Hindawi Editors’ Articles - Environmental Pollution
In this month’s edition of Hindawi Editors’ Articles, we're looking at recent research tackling environmental pollution, from degrading chemicals dyes to the risks of sewage-polluted wastewater to chick embryos. All four articles were published in May and are co-authored by members of the Editor Community.
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How can computational-based approaches be used to predict the removal of biochemical oxygen demand from wastewater under different adsorption conditions? A paper co-authored by Mahmoud Nasr tests the prediction accuracy of a quadratic regression model and artificial neural network.
Read the full article in Adsorption Science and Technology: Computational-Based Approaches for Predicting Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Removal in Adsorption Process
- A recent article co-authored by Amjad Bashir reveals the serious implications that increasing wastewater pollution may have by demonstrating its effects on the development of chick embryos.
Read the full article in BioMed Research International: Toxicological Effects of Sewage Water on Chick Embryonic Development
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In a study co-authored by Rabia Rehman, researchers tested the biosorption potential of two agricultural by-products to remove harmful cationic and basic dyes from wastewater.
Read the full article in Journal of Chemistry: Comparative Evaluation of the Adsorption Performance of Citric Acid-Treated Peels of Trapa natans and Citrullus lanatus for Cationic Dyes Degradation from Water
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How does iron-doping of tin oxide nanoparticles affect their photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet dye? A research paper co-authored by Stefano Bellucci considers both dye degradation and antibacterial activity of SnO2 nanoparticles.
Read the full article in Adsorption Science and Technology: Effect of Fe Doping on Photocatalytic Dye-Degradation and Antibacterial Activity of SnO2 Nanoparticles