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Micropollutants in Environment
Summary
This review provides an overview of micropollutants in the environment, including pharmaceutical products, pesticides, textile dyes, and microplastics, and how they enter the food chain. Researchers summarized the adverse health effects these contaminants can cause in both animals and humans through ingestion and inhalation. The study emphasizes the interconnected nature of different pollution types and the need for comprehensive monitoring approaches.
Micropollutants are burgeoning threats to the environment and human health. Several micro-scaled chemical contaminants like pharmaceutical products, textile dyes, antibiotics, pesticides, and microplastics are regularly released into the environment and invade the food chain. Humans can directly inhale these micropollutants or ingest via food media. Many of such micropollutants fuel adverse health issues in both animals and humans. Essential information regarding micropollutants is maintained in several databases like The German Centre for Micropollutants, EU Pesticide Database, and Pesticide Properties Database. Certain micropollutants mimic steroid hormones and promote cancer development. In addition, micropollutants having allergic potential favor the onset of pulmonary illnesses like acute respiratory distress syndrome. Microparticles of pesticides are readily absorbed inside tissues and disrupt redox homeostasis and immune cascades. Several measures have been implemented to degrade micropollutants in drinking water to limit unintentional exposure. Approaches involving physicochemical, biological, and advanced oxidation processes are being implemented to degrade micropollutants in the environment. However, further advancements in such treatment measures are warranted for more efficient removal of micropollutants from the environment.