A comprehensive overview of methods involved in nanomaterial production and waste disposal from research labs and industries and existing regulatory guidelines for handling engineered nanomaterials
2024
Nanomaterials (NMs) have acquired a place of prominence in scientific innovations due to their unique and tunable physicochemical properties. This versatility enables them to be employed in multitude...
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Brominated flame retardants in road dust and green belt soil from Harbin, China: Contamination characteristics, sources and health risks
2024
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs), categorized as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are difficult to degrade, exhibiting reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity. Exposure to dust and soil particles...
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Bioremediation of heavy metals-contaminated sites by microbial extracellular polymeric substances – A critical view
2024
Heavy metal (HM) contamination in the atmosphere poses substantial threats to ecosystems. Traditional methods for the removal of HM-contaminated sites, such as physical and chemical treatments, often...
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Fungal bioremediation: An overview of the mechanisms, applications and future perspectives
2024
Fungal bioremediation represents a promising and sustainable approach to addressing environmental pollution by exploiting the natural metabolic capabilities of fungi to degrade and detoxify a wide array...
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In-vitro biodegradation of discarded marine microplastics across the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, India using Exiguobacterium sp.
2024
Discarded marine plastics (DMPs) are emerging pollutants currently attracting significant attention. This present investigation focuses on the collection, characterization, and distribution analysis...
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Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, neonicotinoid insecticides, benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles: Associations with human non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
2024
Evidence of the joint association between exposure to multiple environmental chemicals and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is scarce. In this study, 281 participants from Zhuhai, China (138...
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Levels, distribution, origins, and human health risk evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater around a petroleum depot wastewater discharge point
2024
This study is an attempt to assess the influence of the oil storage depot discharges on proximate water sources in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria. Fifteen priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)...
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Pollution characteristics of heavy metal(loid)s in soil in China: Implications for health risk assessment and temporal trend analysis
2024
The ecological and human health risks associated with heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) have attracted much attentions worldwide. In this study, 153 topsoil samples were collected across China in 2019, aiming...
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Particle size effect of Moringa oleifera Lam. seeds on the turbidity removal and antibacterial activity for drinking water treatment
2024
The treatment of drinking water using Moringa oleifera (MO) Lam. seeds is gaining popularity as a sustainable alternative to synthetic chemicals. However, there is limited literature on the effect of...
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Human health risk exposure from suspected BTEX and HMs contamination of Manihot spp. from nearby remediated oil spill field in Niger Delta, Nigeria
2024
Crude oil related activities in the Niger Delta region has exposed the environment to various degrees of pollutants, including heavy metals (HMs) and BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, m, p-xylene,...
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Current status and performance evaluation of emerging advanced remediation techniques for the removal of steroidal hormones in water
2024
Micropollutants such as steroid hormones contaminate water worldwide and cause significant damage. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) partially remove them, and they have low biodegradability leading...
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Association between metal exposure and oxidative stress in preschool children and the moderating role of urinary creatinine
2024
The association between childhood metal exposure and oxidative stress levels is of paramount importance, as children are a susceptible group to metal toxicity and elevated oxidative damage has been...
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Is the concentration of heavy metals in sun-dried Engraulicypris sardella (Günther, 1868) in Malawi, a human health risk?
2024
The effects of trophic cascades have made small-size pelagic fish species, such as Engraulicypris sardella, from Lake Malawi an important ecological and food system. However, human-induced activities...
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Sources and pathways of human exposure to perchlorate in the United States: A comparison of environmental monitoring and biomonitoring approaches
2024
Perchlorate is a widespread environmental pollutant and a known thyroid hormone disruptor. Little is known about the sources and pathways of human exposure to perchlorate. We measured perchlorate in...
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Tire-wear particle leachate at environmentally relevant concentrations exert a hepatotoxic impact on the black-spotted frog by disrupting the gut–liver axis
2024
As global surface water pollutants, tire-wear particles (TWPs) are increasingly concerning, with TWP leachate hepatotoxicity poorly understood. In this study, based on environmental TWP concentrations,...
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Two-dimensional MXenes for toxin management: Advanced electrocatalytic detection, degradation, and adsorption dynamics
2024
Environmental toxins threaten human health and ecosystem integrity, necessitating advanced detection, degradation, and removal methodologies. In recent years, the scientific community has increasingly...
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Bridging relevance between microplastics, human health and bone metabolism: Emerging threats and research directions
2024
Microplastics are widespread pollutants in the environment, with characteristics such as small particle size, strong adsorption, and difficult degradation, and have gradually become a global pollution...
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Efficient removal of hexavalent chromium ions from simulated wastewater by functionalized anion exchange resin: Process optimization, isotherm and kinetic studies
2023
In the present study, hazardous heavy metal ion hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) was removed from aqueous solution by using Indion GS-300 (IGS-300), strong base anion exchange resin. The process parameters...
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Heavy metal concentration in marine edible fishes and associated health risks: An assessment from Tamil Nadu coast, Bay of Bengal
2023
To assess food safety, the edible portion (muscle tissue) of the 91 different species of marine fish was studied and analyzed for metal contents. The fish samples were collected during 2017–2018 from...
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Evaluating PFHxS toxicity to invertebrates and microbial processes in soil
2023
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have raised global concerns regarding soil contamination and the subsequent adverse effects on soil organisms. PFOS, PFOA, and PFHxS are among the commonly...
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Chronic effects of TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles to earthworm Eisenia fetida
2023
The present study focuses on the effects of TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles to the earthworm, Eisenia fetida. Upon 48 h of exposure of earthworms to TiO2/ ZnO nanoparticles in filter paper (0.1, 1, 10, 100,...
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Antibiotic-resistant microbial populations in urban receiving waters and wastewaters from Tanzania
2023
Antimicrobial resistance against certain medications in the pathogenic microbial community is globally increasing due to the continual discharge and disposal of pharmaceuticals in the environment. The...
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Comparative toxicity of fresh and expired butachlor to earthworms Eisenia fetida in natural soil: Biomarker responses
2023
Butachlor as a selective pre-emergent herbicide, is mainly used to control the growth and productivity of certain annual grass and broad-leaf weeds. As non-target soil creatures, earthworms are affected...
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Organophosphate pesticide residues in environmental and biological matrices: Occurrence, distribution and potential remedial approaches
2023
The prevalent occurrence of organophosphate pesticides in the environment is widely accompanied by severe adverse impacts on environmental matrices and humans owing to their bioaccumulation in the food...
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