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State of the art of the effect of emerging pollutants on humans and the environment.*
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Researchers characterized microplastics in street dust and road runoff from an urban catchment, identifying tire and road wear particles as the dominant plastic type by mass. Stormwater runoff was confirmed as an efficient pathway transporting these particles to nearby waterways during rainfall events.
Los contaminantes emergentes son compuestos químicos de diferente origen y naturaleza o elementos no regulados que producen diversas alteraciones al ser humano y al medio entorno que nos rodea. En este trabajo, se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica basada en artículos científicos de revistas como Science Direct, Nature y Elsevier, proyectos de grado del catálogo bibliográfico de la Universidad Industrial de Santander por su amplio y actualizado contenido bibliográfico, reportes de páginas web y bases de datos como Springer y Up To Date que proporcionaran información sobre los contaminantes provenientes de actividades humanas en las que implican el uso de productos domésticos, en los que se encuentran los farmacéuticos, uso personal y microplásticos, con el fin de identificar aquellos compuestos activos o moléculas (metabolitos) contenidos en los mismos, logrando así una búsqueda más precisa en cuanto a los efectos a nivel de salud y del medio ambiente, para ser estructurados en mapas mentales y conceptuales usados como herramientas para la organización de información relevante. De la condensación de esta información, se concluye que se requieren más estudios sobre los efectos adversos y alteraciones en el entorno, puesto que es una problemática que se vive en la actualidad, a causa de estos contaminantes por su persistente uso e ingreso en el entorno del cual se espera generar conciencia y así poder tomar medidas que ayuden a prevenir, mitigar o corregir este daño.
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