Enrichment features, ecological risks assessment and quantitative sources appointment of sediment heavy metals: An example of the urbanized Xizhi River catchment, South China
2025
Rapid industrialization is typically the primary cause for heavy metals [HMs: copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and lead (Pb)] contamination in urbanized river basins....
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Transition metal-based MOFs for Fenton-like photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants: Performance, stability, and biocompatibility
2025
The development of efficient materials for water treatment is crucial to addressing global environmental challenges. In this study, transition metal-based metal-organic frameworks (MeBDC MOFs; Me = Fe,...
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The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy
2025
The key challenges of the 21st century include global warming, soil health management, wastewater treatment, and adopting sustainable green technologies. Biochar offers significant potential in addressing...
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Comparative environmental impacts analysis of technologies for recovering critical metals from copper anode slime: Insights from LCA
2025
Copper anode slime (CAS) is a byproduct produced during copper electrorefining process. It contains metals such as gold, silver, copper, selenium, tellurium etc. Without proper treatment, CAS posed...
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Occurrence, risks, and mitigation of antibiotic pollution in Bangladeshi aquaculture systems
2025
The increasing use of antibiotics in Bangladeshi aquaculture to prevent diseases and enhance production has resulted in notable environmental contamination and resistance risks. Despite the increasing...
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Unraveling the pervasive influence of brominated flame retardants on reproductive and developmental outcomes: A systematic review
2025
Brominated flame retardants are a class of chemical flame retardants containing bromine elements. Widely used in various consumer products to reduce fire hazards. However, the ubiquitous presence of...
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Per- and polyfluorinated substances in reservoir water from a metropolitan city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China, and their ecological risks
2025
Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFASs) are synthetic chemicals with thermal and chemical stability, widely used in consumer products such as food packaging, fire-fighting foams, non-stick coatings,...
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Evidence linking phthalate exposure to alterations of hematologic parameters in Chinese children: A cross-sectional study
2025
School-aged children are a particularly susceptible population to phthalate exposure, yet research examining the correlation between combined exposure to multiple phthalates and hematologic changes...
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The global research trends and hotspots on phthalate esters (PAEs): A comprehensive visualization and bibliometric analysis (2000-2023)
2025
Phthalate esters (PAEs) have garnered significant interest over the last twenty years due to their widespread presence and substantial environmental hazards. Nevertheless, absence of a complete bibliometric...
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Neonicotinoids and their metabolites in vegetables and fruits in Shenzhen: Human exposure and health risks
2025
Neonicotinoids (NEOs) are widely present in vegetables and fruits, and their metabolic processes result in the presence of metabolites (m-NEOs) in vegetables and fruits as well. The toxicity of m-NEOs...
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Accumulation of thallium and potential toxic elements in a water-soil-rice system from a pyrite mining area, southern China: Source apportionment and health risk assessment
2025
Contamination of heavy metals in the arable soil around mining areas has become a hot issue of global concern, relating to food security and human health risks. This study investigates the accumulation...
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Aggregate exposure pathways for 6PPD-quinone: A source-to-target site continuum integrating exposure and human health
2025
N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine quinone (6PPD-Q), a transformation product of the tire additive 6PPD, has been increasingly detected in environmental compartments, yet its cumulative...
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The blockage of the electron transport chains caused by PFOA isomers induced metabolic damage of Arabidopsis leaves
2025
Different metabolic damage could be caused by PFOA isomers, although the harm mechanism has not been well studied. The effects of PFOA isomers on Arabidopsis metabolism were investigated using metabolomics,...
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Nanoplastics in aquatic environments: The hidden impact of aging on fate and toxicity
2025
The increasing release of plastic waste into aquatic ecosystems has led to the widespread occurrence of secondary microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), raising significant environmental and health...
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Disruptive technology for integrating bioremediation and biodiesel production from persistent toxic aromatic wastes using termite gut yeasts
2025
Termite gut yeasts represent a highly promising yet underexplored resource for the integrated bioremediation of aromatic wastes and biodiesel production. These yeasts possess a remarkable ability to...
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Exploring sustainable strategies for mitigating microplastic contamination in soil, water, and the food chain: A comprehensive analysis
2025
Understanding the origins, distribution, and composition of microplastics (MPs) from their primary sources such as synthetic textiles, packaging, industrial effluents and adopting appropriate mitigation...
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Characteristics and source apportionment of methylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of reservoirs from the Qiantangjiang River, Wujiang River, and Pearl River
2025
Methylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MePAHs) pose more toxicity and persistence than their parent compounds, yet their contamination levels in reservoir sediments remain poorly understood. We...
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Dermal bioaccessibility and health risk assessment associated with mining production of metals (Pb-Zn-Ag) and critical raw materials (Sb-W) in the Iberian Peninsula
2025
The exploitation of crucial materials for economic development, and exposure to waste enriched with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has recently increased, requiring risk assessment to protect the...
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Evidential-bio-inspired algorithms for modeling groundwater total hardness: A pioneering implementation of evidential neural network for feature selection in water resources management
2025
Accurate prediction of total hardness (TH) in groundwater is essential for ensuring its suitability for domestic, industrial, and agricultural use. Traditional methods often fail to capture the complex...
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Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in surface water of the industrial region in Gazipur, Bangladesh
2025
Heavy metal contamination in surface water poses significant health and environmental risks, especially in industrial regions. This study evaluates heavy metal pollution and associated health hazards...
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure through human milk, health risk assessment and physical growth in one-year-old children in Shandong, China
2025
Breastfeeding is an important source of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure for breastfed infants. However, compared to prenatal exposures, health effects related to postnatal exposure...
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Characteristics, trends and integrated health risk of five triazole fungicide in vegetables in Zhejiang Province (2021−2023)
Available online 14 March 2025
Triazole fungicides (TFs) are widely used in agriculture due to their low toxicity, high efficacy, and broad-spectrum properties. Recent studies have shown that the use of TFs can be detrimental to...
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Apportioning and modeling the anthropogenic fingerprints in a Himalayan freshwater lake over the last ~ 3.7 ka: Insights into pollution chronology and future policy implications
Available online 6 March 2025
Lack of systematic monitoring and increasing pollution trends in Himalayan Lake sediments highlights the need for evaluating increasing anthropogenic fingerprints with advanced multi-dimensional analytical...
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Prevalence of tetrabromobisphenol A and its related compounds in an anthropogenic impacted soil-groundwater system: Concern for understudied derivatives
Available online 22 February 2025
Globally, excessive extraction along with environmental pollution pose substantial threats to both the quantity and quality of groundwater. In this study, environmental occurrence and potential risks...
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Soil contamination and transfer dynamics of trace metals to plants and snails in a large urban dumpsite in Northwest Morocco
Available online 21 February 2025
Soil contamination by trace metals (TMs) has long been a major environmental issue, posing serious threats to ecosystems and human beings. This study aims to evaluate the contamination levels of soils,...
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