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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment
March 2017
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are a unique group of emerging environmental contaminants, due to their inherent ability to induce physiological effects in human at low doses. An...
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Pesticides toxicity in fish: Histopathological and hemato-biochemical aspects – A review
September 2023
Pesticides are from the potent chemical contaminants in aquatic environment. These chemicals are routed into the aquatic environment through several natural and anthropogenic activities. Pesticides...
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Sodium lauryl sulfate and its potential impacts on organisms and the environment: A thematic analysis
March 2023
Due to its ubiquitous presence in the environment and the lack of a scientific consensus regarding the environmental safety of the widely used anionic surfactant Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (CAS No: 151-21-3),...
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Sources and factors influencing groundwater quality and associated health implications: A review
June 2023
Groundwater is essential for man's well-being and survival and is imperative for promoting public health. A wide range of groundwater quality studies have been conducted globally. However, there is...
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Heavy metals accumulation in some important fish species cultured in commercial fish farm of Natore, Bangladesh and possible health risk evaluation
December 2023
Heavy metal contamination in aquatic environment is a serious concern throughout the world. Metal contamination are responsible for the accumulation of metals within the fish body. And, consumption...
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Steroid hormones in wastewater: Sources, treatments, environmental risks, and regulations
June 2023
Steroid hormones are micropollutants that contaminate the water worldwide and exhibit a significant threat to human health and the environment even at low concentrations. Steroid hormones are among...
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Biomarker for monitoring heavy metal pollution in aquatic environment: An overview toward molecular perspectives
2022
Water pollution is a significant problem in almost all parts of the world. The complexity of anthropogenic activities along the watershed seems to lead the river to function as a giant disposal container....
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Emerging contaminants as global environmental hazards. A bibliometric analysis
2020
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed scientific literature on emerging contaminants published from 2000 through 2019. A total of 4968 documents (among research articles and review...
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Analysis of microplastics in spring water
March 2024
Springs are crucial as primary water sources for various human needs, including in Batu City, East Java, Indonesia. Preserving the integrity of these springs is essential to protect them from contamination,...
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Heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment of road dust from landfills in Dhaka-Narayanganj, Bangladesh
March 2024
In the recent years, air pollution has become an alarming issue for human health in many rapidly growing megacities including Dhaka and Narayanganj. Herein, pollution status and health risk have been...
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The face mask: A tale from protection to pollution and demanding sustainable solution
June 2024
The usage of face masks in various sectors of healthcare facilities dates back to years ago. However, the utilization of facial coverings experienced a rapid surge as a result of the escalating rate...
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Unveiling the next generation of bisphenol analogs and their impact on human health using in vitro methods
June 2024
Bisphenols are a group of organic compounds used frequently in industries to make plastics, coatings, and resins. These compounds recently gained attention due to their potential endocrine-disrupting...
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A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of sources and analytical approaches of indoor microplastics
March 2024
This systematic review and bibliometric analysis offer a comprehensive exploration of microplastics (MPs) in indoor air environments up to 2023. This article provides robust insights into the most recent...
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Toxicity assessment of bioplastics on brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) and cell lines
December 2023
Polylactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene succinate (PBS), are categorized as biodegradable bioplastics that have progressively being utilized as food packaging replacing the obtrusive petroleum plastic....
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The associations of heavy metals exposure in water sources to the risk of stunting cases
December 2023
Stunting is a condition of failure in children-under-five's growth as a result of chronic malnutrition. Thus children become too short for their age, or a condition when a person is shorter than the...
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Determination of organochlorine pesticides from juice samples using magnetic biochar-based dispersive micro-solid phase extraction in combination with dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction
March 2024
Analysis of pesticide residue levels in juice beverages is important to ensure safe consumption and avoid global trade concerns associated to pesticide contaminations. A simple, inexpensive and effective...
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Legacy and novel PFASs in wastewater, natural water, and drinking water: Occurrence in Western Countries vs China
September 2023
A critical examination of the occurrence of PFASs in wastewater, surface water, groundwater, and drinking water is presented. Given the ongoing shift towards substitutes of legacy PFASs and the rising...
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Engineered nanoparticles in aquatic systems: Toxicity and mechanism of toxicity in fish
June 2023
Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) have gained attention in the world of technology due to their diverse and unique properties compared to their pristine counterparts. Their tunable physical, chemical,...
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Is atmospheric pathway a significant contributor to microplastics in the marine environment?
June 2024
Transmission of microplastics (MPs) through aerosolization has been recently realized as an important route. Inspite of the reports of the ubiquitous MP presence in aerosols, the spatio-temporal information...
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The surveillance of arsenic levels in the drinking water of primary schools and the assessment of the potential cancer-related health risks of children in Multan, Pakistan
March 2024
To investigate the levels of arsenic (As) in the groundwater and drinking water of primary schools and their potential impact on human health is main objective of this study. To assess risk, the following...
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Sources, analysis, and health implications of atmospheric microplastics
September 2023
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging environmental contaminants pervasive in the environment. Studies have revealed that the majority of airborne MPs are in the form of fiber. Inhaled atmospheric MPs adversely...
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Implication of sewage sludge increased application rates on soil fertility and heavy metals contamination risk
March 2023
This paper aims to assess soil fertility and risk contamination parameters in response to increased amendment rates of sewage sludge application, under semi-arid climatic conditions of Morocco, using...
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Monitoring dioxins and PCBs in eggs as sensitive indicators for environmental pollution and global contaminated sites and recommendations for reducing and controlling releases and exposure
2022
This review compiles information on PCDD/F- and PCB-contaminated eggs from 20 years of global egg monitoring around emission sources in four continents conducted by the International Pollutants Elimination...
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Sources and environmental fate of pyrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Arctic
2019
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are large class of hydrophobic, semi-volatile organic contaminants that may enter the environment from both natural sources and anthropogenic activities. Pyrogenic...
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Levels and trends of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in the Arctic environment – An update
2019
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are important environmental contaminants globally and in the early 2000s they were shown to be ubiquitous contaminants in Arctic wildlife. Previous reviews...
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