Rhodamine B, ponceau, methylene blue and tartrazine dyes are among the most commonly used dyes in the textile and food industries. One of the main techniques studied to remove these pollutants from wastewater are the ...

Nature produces and provides various benefits that are essential for maintaining biodiversity and the survival of living organisms. The replacement of natural areas by built environments in the process of urbanization ...

Steroid hormones are constantly excreted by humans and reach surface waters through the discharge of domestic effluents. Although found in low concentrations in waters, can cause tissues, organs and cells damage of humans, ...

In Brazil, mining activity is the main source of copper (Cu) soil contamination. In Rio Grande do Sul, Cu mining activities have occurred for over a century in the Minas do Camaquã region, leaving an extensive area ...