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The increasing water pollution caused by the presence of nano- and microplastics has shown a need to pursue solutions to remediate this problem. In this work, an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) producing freshwater Cyanothece sp. strain was exposed to nano- and microplastics. The bioflocculant capacity of the biopolymer produced was evaluated. The influence of different concentrations (1 and 10 mg L-1) of polystyrene nano- and microplastics in the extracellular carbohydrates and in the EPS production was studied. The presence of nano- and microplastics induced a negative effect on the microalgal growth (of up to 47%). The results show that the EPS produced by Cyanothece sp. selleck products exhibits high bioflocculant activity in low concentrations. Also, the EPS displayed very favourable characteristics for aggregation, as the aggregates were confirmed to consist of microalga, EPS and both the nano- and microplastics. These results highlight the potential of the microalgal-based biopolymers to replace hazardous synthetic flocculants used in wastewater treatment, while aggregating and flocculating nano- and microplastics, demonstrating to be a multi-purposed, compelling, biocompatible solution to nano- and microplastic pollution. Urban air pollution features large spatial and temporal variations due to the high heterogeneity in emissions and ventilation conditions, which render the pollutant distributions in complex urban terrains difficult to measure. Current urban air pollution models are not able to simulate pollutant dispersion and distribution at a low computational cost and high resolution. To address this limitation, we have developed the urban terrain air pollution (UTAP) dispersion model to investigate, at a spatial resolution of 5 m and a temporal resolution of 1 h, the distribution of the local traffic-related NOx concentration at the pedestrian level in a 1 × 1 km2 area in Baoding, Hebei, China. The UTAP model was shown to be capable of capturing the local pollution variations in a complex urban terrain at a low computational cost. We found that the local traffic-related NOx concentration along or near major roads (10-200 μg m-3) was 1-2 orders of magnitude higher than that in places far from roads (0.1-10 μg m-3). Considering the background pollution, the NO and NO2 concentrations exhibited similar patterns with higher concentrations in street canyons and lower concentrations away from streets, while the O3 concentration exhibited the opposite behavior. Sixty percent of the NOx concentration likely stemmed from local traffic when the background pollution level was low. Both the background wind speed and direction substantially impacted the overall pollution level and concentration variations, with a low wind speed and direction perpendicular to the axes of most streets identified as unfavorable pollutant dispersion conditions. Our results revealed a large variability in the local traffic-related air pollutant concentration at the pedestrian level in the complex urban terrain, indicating that high-resolution computationally efficient models such as the UTAP model are required to accurately estimate the pollutant exposure of urban residents. Laboratory studies demonstrated that the mussels were good model organisms in revealing microplastics (MPs) uptake and toxicity. However, only limited field study data on the MPs in benthic marine mesoherbivores collected from mangrove forests are currently available. In this study, the MPs in the snails (Ellobium chinense) organs, rather than the shell, from a mangrove forest were dominant fraction (maximum reaching to 60%). Unexpectedly, no significant linear relationships were found between the levels of MPs in the organs of the snails and the levels in the sediment/tidal water. Further studies were done to explore the sources of the MPs in snail organs. MPs in snail organs at both the landward (interior) and seaward (exterior) zones mainly origin from the pore water. Moreover, the MPs found in the snails showed no relevance to the particulate matter (PM) collected from pore water. The findings reported here imply that both the MPs and PM in pore water affect the extent of MPs enter into the organs of benthic marine mesoherbivores collected from mangrove forest. Bisphenol (BP) analogues are widely used as industrial materials and various product additives and are inevitably released into environment. However, knowledge on the sources of different BPs, especially those from urban rainfall runoff to the receiving rivers is very limited. In this study, 15 BPs were determined in surface water, sediments, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and rainfall runoff samples in the Pearl River region, South China. Eleven BPs were detected in surface water and sediments of the Pearl Rivers. BPA was the dominant compound up to 2080 ng/L in surface and 1970 ng/g in sediments, followed by BPF, BPS, BPTMC and BPAF. In WWTPs, 10, 9 and 8 BPs were detected in influents, effluents and excess sludges, respectively, with total BPs (ΣBPs) concentrations in effluents still at thousands ng/L, suggesting incompletely removal of BPs. Five BPs were detected in urban rainfall runoff samples, with the ΣBPs concentrations up to 7740 ng/L. Mass loads of ΣBPs from the rainfall runoff (5800 kg/y) were almost equivalent to the source from WWTPs (7370 kg/y) in the region, implying that the urban rainfall runoff was a potential source for BPs into the receiving river. The calculated estrogenic activity contributed by BPs showed low to median risks in sources and receiving rivers. But BPs are always as mixtures with other potential endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) which probably pose high estrogenic activity risks. Hence, effective measures should be taken to decrease the input of EDCs from sources to receiving rivers. INTRODUCTION The number of hikers and the popularity of hiking in the Alpine region is great. Inevitably linked to this, natural deaths as well as fatal and non-fatal accidents occur. Nevertheless, there is little data available on hiking accidents in particular. This study examines the circumstances of accidents and the causes of death of hikers who have suffered fatal accidents. METHODS Retrospectively, the police files and forensic medical reports of hiking fatalities in the Canton of Berne (Switzerland) from 2003 to 2018 were analyzed. In this process 25 predefined parameters were collected (e.g. manner of death, causes of death, height of fall). Subsequently, all fatal hiking accidents were evaluated and compared by altitude (1800 m). RESULTS 77 fatal hiking accidents were recorded in the given period, all of which were caused by a fall. Over 1800 m significantly more traumatic brain injuries occurred than under 1800 m (85 vs. 62.2 %, p = 0.022). Besides, significantly more accidents occurred during descent in the group above 1800 m than below 1800 m (60.
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