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Hasintha Wijesekara

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Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Microplastics and Plastic PollutionPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental and Analytical Chemistry StudiesHeavy metals in environmentAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Hasintha Wijesekara works in Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies, Heavy metals in environment, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal. Recorded institutional associations include Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

84Publications
6,368Citations
33H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    2021 · 631 citations
  2. Impacts of climate change on the fate of contaminants through extreme weather events

    2023 · 626 citations
  3. Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk

    2019 · 571 citations
  4. Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review

    2019 · 569 citations
  5. Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport

    2021 · 555 citations
  6. Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils – To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

    2020 · 365 citations
  7. Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review

    2021 · 351 citations
  8. Adsorptive interaction of antibiotic ciprofloxacin on polyethylene microplastics: Implications for vector transport in water

    2020 · 247 citations
  9. Microplastics and plastics-associated contaminants in food and beverages; Global trends, concentrations, and human exposure

    2022 · 235 citations
  10. Treatment processes to eliminate potential environmental hazards and restore agronomic value of sewage sludge: A review

    2021 · 189 citations
  11. Nanoplastic occurrence, transformation and toxicity: a review

    2022 · 177 citations
  12. From mine to mind and mobiles – Lithium contamination and its risk management

    2021 · 162 citations
  13. Indoor Particulate Matter in Urban Households: Sources, Pathways, Characteristics, Health Effects, and Exposure Mitigation

    2021 · 130 citations
  14. Phosphorus–cadmium interactions in paddy soils

    2016 · 123 citations
  15. Mitigation of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated hazardous soils using organic amendments: A review

    2021 · 121 citations
  16. Trace element dynamics of biosolids-derived microbeads

    2018 · 100 citations
  17. RETRACTED: Boron contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings

    2023 · 97 citations
  18. The potential value of biochar in the mitigation of gaseous emission of nitrogen

    2017 · 87 citations
  19. Beryllium contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings

    2023 · 63 citations
  20. The impact of biosolids application on organic carbon and carbon dioxide fluxes in soil

    2017 · 61 citations
  21. On the mechanistic modeling of As(III) adsorption on gibbsite

    2003 · 60 citations
  22. Sustainable management of hazardous asbestos-containing materials: Containment, stabilization and inertization

    2023 · 55 citations
  23. Impact of wastewater derived dissolved organic carbon on reduction, mobility, and bioavailability of As(V) and Cr(VI) in contaminated soils

    2016 · 50 citations
  24. Tungsten contamination, behavior and remediation in complex environmental settings

    2023 · 50 citations
  25. The distribution, fate, and environmental impacts of food additive nanomaterials in soil and aquatic ecosystems

    2024 · 49 citations

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