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...
Integrated experimental, modeling, and transcriptomic approaches to characterize polyhexamethylene guanidine-induced cytotoxicity in human renal HK-2 cells
December 2026
Polyhexamethylene-guanidine (PHMG) is a cationic polymer biocide associated with severe pulmonary and renal toxicities. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying its nephrotoxicity remain...
Hetero-halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as environmental contaminants: Occurrences, photostability, and AhR-mediated activity of bromochloropyrene
December 2026
Homo-halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HPAHs), such as chlorine- or bromine-substituted PAHs, have been ubiquitously distributed in the environment. Conversely, hetero-halogenated PAHs,...
A full-process perspective on by-product formation from side reactions in chlorinated hydrocarbon production
December 2026
Chlorinated hydrocarbons are essential commodity chemicals but pose significant environmental and sustainability challenges due to the formation and release of hazardous by-products throughout their...
Characterization of the organic chemical exposome in indoor dust from hospitality venues using a SUPRAS-based target and suspect screening approach
December 2026
Indoor dust is an integrative matrix for assessing human exposure to chemicals released from building materials, consumer products, and human activities. Although residential dust has been extensively...
J114 prevents short-chain chlorinated paraffin-induced damage to female germline stem cells by inhibiting AIM2-and NLRP12-PANoptosome
December 2026
The concentration of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) in human breast milk and blood ranges from 1.4 to 1400 μg/L. In this study, after treating female germ stem cells (FGSCs) with SCCPs at...
Exploring toxicity mechanisms of single and binary PFAS on Chlorella vulgaris using integrated QSAR modeling and molecular docking
December 2026
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic pollutants whose toxicity mechanisms remain unclear, particularly in mixtures. This study integrated toxicity experiments, quantitative...
Wastewater treatment infrastructure in the European Union and micropollutant removal under the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
December 2026
The recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/3019) introduces micropollutant-removal requirements alongside stricter nutrient standards. This study assesses EU wastewater infrastructure...
Spatio-temporal patterns and transport pathways of UV filters in the Western Baltic Sea
December 2026
Contamination of the marine environment by ultraviolet (UV) filters has increased exponentially over the past decade. This study investigates the spatial and seasonal distribution of 14 organic UV filters...
Environmental Behavior of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products across the Soil–Vadose Zone–Groundwater Continuum: Interfacial Interactions, Dynamic Transport, Transformation Risks, and Management
Available online 10 October 2026
This review develops a continuum- and mass-flux-centered framework for pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) across soil, the vadose zone, the capillary fringe, and groundwater. For 15...
Physical and Chemical Behavior of 'Permanent Chemical' PFOA and Its Substitute GenX at the Air-Water Interface: A Systematic Review
Available online 9 October 2026
As one of the representative emerging contaminants (ECs), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is facing global prohibitions due to its environmental persistence and biological toxicity. Consequently, hexafluoropropylene...
Microwave Heating and Freeze-Thaw Cycles Exacerbate Microplastics and Nanoparticles Release from Plastic Takeout Food Containers: Characterization and Health Risk Assessment
Available online 6 October 2026
With the rapid development of the food delivery industry, plastic takeout food containers have become essential in daily life. However, these containers may release microplastics and nanoparticles during...
Occurrence characteristics and multidimensional ecological risk assessment of microplastics in the Pearl River Estuary
Available online 5 October 2026
Microplastics (MPs) have attracted increasing concern because they pose notable ecological risks and seriously endanger human health. Estuaries, which serve as transition zones between rivers and oceans,...
Precursor-controlled PFAS contamination profiles in tropical nearshore sediments: dominance of hydrogen-substituted PFCAs and transformation evidence from Sanya, China
Available online 5 October 2026
The environmental behavior of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in tropical nearshore sediments remains poorly understood, particularly with respect to the contamination characteristics of...
