PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

I. Environmental and health risk assessments of persistent toxic substances
1. Lin SY, Man YB, Chow KL, Zheng CM, Wong MH* (2020). Impacts of the influx of e-waste into Hong Kong after China has tightened up entry regulations. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol, 50(2), 105-34.
2. Ali MU, Lin SY, Yousaf B, Abbas Q, Hameed R, Zheng CM, Kuang XX, Wong MH* (2020). Emission sources and full spectrum of health impacts of black carbon associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban environment: A review. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol, 1-40.
3. Zhang F, Man YB, Mo WY, Man KY, Wong MH* (2019). Direct and indirect effects of microplastics on bivalves, with a focus on edible species: A mini-review. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol, 1-35.
4. Xie H, Hao H, Xu N*, Liang X, Gao D, Xu Y, Gao Y, Tao H, Wong MH* (2019). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water, sediments, aquatic organisms, and fish feeds in the Pearl River Delta: Occurrence, distribution, potential sources, and health risk assessment. Sci Total Environ 659: 230-9.
5. Zabala A (2019). Interview (Wong MH)- Illegal electronic waste recycling trends. Nature Sustainability, 2(5), 353.
6. Wang W, Leung AOW, Chu LH, Wong MH* (2018).  Phthalates contamination in China: Status, trends and human exposure-with an emphasis on oral intake. Environ Pollut 238: 771-82.
7. Ye BS, Leung AOW, Wong MH* (2017). The association of environmental toxicants and autism spectrum disorders in children. Environ Pollut 227: 234-42.
8. Man YB, Chow KL, Xing GH, Chan JKY, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2017). A pilot study on health risk assessment based on body loadings of PCBs of lactating mothers at Taizhou, China, the world's major site for recycling transformers. Environ Pollut 227: 364-71.
9. Cheng Z, Li HH, Wang HS, Zhu XM, Sthiannopkao S, Kim KW, Yasin MSM, Hashim JH, Wong MH* (2016). Dietary exposure and human risk assessment of phthalate esters based on total diet study in Cambodia. Environ Res 150: 423-30.
10. Wu F, Liu X, Wang W, Man YB, Chan CY, Liu W, Tao S, Wong MH* (2015). Characterization of particulate-bound PAHs in rural households using different types of domestic energy in Henan Province, China. Sci Total Environ 536: 840-46.
11. Chen ZJ, Liu HY, Cheng Z, Man YB, Zhang KS, Wei W, Du J, Wong MH*, Wang HS* (2015). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in human samples of mother–newborn pairs in S China and their placental transfer characteristics. Environ Int 73: 77-84.
12. Wu F, Wang W, Man YB, Chan CY, Liu W, Tao S, Wong MH* (2015). Levels of PM2.5/PM10 and associated metal(loid)s in rural households of Henan Province, China. Sci Total Environ 512-13: 194-200.
13. Man YB, Chan JKY, Wang HS, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2014). DDTs in mothers' milk, placenta and hair, and health risk assessment for infants at two coastal and inland cities in China. Environ Int 65: 73-82.
14. Wang HS, Jiang GM, Chen ZJ, Du J, Man, YB, Giesy JP, Wong CKC, Wong MH* (2013). Concentrations and congener profiles of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in blood plasma from Hong Kong: Implications for sources and exposure route. J Hazard Mater 261: 253-59. 
15. Wang W, Wu F, Zheng J, Wong MH* (2013). Risk assessments of PAHs and Hg exposure via settled house dust and street dust, linking with their correlations in human hair. J Hazard Mater 263: 627-37.
16. Wang W, Wu FY, Huang MJ, Kang Y, Cheung KC, Wong MH* (2013). Size fraction effect on phthalate esters accumulation, bioaccessibility and in vitro cytotoxicity of indoor/outdoor dust, and risk assessment of human exposure. J Hazard Mater 261: 753-62.
17. Man YB, Kang Y, Wang HS, Lau W, Li H, Sun XL, Giesy JP, Chow KL, Wong MH* (2013). Cancer risk assessments of Hong Kong soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. J Hazard Mater 261: 770-6.
18. Chan JKY, Wong MH* (2013) A review of environmental fate, body burdens, and human health risk assessment of PCDD/Fs at two typical electronic waste recycling sites in China. Sci Total Environ 463-464: 1111-23.
19. Liu JL, Wong MH* (2013). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): A review on environmental contamination in China. Environ Int 59: 208-24.
20. Shao DD, Wu SC, Liang P, Kang Y, Fu WJ, Zhao KL, Cao ZH, Wong MH* (2012). A human health risk assessment of mercury species in soil and food around compact fluorescent lamp factories in Zhejiang province, PR China. J Hazard Mater 221-222: 28-34.
21. Kang Y, Man YB, Cheung KC, Wong MH* (2012). Risk assessment of human exposure to bioaccessible phthalate esters via indoor dust around the Pearl River Delta. Environ Sci Technol 46: 8422-30
22. Huang YQ, Wong CKC, Zheng JS, Bouwman H, Barra R, Wahlstrom B, Neretin L, Wong MH* (2012). Bisphenol A (BPA) in China: A review of sources, environmental levels, and potential human health impacts Environ Int 42: 91-9.
23. Man YB, Lopez BN, Wang HS, Leung AOW, Wong MH* (2011). Cancer risk assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in former agricultural soils in Hong Kong. J Hazard Mater 195: 92-9.
24. Qin YY, Leung CKC, Lin CK, Leung AOW, Wang HS, Giesy JP, Wong MH* (2011). Halogenated POPs and PAHs in blood plasma of Hong Kong residents. Environ Sci Technol 45: 1630-7.
25. Tsang HL, Wu SC, Leung CKM, Tao S, Wong MH* (2011) Body burden of POPs of Hong Kong residents, based on human milk, maternal and cord serum. Environ Int 37:142-51.
26. Kang Y, Cheung KC, Wong MH* (2010) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in different indoor dusts and their potential cytotoxicity based on two human cell lines. Environ Int 36: 542-7.
27. Man YB, Sun XL, Zhao YG, Lopez BN, Chung SS, Wu SC, Cheung KC, Wong MH* (2010) Health risk assessment of abandoned agricultural soils based on heavy metal contents in Hong Kong, the world's most populated city. Environ Int 36: 570–6.
28. Tsang HL, Wu SC, Wong CKC, Leung CKM, Tao S, Wong MH* (2009). Risk assessment of PCDD/Fs levels in human tissues related to major food items based on chemical analyses and micro-EROD assay. Environ Int 35: 1040-7.
29. Xing GH, Chan JKY, Leung A, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2009) Environmental impact and human exposure to PCBs in Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in China. Environ Int 35: 76-82.
30. Leung AOW, Duzgoren-Aydin NS, Cheung KC, Wong MH* (2008). Heavy metals concentrations of surface dust from e-waste recycling and its human health implications in southeast China. Environ Sci Technol 42: 2674-80.
31. Zheng GJ, Leung AOW, Li PJ, Wong MH* (2008). Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans pollution in China: Sources, environmental levels and potential human health impacts. Environ Int 34: 1050-61.
32. Chan JKY, Xing GH, Yu Y, Liang Y, Chen LX, Wu SC, Wong CKC, Leung CKM, Wong MH* (2007). Body loadings and health risk assessment of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans at an intensive electronic waste recycling site in China. Environ Sci Technol 41: 7668-74.
33. Leung AOW, Luksemburg WJ, Wong AS, Wong MH* (2007). Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in soil and combusted residue at Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in southeast China. Environ Sci Technol 41:2730-7.
34. Wong MH*, Wu SC, Deng WJ, Yu XZ, Luo Q, Leung AOW, Wong CSC, Lukesmburg WJ, Wong AS (2007). Export of toxic chemicals – A review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling. Environ Pollut 149:131-40.
35. Deng WJ, Zheng JS, Bi XH, Fu JM, Wong MH* (2007). Distribution of PBDEs in air particles from an electronic waste recycling site compared with Guangzhou and Hong Kong, South China. Environ Int 33: 1063-9.

II. Ecological restoration of contaminated sites
1. Chen XW, Wong JTF, Wang JJ*, Wong MH* (2020). Vetiver grass-microb interactions for soil remediation. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol, DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2020.1738193
2. Wong JTF, Chen X, Deng W, Chai Y, Ng CWW*, Wong MH* (2019). Effects of biochar on bacterial communities in a newly established landfill cover topsoil. J Environ Manage 236: 667-73.
3. Li H, Li X, Xiang L, Zhao HM, Li YW, Cai QY*, Zhu L, Mo CH, Wong MH* (2018). Phytoremediation of soil co-contaminated with Cd and BDE-209 using hyperaccumulator enhanced by AM fungi and surfactant. Sci Total Environ 613: 447-55.
4. Chen XW, Kang Y, So YP, Ng CWW*, Wong MH* (2018). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase the proportion of cellulose and hemicellulose in the root stele of vetiver grass. Plant Soil 425: 309-19
5. Wong JTF, Chen Z, Wong AYY, Ng CWW*, Wong MH* (2018). Effects of biochar on hydraulic conductivity of compacted kaolin clay. Environ Pollut 234: 468-72.
6. Li WC, Deng H, Wong MH* (2017). Effects of Fe plaque and organic acids on metal uptake by wetland plants under drained and waterlogged conditions. Environ Pollut, 231, 732-41.
7. Chen XW, Wong JTF, Leung AOW, Ng CWW*, Wong MH* (2017). Comparison of plant and bacterial communities between a subtropical landfill topsoil 15 years after restoration and a natural area. Waste Manage 63: 49-57.
8. Feng NX, Yu J, Zhao HM, Cheng YT, Mo CH*, Cai QY, Li YW, Li H, Wong MH* (2017). Efficient phytoremediation of organic contaminants in soils using plant–endophyte partnerships. Sci Total Environ 583: 352-68.
9. Li H, Luo N, Li YW, Cai QY, Li HY, Mo CH*, Wong MH* (2017). Cadmium in rice: Transport mechanisms, influencing factors, and minimizing measures. Environ Pollut 224: 622-30.
10. Chow KL, Man YB, Tam NFY, Liang Y, Wong MH* (2017). Removal of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) using a combined system involving TiO 2 photocatalysis and wetland plants. J Hazard Mater 322: 263-9.
11. Chow KL, Man YB, Tam NFY, Liang Y, Wong MH* (2016). Removal of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) using a combined system involving TiO2 photocatalysis and wetland plants. J Hazard Mater 322, 263-9.
12. Chow KL, Man, YB, Tam NFY, Liang Y, Wong MH* (2015). Uptake and transport mechanisms of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) by rice (Oryza sativa). Chemosphere, 119: 1262-67.
13. Chan WF, Li H, Wu FY, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2013). Arsenic uptake in upland rice inoculated with a combination or single arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. J Hazard Mater 262: 1116-22.
14. Liang P, Li YC, Zhang C, Wu SC, Cui HJ, Yu S, Wong MH* (2013). Effects of salinity and humic acid on the sorption of Hg on Fe and Mn hydroxides. J Hazard Mater 15: 322-8.
15. Li H, Man YB, Ye ZH, Wu C, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2013). Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect arsenic accumulation and speciation in rice with different radial oxygen loss? J Hazard Mater 262: 1098-104.
16. Li WC, Wong MH* (2012). Interaction of Cd/Zn hyperacumulating plant (Sedum alfredii) and rhizosphere bacteria on metal uptake and removal of phenanthrene. J Hazard Mater 209/210: 421-33.
17. Li H, Wu C, Ye ZH, Wu SC, Wu FY, Wong MH* (2011). Uptake kinetics of different arsenic species in lowland and upland rice colonized with Glomus intraradices. J Hazard Mater 194: 414-21.
18. Li H, Ye ZH, Chan WF, Chen XW, Wu FY, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2011). Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve grain yield, As uptake and tolerance of rice grown under aerobic conditions? Environ Pollut 159: 2537-45.
19. Yu XZ, Wu SC, Wu FY, Wong MH* (2011) Enhanced dissipation of PAHs from soil using mycorrhizal ryegrass and PAH-degrading bacteria. J Hazard Mater 186: 1206-17.
20. Wu C, Ye ZH, Shu WS, Zhu YG, Wong MH* (2011). Arsenic accumulation and speciation in rice are affected by root aeration and variation of genotypes. J Exp Bot 62: 2889-98.
21. Wu FY, Yu XZ, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2011). Phenanthrene and pyrene uptake by arbuscular mycorrhizal maize and their dissipation in soil. J Hazard Mater 187: 341-7.
22. Leung HM, Wu FY, Cheung KC, Ye ZH, Wong MH* (2010). Synergistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphate rock on heavy metal uptake and accumulation by an arsenic hyperaccumulator. J Hazard Mater 181: 497-507.
23. Gao Y, Wu SC, Yu XZ, Wong MH* (2010). Dissipation gradients of phenanthrene and pyrene in the rice rhizosphere. Environ Pollut 158: 2596-603.
24. Deng D, Wu SC, Wu FY, Deng H, Wong MH* (2010). Effects of root anatomy and Fe plaque on arsenic uptake by rice seedlings grown in solution culture. Environ Pollut 158: 2589-95.
25. Li WC, Ye ZH, Wong MH* (2010). Metal mobilization and production of short-chain organic acids by rhizosphere bacteria associated with a Cd/Zn hyperaccumulating plant, Sedum alfredii. Plant Soil 326: 453-67.
26. Wu FY, Bi YL, Leung HM, Ye ZH, Lin XG, Wong MH* (2010). Accumulation of As, Pb, Zn, Cd and Cu and arbuscular mycorrhizal status in populations of Cynodon dactylon grown on metal-contaminated soils. Appl Soil Ecol 44: 213-8.
27. Wu SC, Peng XL, Cheung KC, Liu SL, Wong MH* (2009). Adsorption kinetics of Pb and Cd by two plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Biores Technol 100: 4559-63.
28. Liu Y, Wang HB, Wong MH*, Ye ZH* (2009). The role of arsenate reductase and superoxide dismutase in As accumulation in four Pteris species. Environ Int 35: 491-5.
29. Wu FY, Leung HM, Wu SC, Ye ZH, Wong MH* (2009). Variation in arsenic, lead and zinc tolerance and accumulation in six populations of Pteris vittata L. from China. Environ Pollut 157: 2394-404.
30. Lou LQ, Ye ZH*, Wong MH* (2009). A comparison of arsenic tolerance, uptake and accumulation between arsenic hyperaccumulator, Pteris vittata and non-accumulator, P. semipinnata - A hydroponic study. J Hazard Mat 171: 436-42.
31. Deng H, Ye ZH, Wong MH* (2009). Lead, zinc and iron (Fe2+) tolerances in wetland plants and relation to root anatomy and spatial pattern of ROL. Environ Exp Bot 65: 353-62.
32. Cheung KC, Zhang JY, Deng HH, Ou YK, Leung HM, Wu SC, Wong MH* (2008). Interaction of higher plant (jute), electrofused bacteria and mycorrhiza on anthracene biodegradation. Biores Technol 99: 2148-55.
33. Li WC, Ye ZH, Wong MH* (2007). Effects of bacteria on enhanced metal uptake of the Cd/Zn -hyperaccumulating plant, Sedum alfredii. J Exp Bot 58: 4173-82.
34. Cao WZ, Wong MH* (2007). Current status of coastal zone issues and management in China: a review. Environ Int 33: 985-92.

III. Recycling of food waste, with emphasis on safe and quality fish production
1. Man KY, Chow KL, Man YB, Mo WY, Wong MH* (2020). Use of biochar as feed supplements for animal farming. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol. 1-31. doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2020.1721980
2. Fu MM, Mo CH, Li H, Zhang YN, Huang WX, Wong MH* (2019). Comparison of physicochemical properties of biochars and hydrochars produced from food wastes. J Clean Product.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117637.
3. Zhang F, Man YB, Mo WY, Wong MH* (2019). Application of Spirulina in aquaculture: a review on wastewater treatment and fish growth. Rev Aqua. 1-18. doi: 10.1111/raq.12341
4. Mo WY, Man YB, Zhang F, Wong MH* (2019). Fermented food waste for culturing jade perch and Nile tilapia: Growth performance and health risk assessment based on metal/loids. J Hazard Mater 236: 236-44.
5. Mo WY, Man YB, Wong MH* (2018). Use of food waste, fish waste and food processing waste for China's aquaculture industry: Needs and challenge. Sci Total Environ 613–614: 635-43.
6. Wong MH (2017). Chemical pollution and seafood safety, with a focus on mercury: The case of Pearl River Delta, South China. Environ Technol Innov 7: 63-76.
7. Mo WY, Lun CHI, Choi WM, Man YB, Wong MH* (2016). Enhancing growth and non-specific immunity of grass carp and Nile tilapia by incorporating Chinese herbs (Astragalus membranaceus and Lycium barbarum) into food waste based pellets. Environ Pollut 219: 475-82.
8. Mo WY, Lau RSS, Kwok ACK, Wong MH* (2016). Use of soybean meal and papain to partially replace animal protein for culturing three marine fish species: Fish growth and water quality. Environ Pollut 219: 815-20.
9. Wong MH*, Mo WY, Choi WM, Cheng Z, Man YB (2016). Recycle food wastes into high quality fish feeds for safe and quality fish production. Environ Pollut 219:631-8.
10. Chen RZ, Wong MH* (2016). Integrated wetlands for food production. Environ Res 148: 429-42.
11. Cheng Z, Mo WY, Lam CL, Choi WM, Wong MH* (2015). Replacing fish meal by food waste to produce lower trophic level fish containing acceptable levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Health risk assessments. Sci Total Environ 523: 253-61.
12. Cheng Z, Mo WY, Man YB, Nie XP, Li KB, Wong MH* (2015). Replacing fish meal by food waste in feed pellets to culture lower trophic level fish containing acceptable levels of organochlorine pesticides: Health risk assessments. Environ Int 73: 22-7.
13. Liang P, Feng XB, Zhang C, Zhang J, Cao YC, You QZ, Leung OW Anna, Wong MH* (2015). Human exposure to mercury in a compact fluorescent lamp manufacturing area: By food (rice and fish) consumption and occupational exposure. Environ Pollut 198: 126-32.
14. Choi WM, Lam CL, Mo WY, Cheng Z, Mak NK, Bian, ZX, Wong MH* (2014). Effects of the modified Huanglian Jiedu decoction on the disease resistance in grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) to Lactococcus garvieae. Mar Pollut Bull 85: 816-23.
15. Choi WM, Mo WY, Wu SC, Mak NK, Bian ZX, Wong MH* (2014). Effects of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) on the immune response of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Aqua Int 22: 361-77.
16. Mo WY, Cheng Z, Choi WM, Man YB, Liu YH, Wong MH* (2014). Application of food waste- based diets in polyculture of low trophic level fish: Effects on fish growth, water quality and plankton density. Mar Pollut Bull 85: 803-09.
17. Wang HS, Chen ZJ, Cheng Z, Du J, Man YB, Leung HM, Giesy JP, Wong CKC, Wong MH* (2014). Aquaculture-derived enrichment of HCHs and DDTs in coastal sediments of Hong Kong and adjacent mainland China. Sci Total Environ 466-467: 214-20.
18. Liang P, Lam CL, Wang HS, Shi JB, Wu SC, Wang WX, Zhang J, Wang HL, Wong MH* (2013). Formation and distribution of methylmercury in sediments on a mariculture site: A mesocosm study. J Soil Sed 13: 1301-8.
19. Cheng Z, Nie XP, Wang HS, Wong MH* (2013). Risk assessments of human exposure to bioaccessible phthalate esters through market fish consumption. Environ Int 57-58: 75-80.
20. Wang HS, Chen ZJ, Wei W, Man YB, Giesy JP, Du J, Zhang G, Wong CKC, Wong MH* (2013). Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in human blood plasma from Hong Kong: markers of exposure and sources from fish. Environ Int 54: 18-25.
21. Wang HS, Xu WF, Chen ZJ, Cheng Z, Ge LC, Man YB, Giesy JP, Du J, Wong CKC, Wong MH* (2013). In vitro estimation of exposure of Hong Kong residents to mercury and methylmercury via consumption of market fishes. J Hazard Mater 248-9: 387-93.
22. Wang HS, Du J, Ho KL, Leung HM, Lam MHW, Giesy JP, Wong CKC, Wong MH* (2011). Exposure of Hong Kong residents to PBDEs and their structural analogues through market fish consumption. J Hazard Mater 192: 374-80.
23. Cheung KC, Zheng JS, Leung HM, Wong MH* (2008). Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers associated with consumption of marine and freshwater fish in Hong Kong. Chemosphere 70:1707-20.

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