Worldwide cases of water pollution by emerging contaminants: a review

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, G Liu, V Balaram… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Water contamination by emerging contaminants is increasing in the context of rising
urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture production. Emerging contaminants refers to …

Microplastics as an emerging source of particulate air pollution: A critical review

S Sridharan, M Kumar, L Singh, NS Bolan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accumulation of plastic litter exerts pressure on the environment. Microplastics (MPs)
pollution has become a universal challenge due to the overexploitation of plastic products …

[HTML][HTML] An introduction to the sources, fate, occurrence and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals released into the environment

CD Metcalfe, S Bayen, M Desrosiers, G Muñoz… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many classes of compounds are known or suspected to disrupt the endocrine system of
vertebrate and invertebrate organisms. This review of the sources and fate of selected …

Thyroid disrupting effects of old and new generation PFAS

F Coperchini, L Croce, G Ricci, F Magri… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) represent a group of synthetic compounds
widely used in industry plants due to their low grade of degradation, surfactant properties …

Persulfate-based degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in aqueous solution: Review on influences, mechanisms and …

L Yang, L He, J Xue, Y Ma, Z Xie, L Wu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) have attracted
global attention due to their chemical durability, wide distribution, biotoxicity and …

The influence of global climate change on accumulation and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in Arctic food webs

K Borgå, MA McKinney, H Routti, KJ Fernie… - … Science: Processes & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This review summarizes current understanding of how climate change-driven physical and
ecological processes influence the levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and …

Are microplastics destabilizing the global network of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem services?

S Sridharan, M Kumar, NS Bolan, L Singh… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastic has created a new man-made ecosystem called plastisphere. The plastic pieces
including microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have emerged as a global concern …

The next frontier of environmental unknowns: substances of unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products, or biological materials (UVCBs)

A Lai, AM Clark, BI Escher, M Fernandez… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Substances of unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products, or biological
materials (UVCBs) are over 70 000 “complex” chemical mixtures produced and used at …

Discussion. Has the human population become a sentinel for the adverse effects of PFAS contamination on wildlife health and endangered species?

DQ Andrews, T Stoiber, AM Temkin… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global contamination with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) poses a threat to both
human health and the environment, with significant implications for ecological conservation …

A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals

R Dietz, RJ Letcher, J Aars, M Andersen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been a considerable number of reports on Hg concentrations in Arctic mammals
since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review …