Visit to the Xikuangshan mine
Last 10th May I had the opportunity to visit the Xikuangshan mine (South unit) in Lengshuijiang, Hunan Province, China. Read More …
All on tellurium in the environment
A comprehensive review published on tellurium. Tellurium, a chemical element increasingly being used in new technologies, is an emerging contaminant. Read More …
Microplastics in soils
A Research Front on Microplastics in soils has been published in the journal Environmental Chemistry Read More …
Solution chemistry of TCEs
An Advanced Workshop on the Solution Chemistry of TCEs took place in Bialystok, Poland on 22-23 January 2019. Read More …
Micropearls in marine and freshwaters
Unicellular algae play important roles in the biogeochemical cycles of numerous elements, particularly through the biomineralization capacity of certain species (e.g., coccolithophores greatly contributing to the “organic carbon pump” of the oceans), and unidentified actors of these cycles are still being discovered. Read More …
Microplastics review now Open Access
The review Questions of size and numbers in environmental research on microplastics: methodological and conceptual aspects is now accessible to the scientific community after being made Open Access. Read More …
Are trace element concentrations increasing in Lake Geneva?
With the exception of Co and Sr, that show no significant changes, and Pb, that shows a general decrease, concentrations in lake waters of the trace elements considered (Cd, Co, Gd, Mo, Pb, Sb, Sr) have increased significantly, particularly between 2006 and 2015. Read More …
Measuring Sb in plastics with LIBS
Sb content in different plastic materials can be measured by laser induced plasma spectroscopy (LIBS). Read More …
Risk assessment of tech metals is ongoing
A letter in NATURE points to the existing research on environmental and toxicological issues related to the use of TCEs. Read More …
Hazardous chemical elements found in plastics in Lake Geneva
The first ever chemical analysis of plastic collected from beaches around Lake Geneva has detected cadmium, mercury and lead – sometimes in very high concentrations that exceed the maximum permitted under EU law.
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