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- Jin, Y. (author), Behrens, P. (author), Tukker, A. (author), Scherer, L. (author) article 2022
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Neto, B. (author), Kroeze, C. (author), Hordijk, L. (author), Costa, C. (author), Pulles, M.P.J. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)This study explores a model (MIKADO) to analyse scenarios for the reduction of the environmental impact of an aluminium die casting plant. Our model calculates the potential to reduce emissions, and the costs associated with implementation of reduction options. In an earlier paper [Neto, B., Kroeze, C., Hordijk, L., Costa, C., 2008. Modelling...article 2009
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Barth, J.A.C. (author), Grathwohl, P. (author), Fowler, H.J. (author), Bellin, A. (author), Gerzabek, M.H. (author), Lair, G.J. (author), Barceló, D. (author), Petrovic, M. (author), Navarro, A. (author), Négrel, P. (author), Petelet-Giraud, E. (author), Darmendrail, D. (author), Rijnaarts, H. (author), Langenhoff, A. (author), de Weert, J. (author), Slob, A. (author), van der Zaan, B.M. (author), Gerritse, J. (author), Frank, E. (author), Gutierrez, A. (author), Kretzschmar, R. (author), Gocht, T. (author), Steidle, D. (author), Garrido, F. (author), Jones, K.C. (author), Meijer, S. (author), Moeckel, C. (author), Marsman, A. (author), Klaver, G. (author), Vogel, T. (author), Bürger, C. (author), Kolditz, O. (author), Broers, H.P. (author), Baran, N. (author), Joziasse, J. (author), von Tümpling, W. (author), van Gaans, P. (author), Merly, C. (author), Chapman, A. (author), Brouyère, S. (author), Batlle Aguilar, J. (author), Orban, Ph. (author), Tas, N. (author), Smidt, H. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)AquaTerra is one of the first environmental projects within the 6th Framework program by the European Commission. It began in June 2004 with a multidisciplinary team of 45 partner organizations from 13 EU countries, Switzerland, Serbia, Romania and Montenegro. Results from sampling and modeling in 4 large river basins (Ebro, Danube, Elbe and...article 2009
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de Haas, E.M. (author), Kraak, M.H.S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The absence of species in polluted sediments does not necessarily imply exclusion due to toxicity. Other factors, like for instance food availability and oxygen content, could also partly cause their absence. Hence, knowledge of the (combinations of) factors acting on individual organisms is essential in order to understand how populations can...article 2008
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Goosen, C. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The purified exo-inulinase enzyme of Aspergillus niger N402 (AngInuE; heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli) displayed a sucrose:inulin (S/I) hydrolysis ratio of 2.3, characteristic for a typical exo-inulinase. The enzyme also had significant transfructosylating activity with increasing sucrose concentrations, producing various...article 2008
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Griffioen, J. (author), Passier, H.F. (author), Klein, J. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Establishment of natural background levels (NBL) for groundwater is commonly performed to serve as reference when assessing the contamination status of groundwater units. We compare various selection methods to establish NBLs using groundwater quality data forfour hydrogeologically different areas in the highly populated and developed...article 2008
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de Weert, J. (author), de la Cal, A. (author), van den Berg, H. (author), Murk, A. (author), Langenhoff, A. (author), Rijnaarts, H. (author), Grotenhuis, T. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)The surfactant nonylphenol (NP) is an endocrine-disrupting compound that is widely spread throughout the environment. Although environmental risk assessments are based on total NP concentrations, only the bioavailable fraction posses an environmental risk. The present study describes the bioavailability and biodegradability of NP over time in...article 2008
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van der Grift, B. (author), Griffioen, J. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Historic emissions from ore smelters typically cause regional soil contamination. We developed a modelling approach to assess the impact of such contamination on groundwater and surface water load, coupling unsaturated zone leaching modelling with 3D groundwater transport modelling. Both historic and predictive modelling were performed, using a...article 2008
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Slob, A. (author), Rijnveld, M. (author)The EU Project AquaTerra generates knowledge about the river-soil-sediment-groundwater system and delivers scientific information of value for river basin management. In this article, the use and ignorance of scientific knowledge in decision making is explored by a theoretical review. We elaborate on the 'two-communities theory', which explains...article 2007
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Hulskotte, J.H.J. (author), van der Gon, H.A.C.D. (author), Visschedijk, A.J.H. (author), Schaap, M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)In this article we show that brake wear from road traffic vehicles is an important source of atmospheric (participate) copper concentrations in Europe. Consequently, brake wear also contributes significantly to deposition fluxes of copper to surface waters. We estimated the copper emission due to brake wear to be 2.4 kiloton per year. For...conference paper 2007
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Visser, A. (author), Broers, H.P. (author), van der Grift, B. (author), Bierkens, M.F.P. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Recent EU legislation is directed to reverse the upward trends in the concentrations of agricultural pollutants in groundwater. However, uncertainty of the groundwater travel time towards the screens of the groundwater quality monitoring networks complicates the demonstration of trend reversal. We investigated whether trend reversal can be...article 2007
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Zvinavashe, E. (author), Murk, A.J. (author), Vervoort, J. (author), Soffers, A.E.M.F. (author), Freidig, A. (author), Rietjens, I.M.C.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Fifteen experimental literature data sets on the acute toxicity of substituted nitrobenzenes to algae (Scenedesmus obliquus, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, C. vulgaris), daphnids (Daphnia magna, D. carinata), fish (Cyprinus carpio, Poecilia reticulata), protozoa (Tetrahymena pyriformis), bacteria (Phosphobacterium phosphoreum), and yeast (Saccharomyces...article 2006
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Hendriks, A.J. (author), Maas-Diepeveen, J.L.M. (author), Heugens, E.H.W. (author), van Straalen, N.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Most of the thousands of substances and species that are of concern for environmental management will not be investigated empirically at ecologically relevant levels because of financial, practical, and ethical constraints. To allow risk assessment for these less well-known categories, we have developed a mechanistic model with classical...article 2005
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Hamwijk, C. (author), Schouten, A. (author), Foekema, E.M. (author), Ravensberg, J.C. (author), Collombon, M.T. (author), Schmidt, K. (author), Kugler, M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Dichlofluanid (N-dichlorofluoromethylthio-N′-dimethyl-N- phenylsulphamide) is used as booster biocide in antifouling paints. The occurrence of dichlofluanid and its metabolite DMSA (N′-dimethyl-N-phenyl- sulphamide) was monitored in seawater and marine sediment from three Greek marinas. Seawater and sediment samples were collected at three...article 2005
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Hage, J.C. (author), van Houten, R.T. (author), Tramper, J. (author), Hartmans, S. (author)A membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MBR) with a biofilm of Pseudomonas sp. strain DCA1 was studied for the removal of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) from water. A hydrophobic membrane was used to create a barrier between the liquid and the gas phase. Inoculation of the MBR with cells of strain DCA1 grown in a continuous culture resulted in the...article 2004
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Artola-Garicano, E. (author), Borkent, I. (author), Hermens, J.L.M. (author), Vaes, W.H.J. (author)In the current study, the removal of slowly degradable hydrophobic chemicals in sewage treatment plants (STPs) has been evaluated with emphasis on the combination of free and total concentration data. Free and total concentrations of two polycyclic musks were determined in each compartment of four STPs. The free concentration of the polycyclic...article 2003
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Artola-Garicano, E. (author), Hermens, J.L.M. (author), Vaes, W.H.J. (author)In the current study, predictions by Simple Treat 3.0, a fate model for organic chemicals in sewage treatment plants (STPs), are compared with actual measurements in three STPs. Two polycyclic musks, Tonalide® (AHTN) and Galaxolide® (HHCB), were used for model evaluation. Results show that Simple Treat 3.0 is able to predict the removal...article 2003
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Groten, J.P. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Drinking water can be considered as a complex mixture that consists of tens, hundreds or thousands of chemicals of which the composition is qualitatively and quantitatively not fully known. From a public health point of view it is most relevant to answer the question of whether chemicals in drinking water interact in a way that results in an...article 2000
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Mayer, P. (author), Vaes, W.H.J. (author), Wijnker, F. (author), Legierse, K.C.H.M. (author), Kraaij, R.H. (author), Tolls, J. (author), Hermens, J.L.M. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Polymer coated glass fibers were applied as disposable samplers to measure dissolved concentrations of persistent and bioaccumulative pollutants (PBPs) in sediment porewater. The method is called matrix solid-phase microextraction (matrix-SPME), because it utilizes the entire sediment matrix as a reservoir for an equilibrium extraction: A glass...article 2000
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Zhang, S.Y. (author), Wang, J.S. (author), Jiang, Z.C. (author), Chen, M.X. (author)As a result of seriously polluted raw water sources, some water- treatment plants in China are intending to apply the biofilm process as a pretreatment prior to the traditional drinking water-treatment systems. These polluted raw waters contain higher total organic matter and ammonium than unpolluted waters. It has been reported that synthetic...article 2000
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