Current Status of Emerging Contaminant Models and Their Applications Concerning the Aquatic Environment: A Review

Water, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 85 - 85

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Increasing numbers of emerging contaminants (ECs) detected in water environments require a detailed understanding these chemicals’ fate, distribution, transport, and risk aquatic ecosystems. Modeling is useful approach for determining ECs’ characteristics their behaviors environments. This article proposes systematic taxonomy EC models addresses gaps the comprehensive analysis applications. The reviewed include conventional quality models, multimedia fugacity machine learning (ML) models. Conventional have higher prediction accuracy spatial resolution; nevertheless, they are limited functionality can only be used to predict contaminant concentrations Fugacity excellent at depicting how travel between different environmental media, but cannot directly analyze variations parts same media because model assumes that constant within compartment. Compared other ML applied more scenarios, such as identification assessments, rather than being confined concentrations. In recent years, with rapid development artificial intelligence, surpassed becoming one newest hotspots study ECs. primary challenge faced by outcomes difficult interpret understand, this influences practical value an some extent.

Language: Английский

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Flow Cytometric Detection of Waterborne Bacteria Metabolic Response to Anthropogenic Chemical Inputs to Aquatic Ecosystems

Cells, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 352 - 352

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Typical investigations into the biological consequences of suspected xenobiotics or nutrients introduced in watersheds include analytical chemistry screens environmental samples-such as periphyton responses studies fish condition-which are all costly terms equipment, reagents, time, and human resources. An alternative is to assess pollutant effects on waterborne bacteria. A flow cytometric method was developed yield rapid, same-day results that could be used proactively screen for chemical inputs using water sampling methods identical those standard use. The microbe cultivation-independent, use with bacteria typically viable but not culturable. procedure quick inexpensive, generating measures bacterial esterase reflect metabolic activity sensitive statistically robust. After phosphate-EDTA incubation increase cell wall permeability, staining performed 5(6) carboxyfluorescein diacetate (enzyme activity) propidium iodide (cell viability) three species exponential phase growth having been incubated organic wastewater compounds (atrazine, pharmaceuticals [17α-ethynylestradiol trenbolone], antimicrobials [tylosin butylparaben]). This successfully detected changes species, atrazine inducing greatest change. Additional fluorescent stains can target specific microbial structures functions interest a particular watershed. biotechnology inform study biota at sites has potential automated.

Language: Английский

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Contamination, multimedia partitioning, and priority list of steroids and their metabolites in coastal regions of the Greater Bay Area, China

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 197, P. 106973 - 106973

Published: March 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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S9 Metabolism Integrated Calux® Assay Reveals Invisible Endocrine-Disrupting Effects of Sediments from Two Eutrophic Feshwater Lakes in China

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Determination of an Anti‐Parasitic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient in Wastewater Effluents Using Capillary Zone Electrophoresis

Electrophoresis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 7, 2024

ABSTRACT Ireland has a successful pharmaceutical industry with over 100 manufacturing sites across the island. Although this success many benefits, irreversible effects emissions from can have on environment are major drawback. known pollutants regularly monitored limits set out by Environmental Protection Agency, one significant pollutant been overlooked: pollution. Detecting these and ensuring they at safe concentration for is of utmost importance. In recent years, capillary electrophoresis being recognised as suitable alternative to high‐performance liquid chromatography due its benefits such faster analysis, water‐based buffers smaller sample volumes. paper, zone (CZE) method preconcentration step solid‐phase extraction was developed an anti‐parasitic active ingredient (API) called ZB23. The API successfully detected in wastewater less than 10 min using CZE parameters 25 mM borate buffer pH 10.5, 15% MeOH, kV voltage, mbar 5 s injection size, Lt 40 cm, Ld 31.5 cm detection wavelength 214 nm.

Language: Английский

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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in Amburana cearensis gum: support for the electropolymerization of Poly(Alizarin Red S) and detection of anabolic hormones

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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