Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes

KL Law, MJ Sobkowicz, MP Shaver… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
A diversity of chemicals are intentionally added to plastics to enhance their properties and
aid in manufacture. Yet the accumulated chemical composition of these materials is …

Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on marine and freshwater microalgae–A review

HB Othman, FR Pick, AS Hlaili… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The first synthetic review of the PAHs effects on microalgae in experimental studies and
aquatic ecosystems is provided. Phytoplankton and phytobenthos from marine and …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring BPA alternatives–Environmental levels and toxicity review

O Adamovsky, KJ Groh, A Białk-Bielińska… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bisphenol A alternatives are manufactured as potentially less harmful substitutes of
bisphenol A (BPA) that offer similar functionality. These alternatives are already in the …

Ecotoxicity characterization of chemicals: Global recommendations and implementation in USEtox

M Owsianiak, MZ Hauschild, L Posthuma, E Saouter… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemicals emitted to the environment affect ecosystem health from local to global scale, and
reducing chemical impacts has become an important element of European and global …

Potential for machine learning to address data gaps in human toxicity and ecotoxicity characterization

K von Borries, H Holmquist, M Kosnik… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Machine Learning (ML) is increasingly applied to fill data gaps in assessments to quantify
impacts associated with chemical emissions and chemicals in products. However, the …

Predictive in silico models for aquatic toxicity of cosmetic and personal care additive mixtures

YT Yang, HG Ni - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
As emerging environmental contaminants, cosmetic and personal care additives (CPCAs)
may have less oversight than other consumer products. Their continuous release and …

Ecological risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds in Brazilian surface waters

AT de Rezende, AH Mounteer - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds are organic micropollutants that can
cause adverse effects at low concentrations. Their occurrence in surface waters has been …

Application of machine learning in nanotoxicology: a critical review and perspective

Y Zhou, Y Wang, W Peijnenburg… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The massive production and application of nanomaterials (NMs) have raised concerns
about the potential adverse effects of NMs on human health and the environment …

Multigenerational toxicity of microplastics derived from two types of agricultural mulching films to Folsomia candida

S van Loon, L de Jeu, R Hurley, S Kernchen… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Degradation and fragmentation of mulching films represents an increasing source of
microplastics (MPs, plastic particles 1 μm to 5 mm in size) to agricultural soils. MPs have …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping chemical footprints of organic micropollutants in European streams

S Finckh, E Carmona, D Borchardt, O Büttner… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is increasing awareness that chemical pollution of freshwater systems with complex
mixtures of chemicals from domestic sources, agriculture and industry may cause a …