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[Environmental Process, Effects and Risks of Emerging Contaminants in the Estuary-Coastal Environment].
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This review examines the environmental processes, distribution, and risks of emerging contaminants — including microplastics, per- and polyfluorinated compounds, antibiotics, and endocrine disruptors — in estuarine and coastal environments, where complex interfacial transport mechanisms amplify their ecological and public health impacts.
Human activities and global climate change have contributed substantially to the input of land-sourced pollutants into the aquatic environment, especially for emerging or newly identified contaminants, such as microplastics, emerging persistent organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. The prevalence and toxicity of these emerging pollutants has raised continued concern for the health and safety of the public worldwide. A review of sources, distribution, interfacial transport processes of microplastics, per-and polyfluorinated compounds, antibiotics, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals and factors that influence their environmental behavior in the estuary-coastal environment have been included. The adverse ecological effects and health risks of these emerging contaminants to humans were also reviewed. Lastly, the direction of future research was provided regarding the environmental behavior of multiple emerging pollutants in the coastal environment and the health risks resulting from their interactions, supporting the prevention and control of marine pollution and the healthy development of the marine economy.
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