Plastics debris, especially microplastics, have been found worldwide in all marine
compartments. Much research has been carried out on adsorbed pollutants on plastic …

Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) discharged in effluents of wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs), not specifically designed for their removal, pose serious hazards to human …

BFRs (brominated flame retardants) are a class of compounds that are added to or applied
to polymeric materials to avoid or reduce the spread of fire. Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) …

The impact of microplastics (MPs) on aquatic life, given their ubiquitous presence in the
water compartment, represents a growing concern. Consistently, scientific knowledge is …

Marine debris, especially plastic debris, is widely recognized as a global environmental
problem. There has been substantial research on the impacts of plastic marine debris, such …

Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a currently intensively used brominated flame retardant
(BFR), is employed primarily as a reactive flame retardant in printed circuit boards but also …

Components used in plastics, such as phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), are detected in humans. In …

A wastewater treatment plant may receive various types of wastewater namely, urban,
industrial, agricultural, washout from the streets, wet or/and dry atmospheric deposition. As …

Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) are brominated aliphatic cyclic hydrocarbons used as
flame retardants in thermal insulation building materials, upholstery textiles, and electronics …

Over the last few years, increasing evidence has become available that some brominated
flame retardants (BFRs) may have endocrine-disrupting (ED) potencies. The goal of the …