Themed collection Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 2016 Most Downloaded Articles

Globally more than half a million children die every year from diarrheal diseases. This Perspective suggests that reductions in diarrheal disease transmission in LMICs can be achieved by accounting for site-specific factors when designing environmental interventions. This is discussed in the context of the characteristics of the most important diarrheal diseases as well as environmental reservoirs.

Immobilized materials can be potential remediation agents for the elimination of toxic metal ions from polluted streams.

The understanding of rapidly evolving concentrations of particulate matter (PMC) at signalised traffic intersections (TIs) is limited, but it is important for accurate exposure assessment.

A major challenge for society is to manage the risks posed by the many chemicals continuously emitted to the environment.

A diet containing microplastic at the highest feasible concentration did not measurably enhance fecal elimination of PCBs by Rainbow Trout.

Chronic exposure to arsenic (As) in drinking water is an established cause of cancer and other adverse health effects.

A novel snow chamber system is used to examine the effects of snow and freezing temperatures on exhaust-derived air pollutants.

Construction activities are common across cities; however, the studies assessing their contribution to airborne PM₁₀ (≤10 μm) and PM_2.5 (≤2.5 μm) particles on the surrounding air quality are limited.

Significance of PBDE diffusivities in polymers for passive sampling and for the risk to biota when associated with microplastics.

Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (EPFRs) have been found at a number of Superfund sites. Surrogate based Fe-loaded smectite clay showed a reduction in Fe(III) content after reaction with model organic contaminant (phenol) which led to the formation of EPFRs.