allergic inflammation. Using a mouse model sensitized with JCP, we found that conjunctival instillation of ASD in combination with JCP significantly increased clinical signs such as hyperemia and edema, along with elevated serum IgE levels and enhanced inflammatory cell infiltration compared to JCP alone. Histological analysis revealed epithelial disruption and increased infiltration of CD3-positive T cells and F4/80-positive macrophages in the ASD/JCP group. These findings demonstrate that ASD exacerbates allergic conjunctivitis by amplifying inflammatory responses on the ocular surface. Our study highlights ASD as a potential environmental risk factor for allergic eye diseases and offers novel mechanistic insights into how airborne pollutants interact with allergen-induced ocular inflammation.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction to: Comparison of direct-indirect emissions of conventional and advanced technologies in European aviation.","authors":"Rizwan Shoukat","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-37039-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-37039-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145211316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nickel-impregnated ZnO catalysts: a promising catalyst for efficient methylene blue dye degradation via photocatalysis and sonocatalysis.","authors":"Masood Ahmad, Shagufta Rasool, Fatima Khitab, Naveed Ahmad, Farooq Ahmad, Amir Sada Khan, Nargis Jamila","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-37028-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-37028-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research used the wet impregnation method to prepare visible light-induced nickel-impregnated zinc oxide (Ni/ZnO) photocatalysts. The synthesized catalysts were tested for methylene blue (MB) degradation in aqueous media. The photocatalyst's structure, morphology, and composition were confirmed using EDX, SEM, and XRD analyses. The Ni/ZnO exhibited a high specific surface area of 192.88 m²/g and a mesoporous structure with an average pore size of 110.02 Å, as determined by BET analysis. The effect of different parameters such as the pH of the dye solution, catalyst dose, the concentration of dye, and the impact of oxidizing agent and radical scavenger on the photodegradation efficiency of catalyst for MB in aqueous media was investigated. The photocatalysis and sonophotocatalysis led to 75% and 98% degradation of 20 mg L^-1 of MB in 60 min at pH 9 using 0.1 g L^-1 of catalyst. The photocatalyst was found reactive upto five runs. The number of degraded molecules was 2.34E-06 mol and 3.06E-06 mol for photocatalysis and sonophotocatalysis, respectively. It was found that the degradation efficiency increased in the presence of H₂O₂ while decreasing with the increase of dye concentration and radical scavenger. The sonophotocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, demonstrating enhanced kinetics over photocatalysis alone, followed both pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models. The photocatalysis reaction rate (r) was 7.82E-03 mmol g^-1 min^-1 with a quantum yield of 1.86E-06 mol/photon and a space-time yield of 1.86E-07 mol/photon/mg. In contrast, the reaction rate for sonophotocatalysis was 1.02E-02 mmol g^-1 min^-1 with a quantum yield of 2.43E-06 mol/photon and a space-time yield of 2.43E-07 mol/photon/mg. The results revealed that Ni/ZnO can be an effective catalyst for degrading toxic MB and MB like other dyes.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145211342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of aggregate size and glass powder fineness on the performance and durability of self-compacting concrete with recycled laminated glass.","authors":"Sacia Kirane, Fatma Zohra Melais, Nourredine Arabi, Karim Belmokretar, Rachida Idir, Kamar Dorbani, Dallel Draghmia","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-37005-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-37005-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The sustainability of recycled glass in concrete closely depends on the ability to mitigate the alkali-silica reaction (ASR), a significant challenge stemming from the chemical incompatibility between glass and cement. Accordingly, this study aims to quantify the coupled effects of recycled laminated glass particle size and glass-powder (GP) fineness, under ASR-promoting conditions, on the dimensional stability of self-compacting concrete (SCC). It relates these effects to mechanical performance and transport properties and elucidates the underlying mechanisms through microstructural analyses. Three aggregate sizes (3/8, 8/12.5, and 8/16 mm) and two GP Blaine values (3570 and 5797 cm²/g) were incorporated into SCC mixes and cured for 365 days in baths at 38 °C, with or without NaOH added to the mixing water. Additionally, mortar specimens were treated in an autoclave at 127 ± 2 °C to evaluate dimensional variations. The results highlight the importance of particle sizes and glass powder fineness. Microstructural analyses (XRD, TGA/DTA, and SEM/EDX) revealed significant pozzolanic activity of the finer glass powder, reducing calcium hydroxide content and promoting C-S-H gel formation with lower Ca/Si ratios. High-fineness glass powder also showed notable benefits in improving compressive strength and reducing permeability, enhancing the concrete's ability to limit chloride ion diffusion. Conversely, larger glass aggregates (8/16 mm) caused more significant expansion than smaller aggregates (8/12.5 mm).</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145211329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Glyphosate-based herbicide exposure causes morphological and molecular dysregulation in the brown adipose tissue of ovariectomized female mice.","authors":"João Lucas de Paula Xavier, Paulo Roberto Ribeiro, Larissa Glugoski, Daniel Cesar da Silva, Luiza Lima Dos Santos, Elisene Alves Pires Nobre, Viviane Nogaroto Vicari, Dionízia Xavier Scomparin, Maria Lúcia Bonfleur, Rosane Aparecida Ribeiro","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-36985-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36985-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the most widely used pesticides worldwide. Recent evidence suggests that GBH exposure may disrupt lipid metabolism, predisposing individuals to metabolic diseases. Here, we aimed to evaluate the effects of GBH exposure on glucose homeostasis, plasma and hepatic lipids, and body adiposity in female mice. Additionally, we investigated whether the effects of GBH might be influenced by ovarian hormone status. Adult C57Bl/6 female mice underwent bilateral ovariectomy or SHAM operations. After 28 days, SHAM and OVX females received daily, via gavage, distilled water (vehicle; SHAM0 and OVX0 groups, respectively), containing or not 0.5 (SHAM0.5 and OVX0.5 groups) or 50 mg GBH/kg BW (SHAM50 and OVX50 groups) for 60 days. GBH exposure did not change body weight, food consumption, glucose homeostasis, white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT) weights, or plasma and hepatic lipid profiles in SHAM and OVX females. In contrast, the herbicide induced hypertrophy of lipid inclusions in brown adipocytes of OVX50 females. At the molecular level, it was observed that 50 mg/kg GBH exposure upregulated Ppar-γ in SHAM50 and OVX50 females. However, in SHAM50, this effect was accompanied by an augmentation in Cide-A and Ucp-1 genes, while in OVX50, by a down-regulation of Ucp-1 mRNA. In conclusion, the structural and molecular changes in the BAT of OVX50 females demonstrate that GBH exposure increased the number of low-thermogenic brown adipocytes, a condition that may impair body energy expenditure.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond emissions: unravelling the effects of ecosystem change on contaminant concentrations in herring from the Baltic Sea.","authors":"Francesco Masnadi, John Martin Taylor, Johan Näslund, Elisabeth Nyberg, Andrius Garbaras, Elena Gorokhova, Agnes M L Karlson","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-36988-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36988-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of environmental changes on contaminant fate in the ecosystem are poorly understood, even in the otherwise well-studied Baltic Sea. This area is considered one of the most polluted in the world and is currently undergoing rapid shifts related to climate change and eutrophication. In this study, we focus on the effects of an altered productivity base and changes in food web structure on contaminant concentrations in the commercially important Baltic herring, which is also a key-species in the ecosystem. In herring of known size and age, collected within the Swedish National Monitoring Program for Contaminants in Marine Biota during the past two to three decades, retrospective analyses of contaminant concentrations and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen including amino acid-specific isotope analyses were performed. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) models were applied to dioxins, PCBs, and mercury time series to examine how biological, ecological, and environmental factors (i.e., age, trophic diversity and position, temperature, salinity, proxies of cyanobacterial blooms and ultimate nutrient sources, abundance of relevant benthic fauna as well as biomass and size structure of the zooplankton community) contribute in explaining contaminant concentrations in herring, beyond atmospheric deposition (the main contaminant input in the Central Baltic basin). Our results emphasize that the contaminant burden in Baltic herring is significantly influenced by factors other than atmospheric deposition. Primarily, changes in herring's trophic ecology, together with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterial blooms (supporting both growth biodilution and bloom-induced dilution), were linked to dioxin, PCB, and mercury concentrations in fish. Our results support the need to consider all potential ecological synergies and linkages when managing a rapidly changing system such as the Baltic Sea, in order to minimize noxious blooms without compromising the positive impact on contaminant concentrations in fish.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145211277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental valorization of iron-laden waste: dual application in wastewater treatment and evaluation of the physico-mechanical and microstructural performance of cementitious composites.","authors":"Ahmed S Ouda, Samah A Sanad, Shimaa M Abdel-Moniem","doi":"10.1007/s11356-025-36955-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36955-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increased global population, industrialization, and urbanization have significantly increased the total wastewater discharge and solid waste production, causing substantial environmental pollution through contamination of soil and water resources, and greenhouse gas emissions. To solve these issues, remediation of this waste into added-value materials is a sustainable way for waste management. This study examines the circular economy principles of utilizing iron-laden waste (ILW) as an adsorbent for treatment of metal plating industrial wastewater; then the spent waste was subjected to partially substitute OPC in cement composite at weight percentages varying from 5 to 50%. The cement hydration kinetics of the produced composites was examined by assessing the physico-mechanical and microstructural characteristics at various processing ages. Water absorption, bulk density, setting times, leachability, and compressive strength in moist/dry conditions were evaluated at specific curing times (i.e., 7, 28, and 90 days). XRD and SEM methods were used to examine the preparations' phase composition and microstructure. The results revealed that ILW exhibited high treatment efficiency for the removal of metal ions from industrial wastewater. The removal efficiency was 99% for Cr (VI), and complete removal of Ni (II), Cu (II) and Pb (II) was achieved. Then, incorporating contaminated ILW in the cement composite showed that the 10% ILW-doped composite had superior mechanical properties in wet/dry conditions compared to its higher volume blended counterparts. With the addition of ILW up to 50%, the microstructure further deteriorated because of the reduced bonding phases and the existence of large voids scattered throughout the cement matrix. Compressive strength consequently declined in both wet and dry conditions. Additionally, all leaching test results indicated that risks of metal ions release from all ILW-doped composites are minor and their reuse in construction application may constitute a sustainable alternative method for efficient solid waste management.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}