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ClearEmerging Contaminants in Aquatic Ecosystems: Sources, Effects, and Mitigation Approaches
This study explores emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems, including drug residues, pesticides, heavy metals, and microplastics, examining their sources and ecological impacts. Researchers found that these contaminants accumulate in water bodies through industrial and agricultural pathways and may affect human health through the food chain. The study highlights the need for better monitoring technologies and integrated management strategies to protect water quality.
Toxicological consequences of microplastics pollution on aquatic Li Ving organisms: a review
This review examines the toxicological consequences of microplastic pollution on aquatic organisms, summarizing effects on growth, reproduction, oxidative stress, and endocrine function across fish, invertebrate, and algae model species.
Ecological disturbances and abundance of anthropogenic pollutants in the aquatic ecosystem: Critical review of impact assessment on the aquatic animals.
This critical review assessed the ecological disturbances caused by anthropogenic pollutants including microplastics in aquatic ecosystems, examining uptake, accumulation, and biological effects across invertebrate and vertebrate species, and identifying gaps in understanding of long-term ecotoxicological impacts at environmentally relevant concentrations.
A comprehensive review of emerging contaminants in water sources
This comprehensive review examines the origins and environmental significance of emerging contaminants in water sources, including pharmaceuticals, microplastics, endocrine disruptors, and PFAS chemicals. Researchers found that these persistent pollutants exhibit complex behaviors in aquatic systems and pose threats to both ecosystem and human health. The study highlights the need for advanced monitoring and treatment technologies to address the growing challenge of emerging contaminant pollution in water supplies.
Effects of pollution on freshwater aquatic organisms
This annual review of scientific literature covers 2018 research on the effects of various pollutants on freshwater aquatic organisms, including microplastics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and heavy metals. The review highlights the growing body of evidence that multiple freshwater pollutants impair the health, reproduction, and behavior of aquatic species.
Editorial: Impacts of emerging contaminants and their ecotoxicological consequences
This editorial introduces a research topic examining how emerging contaminants in aquatic ecosystems harm wildlife and disrupt ecosystems, especially when multiple stressors combine. The collection covers ten studies on contaminants including microplastics and their ecotoxicological effects at environmentally relevant concentrations.
Occurrence, fate, and toxicity of emerging contaminants in a diverse ecosystem
This review examined the occurrence, fate, and toxicity of emerging contaminants including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors across diverse ecosystems, tracing their pathways from wastewater treatment systems into natural environments.
Impact of Emerging Contaminants on Aquatic Ecosystems: A Mini-Review
This mini-review examines how emerging contaminants—pharmaceuticals, pesticides, microplastics, and PFAS—enter aquatic ecosystems from industrial, urban, and agricultural sources, and summarizes their documented impacts on biodiversity and human health.
Which\nMicropollutants in Water Environments Deserve\nMore Attention Globally?
This review analyzed which organic micropollutants in water environments deserve the most global attention based on their toxicity, occurrence frequency, and persistence. Microplastics are among the contaminants considered, alongside pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals that routinely escape conventional water treatment and accumulate in aquatic ecosystems.
Which\nMicropollutants in Water Environments Deserve\nMore Attention Globally?
This review analyzed which organic micropollutants in water environments deserve the most global attention based on their toxicity, occurrence frequency, and persistence. Microplastics are among the contaminants considered, alongside pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals that routinely escape conventional water treatment and accumulate in aquatic ecosystems.
Ecotoxicology of microplastics in water ecosystems and aquatic organisms: A review of synergistic and antagonistic effects of microplastics on other xenobiotics
This review examines the ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems, focusing on how they interact with other pollutants like heavy metals, organic contaminants, and pathogens. The study highlights that microplastics can adsorb and transport these pollutants through synergistic or antagonistic interactions, leading to oxidative stress, endocrine disruption, and reproductive impairment in exposed organisms, with potential for biomagnification up the food chain.
A comprehensive review of the impact of microplastics on aquatic organisms: From ingestion to ecological consequences
This comprehensive review assessed the impacts of microplastics on diverse aquatic organisms—including fish, marine mammals, mollusks, crustaceans, and microorganisms—from ingestion through ecological-level consequences. The authors found that microplastics cause physical injury, oxidative stress, endocrine disruption, and behavioral changes across taxa, with downstream effects on food web structure and ecosystem function.
Emerging pollutants-a potential threat to the marine environment
This review catalogs emerging marine pollutants — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, hormones, and industrial chemicals — and discusses their sources and potential ecological impacts. The diversity of these contaminants poses complex and poorly understood threats to ocean and human health.
Source, transport, and toxicity of emerging contaminants in aquatic environments: A review on recent studies
This review examines emerging contaminants in water, with a focus on how microplastics act as carriers for other pollutants due to their strong ability to absorb chemicals. When microplastics carry these hitchhiking pollutants, the combined effect on aquatic organisms can be amplified thousands of times as they move up the food chain. The findings highlight how microplastic pollution does not just add plastic to the environment but also concentrates and transports other harmful chemicals toward humans.
Ecological and toxicological manifestations of microplastics: current scenario, research gaps, and possible alleviation measures
This review examines the ecological and toxicological effects of microplastics and their associated contaminants across aquatic and terrestrial environments, identifying key knowledge gaps and potential mitigation strategies. The authors emphasize that both physical particle effects and co-transported chemical pollutants pose compounding risks to wildlife and ecosystems.
Ekotoksičnost mikroplastike i prioritetnih onečišćivala u vodi
This review covers the ecotoxicity of microplastics and priority pollutants in water, summarizing experimental evidence for toxicity endpoints including mortality, reproduction, growth, and behavioral effects across aquatic organisms. The authors note that combined exposure to microplastics and co-contaminants often produces greater toxicity than individual exposures, highlighting the importance of mixture effects.
A review on the combined toxicological effects of microplastics and their attached pollutants
Researchers reviewed how microplastics act as carriers for other environmental pollutants — including heavy metals and persistent organic chemicals — and how these combinations produce toxic effects in organisms that are more severe than either contaminant alone. The findings highlight a complex, layered toxicity problem that affects microbes, invertebrates, and vertebrates across marine and terrestrial environments.
Effects of microplastics on the toxicity of co-existing pollutants to fish: A meta-analysis
Meta-analysis of 1,380 biological endpoints from 55 studies found that microplastics in co-existing pollutant solutions significantly increased toxicity to fish beyond what the pollutants caused alone, particularly elevating immune system damage, metabolic disruption, and oxidative stress. The effect depended on fish life stage and microplastic size, but not on pollutant or polymer type.
Current status of microplastics pollution in the aquatic environment, interaction with other pollutants, and effects on aquatic organisms
This paper reviewed the current state of microplastic pollution across different water environments, examining how microplastics interact with other pollutants like heavy metals, antibiotics, and industrial chemicals. Researchers found that microplastics can either amplify or reduce the toxicity of co-occurring pollutants depending on the combination, creating complex effects on aquatic organisms. The study highlights the need for standardized measurement methods and more research into how microplastics and other contaminants interact in real-world conditions.
Microplastics in aquatic systems, a comprehensive review: origination, accumulation, impact, and removal technologies
This comprehensive review traced the sources of microplastics in aquatic environments, from industrial products and packaging to cosmetics and agricultural materials, and examined their toxic effects on living organisms. Researchers found that microplastics are remarkably stable and widespread, posing growing ecotoxicological risks to aquatic ecosystems. The study also evaluated current removal technologies, noting their advantages and limitations, and warns that without better strategies, microplastic pollution will become significantly worse in coming decades.
From plankton to fish: The multifaceted threat of microplastics in freshwater environments
This review summarizes how microplastics harm freshwater organisms from tiny plankton to fish through oxidative stress, inflammation, DNA damage, gut microbiome disruption, and metabolic disorders. Microplastics often combine with other pollutants in water, making their toxic effects even worse. Since freshwater systems are a major pathway for microplastics entering oceans and our food supply, understanding these effects is critical for protecting both ecosystems and human health.
Microplastics Pollution: An Intending Threat for Aquatic Ecosystem Sustenance
This review summarizes sources, distribution, and ecological impacts of microplastics in aquatic environments, highlighting how ingestion by fish and shellfish and associated chemical toxicity pose growing threats to aquatic ecosystem health.
Unlocking the combined impact of microplastics and emerging contaminants on fish: A review and meta-analysis
This meta-analysis found that combined exposure to microplastics and emerging contaminants adversely affects fish reproduction, development, and neurotoxicity beyond what either pollutant causes alone. Microplastics with higher adsorption capacities led to more severe outcomes by concentrating and delivering co-contaminants, though exposure duration did not correlate with oxidative stress levels.
Emerging pollutants in water environment: Occurrence, monitoring, fate, and risk assessment
This review summarizes research published in 2018 on emerging pollutants in water environments, covering their occurrence, detection methods, environmental fate, and ecological toxicity. Researchers highlight the challenge of assessing the vast number of emerging compounds, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, that are now routinely found in water systems. The study emphasizes the need for improved analytical methods and risk assessment frameworks to address this growing category of environmental contaminants.