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A critical evaluation of nanopesticides and nanofertilizers against their conventional analogues

scientific article published on 07 May 2018

Abiotic degradation (photodegradation and hydrolysis) of imidazolinone herbicides

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Aging reduces the bioavailability of even a weakly sorbed pesticide (carbaryl) in soil

scientific article published in September 2004

Atrazine and simazine degradation in Pennisetum rhizosphere

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Banded applications are highly effective in minimising herbicide migration from furrow-irrigated sugar cane

scientific article published on 25 August 2013

Behaviour of fullerenes (C60) in the terrestrial environment: potential release from biosolids-amended soils

scientific article published on 17 August 2013

Bioactivity of POPs and their effects in mosquitofish in Sydney Olympic Park, Australia.

scientific article published on 20 March 2009

Bioavailability of an organophosphorus pesticide, fenamiphos, sorbed on an organo clay

scientific article published in April 2003

Bioconcentration of triclosan and methyl-triclosan in marine mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) under laboratory conditions and in metropolitan waters of Gulf St Vincent, South Australia.

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

Biodegradation of the ultraviolet filter benzophenone-3 under different redox conditions

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Biodegradation of three selected benzotriazoles in aquifer materials under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

scientific article published on 31 May 2013

Biodegradation of three selected benzotriazoles under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

scientific article published on 13 July 2011

Biological degradation of triclocarban and triclosan in a soil under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and comparison with environmental fate modelling

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Cadmium adsorption and desorption behaviour on goethite at low equilibrium concentrations: effects of pH and index cations.

scientific article published on December 2004

Can aquatic distribution of human pharmaceuticals be related to pharmacological data?

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Characteristics of biochar and its application in remediation of contaminated soil

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Clear effects of soil organic matter chemistry, as determined by NMR spectroscopy, on the sorption of diuron

scientific article published on 04 October 2007

Comparative environmental impact assessment of herbicides used on genetically modified and non-genetically modified herbicide-tolerant canola crops using two risk indicators.

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Comparison of degradation between indigenous and spiked bisphenol A and triclosan in a biosolids amended soil

scientific article published on 31 January 2013

Contrasting effects of two antimicrobial agents (triclosan and triclocarban) on biomineralisation of an organophosphate pesticide in soils

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Degradation of 4-nonylphenol, 4-t-octylphenol, bisphenol A and triclosan following biosolids addition to soil under laboratory conditions

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Desorption of cadmium from goethite: effects of pH, temperature and aging

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Determination of the insecticide imidacloprid in water and soil using high-performance liquid chromatography.

scientific article published in November 1997

Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation, and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21st Century.

scientific article published on 9 April 2015

Differential sorption behaviour of aromatic hydrocarbons on charcoals prepared at different temperatures from grass and wood

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Direct comparison between visible near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy for describing diuron sorption in soils

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Dissipation of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim antibiotics from manure-amended soils

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Distribution of inorganic and organic contaminants in sediments from Sydney Olympic Park and the surrounding Sydney metropolitan area.

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Ecological Risk Assessment of Nano-enabled Pesticides: A Perspective on Problem Formulation.

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Effect of triclosan and triclocarban biocides on biodegradation of estrogens in soils

scientific article published on 4 October 2009

Effect of triclosan on microbial activity in Australian soils

scientific article published in January 2009

Effect of wastewater treatment plant effluent on microbial function and community structure in the sediment of a freshwater stream with variable seasonal flow

scientific article published on 14 March 2008

Effects of thiobencarb in combinations with molinate and chlorpyrifos on selected soil microbial processes

scientific article published in March 2009

Enhanced and irreversible sorption of pesticide pyrimethanil by soil amended with biochars.

scientific article published on January 2010

Environmental fate of alkylphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates--a review.

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Faster degradation of herbicidally-active enantiomer of imidazolinones in soils.

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Fate and uptake of pharmaceuticals in soil-plant systems

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Fate of estrogens and xenoestrogens in four sewage treatment plants with different technologies.

scientific article published in January 2008

Fate of radiolabeled C60 fullerenes in aged soils.

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Field dissipation of 4-nonylphenol, 4-t-octylphenol, triclosan and bisphenol A following land application of biosolids.

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Field evaluation of two risk indicators for predicting likelihood of pesticide transport to surface water from two orchards

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Hydrolysis of fenamiphos and its oxidation products by a soil bacterium in pure culture, soil and water

scientific article published on 26 February 2003

Impact of climatic and soil conditions on environmental fate of atrazine used under plantation forestry in Australia.

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

Impact of exogenous organic carbon on the removal of chemicals of concern in the high rate nitrifying trickling filters.

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Improved extraction and clean-up of imidazolinone herbicides from soil solutions using different solid-phase sorbents.

scientific article published on 3 May 2009

Influence of mineral characteristics on the retention of low molecular weight organic compounds: a batch sorption-desorption and ATR-FTIR study.

scientific article published on 22 June 2014

Influences of Chemical Properties, Soil Properties, and Solution pH on Soil-Water Partitioning Coefficients of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

scientific article published on 28 November 2020

Integrated assessment of wastewater treatment plant effluent estrogenicity in the Upper Murray River, Australia, using the native Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis).

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Isotopic exchangeability as a measure of the available fraction of the human pharmaceutical carbamazepine in river sediment.

scientific article published in August 2010

Localisation of estrogen responsive genes in the liver and testis of Murray rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis exposed to 17beta-estradiol.

scientific article published on 20 January 2009

Marked changes in herbicide sorption-desorption upon ageing of biochars in soil

scientific article published on 26 June 2012

Measuring sorption of hydrophilic organic compounds in soils by an unsaturated transient flow method.

scientific article published on 11 May 2005

Midinfrared spectroscopy and chemometrics to predict diuron sorption coefficients in soils

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Multiresidue determination and predicted risk assessment of contaminants of emerging concern in marine sediments from the vicinities of submarine sewage outfalls.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

NMR characterization of 13C-benzene sorbed to natural and prepared charcoals

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Nanopesticides: guiding principles for regulatory evaluation of environmental risks

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Occurrence and fate of hormone steroids in the environment.

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Occurrence and implications of estrogens and xenoestrogens in sewage effluents and receiving waters from South East Queensland

scientific article published on 25 June 2009

Occurrence and removal of benzotriazoles and ultraviolet filters in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

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Occurrence and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds in sewage treatment plants with different technologies

scientific article published on 4 June 2009

On-farm management practices to minimise off-site movement of pesticides from furrow irrigation

scientific article published in October 2006

On-line solid-phase extraction and fluorescence detection of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals in water by high-performance liquid chromatography

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Organo-mineral interactions mask the true sorption potential of biochars in soils

scientific article published in March 2009

Organomineral Interactions and Herbicide Sorption in Brazilian Tropical and Subtropical Oxisols under No-Tillage.

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Oxidation of ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin by ferrate(VI): Products identification, and toxicity evaluation

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Persistence and movement of fipronil termiticide with under-slab and trenching treatments.

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Persistence of estrogenic activity in soils following land application of biosolids

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Pesticide Behavior, Fate, and Effects in the Tropics: An Overview of the Current State of Knowledge

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: cultural and spiritual perspectives

scientific article published in January 2013

Pharmaceuticals in the environment: An introduction to theET&Cspecial issue

scientific article published on 01 April 2016

Photolysis of the antidepressants amisulpride and desipramine in wastewaters: Identification of transformation products formed and their fate

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Poor efficacy of herbicides in biochar-amended soils as affected by their chemistry and mode of action

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Potential ecological footprints of active pharmaceutical ingredients: an examination of risk factors in low-, middle- and high-income countries

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Prediction of atrazine sorption coefficients in soils using mid-infrared spectroscopy and partial least-squares analysis

scientific article published on 05 April 2008

Rapid multiresidue determination for currently used pesticides in agricultural drainage waters and soils using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

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Reduced plant uptake of pesticides with biochar additions to soil.

scientific article published on 5 May 2009

Release behavior of triazine residues in stabilised contaminated soils

scientific article published in March 2005

Remobilisation of silver and silver sulphide nanoparticles in soils.

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Removal of carbamazepine in aqueous solutions through solar photolysis of free available chlorine.

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Response and recovery of acetylcholinesterase activity in freshwater shrimp, Paratya australiensis (Decapoda: Atyidae) exposed to selected anti-cholinesterase insecticides.

scientific article published on 11 August 2010

Role of oxygen-containing functional groups in forest fire-generated and pyrolytic chars for immobilization of copper and nickel

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Selected personal care products and endocrine disruptors in biosolids: an Australia-wide survey

scientific article published on 8 January 2011

Separating the effects of organic matter-mineral interactions and organic matter chemistry on the sorption of diuron and phenanthrene

scientific article published on 13 May 2008

Simultaneous analysis of triasulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl and chlorsulfuron in water and alkaline soils by high-performance liquid chromatography

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Simultaneous determination of benzotriazoles and ultraviolet filters in ground water, effluent and biosolid samples using gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Simultaneous determination of imidacloprid, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam in soil and water by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection

scientific article published in January 2004

Sorption and degradation of estrogen-like-endocrine disrupting chemicals in soil

scientific article published in October 2005

Sorption and degradation of selected five endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquifer material

scientific article published in September 2003

Sorption and desorption behaviors of diuron in soils amended with charcoal

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Sorption of ametryn and imazethapyr in twenty-five soils from Pakistan and Australia

scientific article published in March 2001

Sorption of carbofuran and diuron pesticides in 43 tropical soils of Sri Lanka.

scientific article published on March 2006

Sorption of fipronil and its metabolites on soils from South Australia

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Sorption of isoxaflutole diketonitrile degradate (DKN) and dicamba in unsaturated soil

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Sorption of nano-C60 clusters in soil: hydrophilic or hydrophobic interactions?

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

Sorption of pesticides by a mineral sand mining by-product, neutralised used acid (NUA).

scientific article published on 22 November 2012

Sorption, degradation and microbial toxicity of chemicals associated with hydraulic fracturing fluid and produced water in soils

scientific article published in 2022

Sorption-desorption of fenamiphos in surfactant-modified clays.

scientific article published in February 2004

Sorption-desorption of indaziflam and its three metabolites in sandy soils

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Sources, presence and potential effects of contaminants of emerging concern in the marine environments of the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, Australia

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Spatial distribution of diuron sorption affinity as affected by soil, terrain and management practices in an intensively managed apple orchard.

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Spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances in surface sediments of five major rivers in China

scientific article published on 28 December 2014

The distribution of triclosan and methyl-triclosan in marine sediments of Barker Inlet, South Australia

scientific article published on 12 January 2011

The effect of landuse on soil organic carbon chemistry and sorption of pesticides and metabolites.

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The effect of lipids on the sorption of diuron and phenanthrene in soils

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The effects of organic matter-mineral interactions and organic matter chemistry on diuron sorption across a diverse range of soils.

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The nature of soil organic matter affects sorption of pesticides. 1. Relationships with carbon chemistry as determined by 13C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy.

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The use of multiple tracers for tracking wastewater discharges in freshwater systems.

scientific article published in June 2013

Transport and retention of bacteria and viruses in biochar-amended sand.

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

Triclosan in wastewaters and biosolids from Australian wastewater treatment plants

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Triclosan: its occurrence, fate and effects in the Australian environment.

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Uptake of Pharmaceuticals Influences Plant Development and Affects Nutrient and Hormone Homeostases.

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