Importance of a Nanoscience Approach in the Understanding of Major Aqueous Contamination Scenarios: Case Study from a Recent Coal Ash Spill

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 3375 - 3382
• Main Authors: Yang, Yi, Colman, Benjamin P, Bernhardt, Emily S, Hochella, Michael F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 17.03.2015
• Subjects: Arsenic; Arsenic - analysis; By products; Chemical Hazard Release; Coal; Coal Ash - analysis; Coal Ash - chemistry; Contamination; Environmental health; Ferric Compounds - chemistry; Fly ash; Freshwater; Metal Nanoparticles - analysis; Metals - analysis; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission - methods; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology - methods; North Carolina; Rivers; Titanium - analysis; Titanium - chemistry; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrafiltration; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; North Carolina; United States > US; ANW, USA, North Carolina

A coal ash spill that occurred from an ash impoundment pond into the Dan River, North Carolina, provided a unique opportunity to study the significance and role of naturally occurring and incidental nanomaterials associated with contaminant distribution from a large-scale, acute aquatic contaminatio...