Review on emerging marine pollutants: sources, risks, and governance of EDCs, PFAS, microplastics, and antibiotics

Microplastics in the Environment: Integrated Perspectives on Sources, Ecological Risks, Degradation Pathways, and Sustainable Management

Microplastics (MPs) are one of the emerging contaminants(ECs), which are produced wide range of human activities, and due to their persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity they increasingly threaten the environment and have a negative impact on human health. This review presents the available literature regarding sour...

From Scientific Evidence to Regulatory Action: Emerging Contaminants and Adaptive Water Governance in Brazil

Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including pharmaceuticals, synthetic hormones, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bisphenol A, antibiotic-resistance determinants, and microplastics, are increasingly reported in Brazilian aquatic environments, yet the federal water-quality instruments examined here add...

A comprehensive review of the sources, distribution, ecological impacts, and remediation of persistent organic pollutants in India

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic chemicals characterized by lipophilic properties; they pose significant risks to human health and exhibit long-range transport. This systematic review presents the distribution of POPs in the Indian environment, encompassing their inter-phase dynamics, quantitative distr...

Systematic review of current approaches to prioritise chemical contaminants of emerging concern for research and management in the water industry

Graphical abstract outlines the aims of the study, the approach, findings and opportunities. Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC), such as pharmaceuticals, hormones and industrial chemicals, pose a significant challenge for the water industry due to their presence in matrices including wastewater and drinking wate...

Environmental presence and toxicological risks of octocrylene in the marine, coastal and transition ecosystems.

Personal care products, including ultraviolet (UV) filters, are increasingly recognized as emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. This review summarizes relevant data on the environmental presence of octocrylene (OC) in water, sediment and biota of coastal ecosystems as well as its toxicological effects. High envir...

PFAS Degradation Technologies and Mechanisms in Soil: A Review