BMC Public Health,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(1)
Published: April 12, 2025
Academic
achievement
is
essential
to
people's
individual
and
social
development
by
enhancing
opportunities
for
significant
personal
throughout
life.
Exposure
toxic
agents
due
poor
water
quality
may
negatively
influence
neurodevelopment
in
children
adolescents
into
adulthood.
We
aimed
estimate
the
association
between
type
of
drinking
purposes
academic
achievements
Colombian
adults.
designed
a
cross-sectional
study
based
on
National
Survey
Nutritional
Situation
Colombia
(Encuesta
Nacional
de
la
Situación
Nutricional
en
-ENSIN-)
2015.
our
was
classified
as
less
than
complete
primary
school
(0-4
years),
incomplete
secondary
(5-10
higher
education
(11-15
more
(16-24
years).
utilized
adjusted
ordinal
logistic
regression
betas
(β's)
Odds
Ratio
[OR]
with
95%
confidence
intervals
[95%CI].
After
adjusting
potential
confounders,
we
report
an
inverse
consumption
untreated
attainments,
where
individuals
who
drink
surface
[β:
-0.625;
95%CI:
-0.629,
-0.620],
or
groundwater
-0.368;
-0.372,
-0.364]
were
likely
achieve
educational
levels
compared
those
consuming
treated
water.
This
pattern
similar
across
country
when
disaggregated
region.
found
that
people
lower
are
consume
Colombia.
Our
results
encourage
improving
access
population
emphasis
rural
communities
Atlantic
Frontiers in Marine Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10
Published: Jan. 9, 2024
Heavy
metal
and
microplastic
(MP)
contamination
of
aquatic
systems
is
a
major
environmental
issue
that
affects
human
health
globally.
Songkhla
lagoon,
the
largest
lagoon
in
Thailand,
also
faced
with
issues.
Here,
this
study
reported
occurrence
heavy
MP
10
sites
sediment
Songkla
lagoon.
From
separation,
fibers
were
found
at
all
stations
68.24%
(15.15
items/g)
fragments
31.76%
(7.05
items/g).
The
highest
number
particles
was
area
near
mouth
(5.4
average
concentrations
(mg/kg)
showed
following
trend:
Mg
(732.54
±
247.04)
>
Mn
(176.74
83.68)
Zn
(29.36
39.47)
Cu
(12.31
24.58)
Pb
(11.07
7.60)
As
(5.64
3.30)
Co
(2.90
1.38)
Cd
(0.22
0.17).
Regarding
overall
risk
assessment
MPs
study,
categorized
as
high
for
polymer
hazard
index.
ecological
index
to
have
risk.
High
EF
values
observed
Cd,
which
indicated
severe
enrichment.
Based
on
I
geo
calculation,
majority
sampling
unpolluted
moderately
contaminated
(Pb,
Zn,
Mg,
Co).
Furthermore,
there
no
significant
correlation
between
metals,
except
(r
=
0.697)
0.61)
(both
p<
0.05).
results
might
provide
valuable
data
develop
conservation
policies
coastal
areas.
Water,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(2), P. 344 - 344
Published: Jan. 13, 2023
There
are
few
studies
on
microplastic
(MP)
contamination
in
Colombia,
and
little
is
known
about
its
impacts
continental
aquatic
ecosystems.
This
study
evaluated,
for
the
first
time,
identification,
abundance,
distribution
of
MP
particles
surface
water
Luruaco
Lake,
low
basin
Magdalena
River,
included
national
programs
marine
sciences
hydrobiological
resources.
Six
stations
four
samplings
were
established
dry
rainy
seasons.
A
total
72
samples
collected
extraction
using
hydrogen
peroxide
(H2O2)
digestion,
density
separation
with
sodium
chloride
solution
(NaCl),
filtration.
The
abundance
MPs
ranged
from
0
to
3.83
MPs·L−1,
an
average
1.90
MPs·L−1
season
0.25
season.
According
calculated
coefficient
microplastics
impact,
Lake
“maximum”
“extreme”
fibers
length
2.05
mm
“minimum”
“average”
fragments
that
0.35
size
average.
Polyester
(PES,
57.9%),
polystyrene
(PS,
47.0%),
polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET,
35.3%)
polymers
more
abundant
water.
temporal
variation
indicates
related
discharges
tributary
streams
lake
Water,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(2), P. 157 - 157
Published: Jan. 9, 2025
The
prevalence
and
fate
of
microplastics
in
macrophytes
are
insufficiently
understood,
data
on
the
abundance
microplastic
(MP)
accumulation
macrophyte
ecosystems
urgently
needed
to
fill
this
knowledge
gap.
main
objectives
study
were
quantify
characterize
that
accumulate
macrophytes,
associated
sediments,
water
Negombo
Lagoon,
Sri
Lanka.
investigation
was
conducted
with
specialized
sampling
extraction
techniques.
Microplastics
detected
by
fluorescence
tagging
polymers
using
Nile
red,
polymer
identification
ATR-µFTIR
ATR-FTIR.
This
revealed
variations
across
different
species.
Gracilaria
sp.
had
a
higher
9
±
3
items
g−1
wet
weight,
followed
Chaetomorpha
at
8
weight
Halodule
pinifolia
6
1
weight.
root
surfaces
these
species
slightly
similar
levels
abundance.
Both
blue
transparent
predominant.
Fragments
(>47%)
found
percentage
samples,
but
high
fiber
contents
(>60%)
sediment
samples.
Nevertheless,
samples
contained
fragments
size
range
50–150
μm.
comprehensive
contributes
expanding
our
awareness
regarding
influence
pollution
ecosystems.
