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Emerging contaminants – general aspects: sources, substances involved, and quantification
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews2023
12 citations
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Sérgio L.C. Ferreira,
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Vanessa Morgado,
Vanessa Hatje,
Vanessa Hatje,
Vanessa Morgado,
Vanessa Morgado,
Vanessa Morgado,
Vanessa Morgado,
Vanessa Morgado,
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Ravena S.A. Azevedo,
Vanessa Morgado,
Vanessa Morgado,
Ravena S.A. Azevedo,
Carla Palma,
Carla Palma,
Carla Palma,
Jucelino B. da Silva,
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Vanessa Hatje,
Carla Palma,
Jucelino B. da Silva,
Carla Palma,
Leonardo S.G. Teixeira,
Carla Palma,
Vanessa Morgado,
Vanessa Hatje,
Ivanice Ferreira dos Santos,
Walter Nei Lopes dos Santos,
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Maria Valnice Boldrín Zanoni,
Antônio Fernando de Souza Queiroz,
Carla Palma,
Olívia Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira,
Lílian Lefol Nani Guarieiro,
Jeancarlo Pereira dos Anjos,
Maria Valnice Boldrín Zanoni,
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Carla Palma,
Vanessa Morgado,
Vı́ctor Cerdà,
Vanessa Hatje,
Rodrigo M.A. Pedreira,
Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo
Summary
This review covers a range of emerging environmental contaminants — including microplastics in water bodies, pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, and medical-use metals — discussing their sources, harmful effects, and detection methods. It provides useful context for understanding how microplastics fit into the broader landscape of modern chemical pollution threatening human and ecosystem health.
Study Type
Environmental
This review reports a discussion involving sources, adverse effects, and quantification of emerging contaminants that have polluted the environment, such as chemical elements employed in medicine (antimony, barium, and gadolinium), microplastics in water bodies, in addition to pharmaceutical, illicit drugs, and their metabolites in wastewater and sewage sludge. It also addresses the pollution caused by emerging contaminants in urban areas, such as gas stations and hairdressing salons. The main analytical methods recommended for determining all these contaminants are briefly reported.