Water contamination by emerging contaminants is increasing in the context of rising
urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture production. Emerging contaminants refers to …

Alkylphenols and alkylphenol polyethoxylates are emerging hazardous contaminants due in
particular to their endocrine-disrupting properties. These compounds originate from …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have attracted much concern because of the
environmental and health risks they pose. Here we used liquid chromatography coupled …

New technologies have been developed around the world to tackle current emergencies
such as biowaste recycling, renewable energy production and reduction of environmental …

An accurate assessment of the absorption and accumulation of soil pollutants by plants is
essential to avoid the entry of toxic compounds into the human and animal food chain …

Abstract Background Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are considered to be related to
diabetes, but studies of the association between phenolic EDCs and gestational diabetes …

Over the past two decades, the presence of so-called emerging contaminants in various
environmental compartments around the world, such as water, sediments, soils and …

The uptake of organic pollutants by agricultural plants and their accumulation in edible parts
cause serious health problems to animals and humans. In this study, we used carbon-rich …

Alkylphenols ethoxylates are industrial surfactants, and the release in the environmental
matrices produces degraded products, of which nonylphenol (NP) and octylphenol (OP) …

tert-Octylphenol (4-tOP) and triclosan (TCS) are endocrine disruptors which have been
detected in environmental matrices such as air, soil and water at ultra-low levels. Exposure …