Environmental Engineering Research in September 2013

Abstract

This issue includes 12 papers regarding air pollution, wastewater treatment, water quality management, and groundwater management areas. Yim et al.[1] evaluated the efficiency of a badge-type diffusive sampler to measure indoor formaldehyde concentrations. They concluded that a diffusive sampler using 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) reagent was found to be a suitable tool for measuring the formaldehyde concentration in an indoor environment. Park et al. [2] analyzed the in vitro toxicities which are incurred due to the mobilization metals from standard reference material 1648, fine (PM 2.5 ), and coarse (PM 10 ) particulate matter collected in Seoul metropolitan area. They reported that more damage to biomolecules was incurred upon exposure to PM 2.5 than to PM 10 and concluded that different arrays of metals were involved in the oxidation of DNA and proteins. Shin and Jo [3] examined the concentrations, emission rates,