Organisms in polluted environments are typically exposed to a complex mixture of chemical
contaminants. The great concern about the health of aquatic ecosystems has led to the …

The brown mussel Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) is a valuable resource for aquaculture in
tropical and subtropical coastal regions. It presents desirable characteristics for …

A fast, simple and robust method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of
23 pharmaceuticals (including some major metabolites) in bivalve mollusks. The analytes …

Pharmaceutical discharges into the aquatic ecosystem are of environmental concern and
sewage treatment plants (STPs) have been pointed out as the major source of these …

The guidelines for the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) of pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (PPCP) recommend the use of standard ecotoxicity assays and the …

The antihypertensive losartan (LOS) has been detected in wastewater and environmental
matrices, however further studies focused on assessing the ecotoxicological effects on …

Estrogen levels were assessed in surface sediments from one of the most industrialized and
urbanized estuarine systems in Latin America (SSES, Santos and São Vicente estuarine …

Urban waste is a complex mixture of different substances, including microplastics and
pharmaceuticals and personal care products. Microplastics have a high affinity for …

Globally, there is a lack of knowledge about tropical ecotoxicology dealing with the potential
impact of metal contamination in mangrove ecosystem. This habitat is considered a nursery …

There is a global lack of knowledge on tropical ecotoxicology, particularly in terms of
mangrove areas. These areas often serve as nurseries or homes for several animal species …