Browsing by Author "Michael, Costas"
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Assessment of long-term wastewater irrigation impacts on the soil geochemical properties and the bioaccumulation of heavy metals to the agricultural products
Christou, Anastasis; Eliadou, Elena; Michael, Costas; Hapeshi, E.; Fatta-kassinos, Despo (2014)An extensive field survey was employed for assessing the impacts of long-term wastewater irrigation of forage crops and orange orchards in three suburban agricultural areas in Cyprus (areas I, II, and III), as compared to ...
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Effects of wastewater applied with discrete irrigation techniques on strawberry plants’ productivity and the safety, quality characteristics and antioxidant capacity of fruits
Christou, Anastasis; Maratheftis, Grivas; Elia, Michael; Hapeshi, E.; Michael, Costas; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2016)•Wastewater was applied with drips and sprinklers for strawberry irrigation.•Irrigation treatments did not significantly impact fruits’ marketability and taste.•Heavy metals in strawberry fruits were below the MPLs for ...
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Impact assessment of the reuse of two discrete treated wastewaters for the irrigation of tomato crop on the soil geochemical properties, fruit safety and crop productivity
Christou, Anastasis; Maratheftis, Grivas; Eliadou, Elena; Michael, Costas; Hapeshi, E.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2014)•Treated wastewater from two tertiary treatment technologies was applied for irrigation.•Wastewater irrigation did not significantly impact soil heavy metal content.•Heavy metals in tomato fruits were within the safe limits ...
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Long-term wastewater irrigation of vegetables in real agricultural systems: Concentration of pharmaceuticals in soil, uptake and bioaccumulation in tomato fruits and human health risk assessment
Christou, Anastasis; Karaolia, Popi; Hapeshi, E.; Michael, Costas; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2017)Wastewater (WW) reuse for vegetable crops irrigation is regularly applied worldwide. Such a practice has been found to allow the uptake of pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) by plants and their subsequent entrance to ...
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Mineralisation of the antibiotic amoxicillin in pure and surface waters by artificial UVA- and sunlight-induced Fenton oxidation
Mavronikola, Chariklia; Demetriou, Maria; Hapeshi, E.; Partassides, Dora; Michael, Costas; Mantzavinos, D.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2009)BACKGROUND: The degradation and mineralisation of the antibiotic amoxicillin by photo-Fenton reactions, mediated by artificial UVA or solar irradiation, were investigated. Experiments were conducted with 30 mg L−1 amoxicillin ...
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Sequential coagulation–flocculation, solvent extraction and photo-Fenton oxidation for the valorization and treatment of olive mill effluent
Papaphilippou, P. C.; Yiannapas, Constantinos; Politi, Maria; Daskalaki, Vasileia M.; Michael, Costas; Kalogerakis, Nicolas; Mantzavinos, D.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2013)An innovative process battery comprising coagulation–flocculation, extraction of phenolic compounds and photo-Fenton post-oxidation has been developed for the valorization and treatment of olive mill effluents (OMEs). ...
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Stress-related phenomena and detoxification mechanisms induced by common pharmaceuticals in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) plants
Christou, Anastasis; Antoniou, C.; Christodoulou, Charalampia; Hapeshi, E.; Stavrou, Ioannis; Michael, Costas; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Fotopoulos, V. (2016)Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) have been recently shown to exert phytotoxic effects. The present study explores the uptake, systemic translocation, and abiotic stress responses and detoxification mechanisms ...
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Wastewater reuse applications and contaminants of emerging concern
Fatta-kassinos, Despo; Michael, Costas (2013)Issue Title: Wastewater reuse applications and contaminants of emerging concern (WRA & CEC 2012)