Comprehensive review of emerging contaminants: Detection technologies, environmental impact, and management strategies

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 278, С. 116420 - 116420

Опубликована: Май 2, 2024

Emerging contaminants (ECs) are a diverse group of unregulated pollutants increasingly present in the environment. These contaminants, including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors, and industrial chemicals, can enter environment through various pathways persist, accumulating food chain posing risks to ecosystems human health. This comprehensive review examines chemical characteristics, sources, varieties ECs. It critically evaluates current understanding their environmental health impacts, highlighting recent advancements challenges detection analysis. The also assesses existing regulations policies, identifying shortcomings proposing potential enhancements. ECs pose significant wildlife by disrupting animal hormones, causing genetic alterations that diminish diversity resilience, altering soil nutrient dynamics physical Furthermore, increasing health, hormonal disruptions, antibiotic resistance, disruption, neurological effects, carcinogenic other long-term impacts. To address these critical issues, offers recommendations for future research, emphasizing areas requiring further investigation comprehend full implications contaminants. suggests increased funding support development advanced technologies, establishment standardized methods, adoption precautionary regulations, enhanced public awareness education, cross-sectoral collaboration, integration scientific research into policy-making. By implementing solutions, we improve our ability detect, monitor, manage ECs, reducing risks.

Язык: Английский

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First evidence of microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid: An emerging threat to female fertility

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 291, С. 117868 - 117868

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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First evidence of microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid: an emerging threat to female fertility

medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 5, 2024

Abstract Plastic pollution is a pressing global issue, with over 400 million tons produced annually and projections of 1.1 billion by 2050. Microplastics (MPs), ranging from 5 mm to 1 µm, are pervasive in the environment. They found air, sea, freshwater, soils, food chains studies show that tiny MPs, smaller than 10 μm, can cross cellular membranes, posing potential health risks through oxidative stress, inflammation, immune dysfunction, neurotoxicity reprotoxicity. In recent years, research has shown microplastics have negative effects on female reproductive systems animals. However, there still lack evidence how accumulation affects human females. This study aimed examine presence ovarian follicular fluid 18 women undergoing assisted treatment whose samples were processed using patented method endorsed nationally internationally. particles <10 µm measured SEM EDX detection. Preventive measures taken avoid contamination during process. (dimensions µm) detected 14 out fluid, an average 2191 p/ml (0 - 7181p/ml) mean diameter MPs 4.48 (3.18-5.54 µm). A significant correlation was between microplastic concentration FSH (p-value <0.05), as well weak BMI, age Estradiol. There no fertilization outcomes, miscarriages, or live birth. first provide for microplastics’ treatment, representing threat function. Figure

Язык: Английский

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Sources, distribution, and impacts of emerging contaminants – a critical review on contamination of landfill leachate

Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100602 - 100602

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Simultaneously degradation of various phthalate esters by Rhodococcus sp. AH-ZY2: Strain, omics and enzymatic study

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 474, С. 134776 - 134776

Опубликована: Май 31, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Impact of Bisphenol A and its alternatives on oocyte health: a scoping review

Human Reproduction Update, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 14, 2024

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disrupting chemical released from plastic materials, including food packaging and dental sealants, persisting in the environment ubiquitously contaminating ecosystems human populations. BPA can elicit array of damaging health effects and, alarmingly, 'BPA-free' alternatives mirror these harmful effects. exposure negatively impact female fertility, both ovary oocytes therein. Such damage diminish reproductive capacity, pregnancy success, offspring health. Despite global government regulations place to indicate 'safe' levels, policies have not considered bisphenols on oocyte

Язык: Английский

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AgNPs/CuNPs/Bragg-PSi substrate subjected to thermal annealing in high-sensitivity detection on crystal violets and diphenyl phthalate

RSC Advances, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1), С. 388 - 397

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Study creates optimized AgNPs/CuNPs/Bragg-PSi SERS substrate for detecting low-concentration analytes like crystal violet and diphenyl phthalate. Best performance at 0.75 M CuNO 3 soak 180 °C annealing, promising analytical applications.

Язык: Английский

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Heavy metals and prostate cancer: a new study with new findings

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025

Heavy metals influence the development of several health conditions, including inflammation and cancer. This study investigates relationship between heavy metal concentrations in plasma urine, presence benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), precancerous lesions (PL), prostate cancer (PC). The age, total PSA levels, hemoglobin concentrations, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) is also analyzed across three groups: BPH, PL, PC. Our findings reveal significant differences vanadium antimony plasma, suggesting a potential role disease pathophysiology. Notably, lower are associated with an increased risk PC, while significantly higher PL group. Regression analysis further supports association highlighting copper as biomarkers or therapeutic targets for health. explores impact lead exposure on risk, revealing urine concentration These underscore complex interaction emphasizing need research to elucidate underlying mechanisms explore interventions.

Язык: Английский

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Detection and Remediation Techniques for Emerging Contaminants

Environmental science and engineering, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 223 - 253

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Hesperidin protects against spermatological damages and testicular apoptosis induced by Bisphenol-A in adult male Wistar rats

Phytomedicine Plus, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100797 - 100797

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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