Environmental levels of PCBs in Brazilian Industrial Cities: Implications for sources, human exposure risks, and current global legislations
December 2026
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are priority chemicals known for significant environmental and human health impacts. This study evaluates PCB levels in Sorocaba, Votorantim and Itu, which are key industrial...
Long-term nitrogen addition shifts soil microbial community structure and potential carbon-nitrogen and PAH metabolic functions
December 2026
Nitrogen is an essential plant nutrient that also shapes soil properties and microbial communities, but its interactions with residual organic pollutants remain poorly resolved. In a 15-year field experiment,...
Occurrences, removal effects and ecological risks of multiple endocrine disruptors in typical wastewater treatment plant of the Yangtze River Delta
December 2026
In 2022, China officially launched the New Pollutant Control Action Plan, with environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) designated as priority regulated substances. Wastewater treatment plants...
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of selected brominated flame retardants in plastics of the building and construction sector
December 2026
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have been used in plastics since the 1960s. Several are listed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention due to their persistence, toxicity,...
Microbial succession and functional responses in riverine sediments following transient 6PPD exposure and rapid contaminant dissipation
December 2026
N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD), a widely used tire antioxidant, can be transformed into the highly toxic oxidation product 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-Q). Although both compounds are...
In vitro endocrine-disrupting effects of Enniatins and Beauvericin: assessment of estrogen and androgen receptor transcriptional activities and gene expression of enzymes of the steroid synthesis pathway
December 2026
Mycotoxins Enniatins (ENNs) and Beauvericin (BEA) are emerging contaminants of concern due to increasing occurrence in cereals, because of climate change favouring their production by fungi. Their potential...
Microplastics in harvested rainwater: Occurrence, characterization, and human health risk in a climate-vulnerable, water-scarce southwest coastal region of Bangladesh
December 2026
Climate change-induced sea-level rise and salinity intrusion have severely limited the availability of safe freshwater in coastal Bangladesh, making rainwater harvesting (RWH) a vital alternative drinking...
Reduction in typical endocrine disruptors chemicals exposure in Beijing: Phthalate esters and bisphenol A
December 2026
Phthalate esters (PAEs) and bisphenol A (BPA) are representative endocrine disruptors chemicals (EDCs). China launched two major national clean air campaigns in 2013 – 2017 and 2018 – 2020, respectively....
Memory effects of unintentional persistent organic pollutants during industrial flue gas purification: A conceptual framework from PCDD/Fs to emerging contaminants
December 2026
“Memory effects” in air pollution control devices (APCDs) represent a critical, yet often overlooked, challenge to the removal efficiency of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (UP-POPs)...
AOP-ontology-guided QSAR pipeline machine and deep learning: Prediction and mechanistic interpretation of female reproductive injury
December 2026
To explore the substances with estrogen interference effect, it is necessary to develop the optimal prediction model of inducing the interference effect of female reproduction, instead of the traditional...
Determination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in plasma of Italian firefighters
December 2026
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are highly persistent chemicals widely used in industrial processes and associated with extensive environmental contamination. Due to their bioaccumulative...
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) mixture exposure and risk of type 2 diabetes: Findings from a case-control study in Beijing and mechanistic implications via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ)
December 2026
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent environmental contaminants with potential metabolic-disrupting properties, but human evidence linking internal PBDE exposure profiles to type 2...
From occurrence to prioritization: a neurotoxicity-informed assessment of psychoactive substances in the Yangtze River basin
September 2026
Psychopharmaceuticals and illicit drugs (PIDs) are designed to modulate neural pathways, yet their ecological risks are frequently underestimated by traditional assessments that rely on apical endpoints...
Seawater-sediment partitioning, source apportionment and ecological risk of organophosphate esters in the Bohai Sea and Northern Yellow Sea, China
September 2026
Organophosphate esters OPEs are pervasive emerging pollutants endangering semi-enclosed marine ecosystems under intense anthropogenic stress. In May 2023 we collected surface seawater and sediment samples...
Incidental detection of polypropylene microplastics in a mangrove propagule: Evidence of surface-associated interaction with marine plastic pollution
September 2026
Mangrove ecosystems are increasingly recognized as sinks for marine plastic pollution; however, evidence of microplastic surface-associated embedding into mangrove reproductive structures remains scarce....
Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and source apportionment of endocrine disrupting compounds and antibiotics in the Erhai Lake basin
September 2026
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and antibiotics are prevalent in aquatic environments, where they accumulate persistently, posing significant ecological risks that have become a topic of active research...
Occurrence and ecotoxicological risk of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in surface waters and sediments collected in Amazonian rivers around the city of Manaus/Brazil
September 2026
As the world's largest tropical ecosystem, the Amazon basin is particularly vulnerable to chemical stressors. However, knowledge on the presence and behaviour of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
The most recent in bacterial bioremediation of herbicides and petroleum hydrocarbons: a review
September 2026
Remediation of environment, contaminated with organic pollutants including herbicides and petroleum hydrocarbons, is of economic and health significance. Different methods have been used for remediation...
Spatiotemporal patterns, loads, and risks of microplastics in the stormwater system of a subtropical coastal city
September 2026
Urban stormwater runoff is a critical pathway for microplastics (MPs) to enter marine ecosystems, posing a significant threat. However, systematic studies on spatiotemporal patterns, loads, and risks...
Emergence of Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans co-carrying carbapenem and tigecycline resistance genes from geese feces in China
September 2026
The evolutionary trajectories of antimicrobial resistance in environmental bacteria remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated the chromosomal architecture and evolutionary context of meropenem...
Concentration distributions, risk assessment and socioeconomic drivers of nine typical endocrine-disrupting chemicals in China's water environment
September 2026
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are emerging pollutants widely detected in water environments, raising concerns due to their interference with hormonal systems and potential ecological and public...
Benzophenone elicits lipid metabolic toxicity via multiple targets: integrated analysis from in vitro experiments to adverse outcome pathway
September 2026
Benzophenones (BPs) are widely used as ultraviolet filters and are well recognized to possess endocrine-disrupting properties. However, their effects on lipid metabolism remain poorly understood. In...
Toxic effects of DPTE on the growth, development, and reproduction of Chironomus kiiensis and its underlying mechanisms
September 2026
2,3-Dibromopropyl-2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether (DPTE) is a novel brominated flame retardant (NBFR) that is widely detected in diverse environmental matrices. The ecological effects of NBFRs represent...
Subchronic ephedrine exposure suppresses PPAR signalling and impairs neurobehaviour in adult zebrafish
September 2026
Pharmaceutical contamination of freshwater systems by psychoactive compounds has intensified globally, yet the sub-lethal neurological consequences for resident aquatic fauna remain largely unresolved....
Comprehensive insights into the occurrence, risk assessment, and prioritization of pesticides within a typical river basin on a tropical island in China
September 2026
Pesticides are prevalent in water and sediments in aquatic systems, posing risks to aquatic organisms and human health. In this study, a total of 54 pesticides, including 25 organochlorine pesticides...
