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  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
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  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Ming Hung Wong is affiliated with the Education University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications in this field. Throughout their career, they have explored various subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Ecology.

The scientist's work frequently covers topics such as Heavy metals in environment, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, and Mercury impact and mitigation studies.

They have contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil (2020), published in Environment International
  • Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity of microplastics in the human body and health implications (2022), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Metabolomics Reveal Nanoplastic-Induced Mitochondrial Damage in Human Liver and Lung Cells (2022), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental health impacts of microplastics exposure on structural organization levels in the human body (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Health impacts of indoor air pollution from household solid fuel on children and women (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Ming Hung Wong has worked extensively with several frequent co-authors including Tatiana Minkina, Yu Bon Man, Vishnu D. Rajput, Jin Zhang, and Shengdao Shan.

Key venues for their publications include The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution, and Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

The scientist has also published books with WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks. Among these are Food Waste Valorisation (2022) and Sustainable Management of Invasive Species (2023).

Best Publications

  • Ecological restoration of mine degraded soils, with emphasis on metal contaminated soils.

    Ming Hung Wong

  • Effects of biofertilizer containing N-fixer, P and K solubilizers and AM fungi on maize growth: a greenhouse trial

    S. C. Wu;Z. H. Cao;Z. G. Li;K. C. Cheung

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): a review on environmental contamination in China.

    Jin Lin Liu;Ming Hung Wong;Ming Hung Wong

  • Bisphenol A (BPA) in China: A review of sources, environmental levels, and potential human health impacts

    Y. Q. Huang;Chris K C Wong;J. S. Zheng;H. Bouwman

  • Human health risk assessment of antibiotic resistance associated with antibiotic residues in the environment: A review.

    Yujie Ben;Caixia Fu;Min Hu;Lei Liu

  • Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil.

    Jing-Jie Guo;Xian-Pei Huang;Lei Xiang;Yi-Ze Wang

  • Electronic waste management approaches: An overview

    Peeranart Kiddee;Ravi Naidu;Ravi Naidu;Ming Hung Wong

  • Export of toxic chemicals – A review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling

    Ming Hung Wong;S. C. Wu;W. J. Deng;X. Z. Yu

  • Accumulation of lead, zinc, copper and cadmium by 12 wetland plant species thriving in metal-contaminated sites in China

    H. Deng;Z. H. Ye;Z. H. Ye;Ming Hung Wong

  • 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.

    Anna Oi Wah Leung;William J. Luksemburg;Anthony S. Wong;Ming Hung Wong

  • Heavy Metals Concentrations of Surface Dust from e-Waste Recycling and Its Human Health Implications in Southeast China

    Anna Oi Wah Leung;Nurdan S. Duzgoren-Aydin;K. C. Cheung;Ming Hung Wong

  • Handling e-waste in developed and developing countries: initiatives, practices, and consequences.

    Suthipong Sthiannopkao;Ming Hung Wong

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban surface dust of Guangzhou, China: Status, sources and human health risk assessment

    Wei Wang;Min juan Huang;Yuan Kang;Hong sheng Wang

  • Influence of pyrolysis temperature on properties and environmental safety of heavy metals in biochars derived from municipal sewage sludge

    Junwei Jin;Yanan Li;Jianyun Zhang;Shengchun Wu

  • Assessment of trace metal distribution and contamination in surface soils of Hong Kong.

    T. B. Chen;Jonathan W C Wong;H. Y. Zhou;Ming Hung Wong

  • Environmental mercury contamination in China: Sources and impacts☆

    L. Zhang;Ming Hung Wong

  • Environmental contamination from electronic waste recycling at Guiyu, southeast China

    Anna Oi Wah Leung;Zongwei Cai;Ming Hung Wong

  • Cadmium in rice: Transport mechanisms, influencing factors, and minimizing measures.

    Hui Li;Na Luo;Yan Wen Li;Quan Ying Cai

  • Characterization and corrosion studies of fluoride conversion coating on degradable Mg implants

    K. Y. Chiu;M. H. Wong;F. T. Cheng;Hau Chung Man

  • The role of citric acid on the phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil

    Y. X. Chen;Q. Lin;Y. M. Luo;Y. F. He

  • Cancer risk assessments of Hong Kong soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Yu Bon Man;Yuan Kang;Hong Sheng Wang;Hong Sheng Wang;Winifred Lau

  • Trace metal contamination of sediments in an e-waste processing village in China.

    Coby S. C. Wong;S. C. Wu;Nurdan S. Duzgoren-Aydin;Adnan Aydin

  • Distributions and concentrations of PAHs in Hong Kong soils.

    H. B. Zhang;Y. M. Luo;Y. M. Luo;Ming Hung Wong;Q. G. Zhao;Q. G. Zhao

  • A review on the usage of POP pesticides in China, with emphasis on DDT loadings in human milk.

    Ming Hung Wong;Anna Oi Wah Leung;J. K.Y. Chan;M. P.K. Choi

  • Assessment of metal and nutrient concentrations in river water and sediment collected from the cities in the Pearl River Delta, South China.

    K. C. Cheung;B. H.T. Poon;C. Y. Lan;Ming Hung Wong

  • Evidence of excessive releases of metals from primitive e-waste processing in Guiyu, China

    Coby S.C. Wong;Nurdan S. Duzgoren-Aydin;Adnan Aydin;Ming Hung Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris K.C. Wong
Chris K.C. Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Ce-Hui Mo
Ce-Hui Mo Jinan University
Nora F.Y. Tam
Nora F.Y. Tam Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Zhihong Ye
Zhihong Ye Sun Yat-sen University
Xiangui Lin
Xiangui Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Dongmei Zhou
Dongmei Zhou Nanjing University
Charles Wang Wai Ng
Charles Wang Wai Ng Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Jonathan W.C. Wong
Jonathan W.C. Wong Hong Kong Baptist University

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