SKLMP Members Won 2022 ES&T Best Paper Award from American Chemical Society

Congratulations to our members, Prof. Xiangru Zhang from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Prof. Xiaoyan Li from the University of Hong Kong, and our Director Prof. Kenneth Leung! Their publication, titled "Which micropollutants in water environments deserve more attention globally?", has been awarded the first joint winner in the “Critical Review” category of the 2022 Environmental Science and Technology Best Paper Awards by the American Chemical Society.

The research team proposes the use of the weighted average risk quotient, which integrates the risk intensity and frequency of micropollutants in global aquatic environments, to objectively determine priority chemical pollutants of concern. Through this novel metadata analysis, they have identified 53 micropollutants of priority concerns, such as pharmaceuticals (e.g., sulfamethoxazole and ibuprofen), pesticides (e.g., heptachlor and diazinon), and industrial chemicals (e.g., perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and 4-nonylphenol), for their risk management and remediation efforts. The results have profound implications for the management of these listed chemicals in aquatic environments worldwide.

More information: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04250