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Effects of Rare Earth Element (REE) Contamination in Water on Human Health Through Ingestion
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Researchers reviewed how rare earth elements and co-occurring contaminants including microplastics, heavy metals, and endocrine disruptors enter drinking water and food, assessing the cumulative human health risks from ingestion of these technologically-driven pollutants.
The rapid advancement of technology has introduced a plethora of contaminants, including microplastics, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, surfactants, and organic pollutants, leading to significant environmental challenges. Often stemming from...
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Impact of Emerging Contaminants to the Environment and Human Health
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Researchers reviewed the growing presence of emerging contaminants — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors — across environmental matrices, documenting their increasingly recognized risks to ecosystem integrity and human health.
Worldwide cases of water pollution by emerging contaminants: a review
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A global review of emerging contaminants in water bodies found that microplastics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and other unregulated pollutants are increasingly detected in drinking water and wastewater systems across China, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, with conventional treatment plants unable to remove most of them. Microplastics are particularly concerning among emerging contaminants because they persist in the environment, accumulate in aquatic food webs, and serve as carriers for co-occurring chemical pollutants.
Emerging Contaminants in Water Systems: Detection, Environmental Impacts, and Sustainable Removal Solutions
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Researchers reviewed emerging contaminants — including pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, and microplastics — that persist through conventional wastewater treatment, finding that advanced technologies such as membrane bioreactors and oxidation processes show promise for removal but face barriers including high cost, energy demand, and insufficient regulatory frameworks.
Presence of Microplastic in Water Bodies and Its Impact on Human Health
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Researchers reviewed the presence of microplastics across freshwater, marine, and drinking water sources and assessed the associated risks to human and wildlife health, concluding that ubiquitous contamination in water bodies represents a serious and growing public health challenge that demands urgent regulatory attention.
Potential Impact of Heavy Metals and Microplastics in River Ecosystem on Aquatic Organisms and Human Health, and Sustainable Mitigation Approaches
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Researchers review the combined contamination of rivers by heavy metals and microplastics, documenting how both pollutants bioaccumulate through aquatic food webs causing oxidative stress, genetic damage, and reproductive disruption in freshwater species, with rising urbanization and industrialization amplifying ecological risks and human health exposure through trophic pathways.
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