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ClearHuman Health Risks due to Exposure to Water Pollution: A Review
This review looks at how water contamination from various sources -- including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, and industrial chemicals -- threatens public health worldwide. The health effects depend on the type of pollutant and length of exposure, and the paper highlights that microplastics are an emerging concern because they can carry other toxic substances into drinking water.
Contaminated Waters: Unveiling the Environmental and Health Impacts of Global Water Pollution
This review examines how pollutants including heavy metals, microplastics, and untreated sewage contaminate water worldwide, harming both marine life and human health. Researchers found that toxic substances accumulate through the food chain, meaning contaminated seafood can expose people to a wide range of harmful chemicals. The study emphasizes the need for better wastewater treatment, stronger policies, and public awareness to protect water quality.
Water Pollution: A Menace to Mankind
This review discusses sources of water contamination — including faecal, domestic, and industrial wastes — and their threats to human and aquatic health, with a focus on microplastic pollution as an emerging concern. The authors call for improved water management policies to safeguard human health.
Microplastic Contamination, an Emerging Threat to the Freshwater Environment and Human Health: A Systematic Review
This systematic review summarizes existing research on microplastic contamination in freshwater environments and its implications for human health. The evidence shows that microplastics are widespread in rivers, lakes, and drinking water sources, and they can absorb toxic chemicals, making freshwater plastic pollution a direct concern for the safety of our water supply.
Microplastics pollution in water is a threat for human health and the environment (literature review)
This literature review examines the growing problem of microplastic contamination in water bodies and drinking water worldwide. Evidence indicates that microplastics pose concerns for human health both through their physical effects and through the chemicals and microorganisms they can carry, with studies confirming their presence in marine and freshwater environments across multiple countries.
Microplastic Hazards on Water Quality and Human Health
This paper summarizes the hazards of microplastics to water quality and human health. It highlights key exposure routes and the range of potential health concerns associated with microplastic contamination in drinking water and food sources.
Transforming Pollution into Purity: Ensuring Water Quality for Human Health and Environmental Sustainability
This review examines global threats to water quality from contaminants including microplastics, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, and their consequences for human health and ecosystems. The authors advocate for a comprehensive strategy combining source protection, advanced treatment technologies like constructed wetlands and advanced oxidation, and robust governance to ensure safe water access.
Climate Change and Adverse Public Health Impacts on Human Health and Water Resources
This review examines how climate change is creating interconnected threats to public health and freshwater resources worldwide. Researchers found that rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events are degrading water quality through increased contamination from pollutants including microplastics. The study highlights the urgent need for integrated strategies that address water management, pollution control, and public health simultaneously.
Microplastics in Aquatic Environments: Sources, Ecotoxicity, Detection & Remediation
This review provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic sources, ecotoxicity, detection methods, and remediation strategies in aquatic environments. Researchers found that microplastics act as carriers for toxic chemicals and pose threats to both marine and freshwater ecosystems as well as human health through drinking water exposure. The study highlights the need for improved detection technologies and effective remediation approaches to address this growing environmental challenge.
Health and Environmental Impact of Xenobiotics in Water Quality Evaluation: A Review
This review examines the impact of xenobiotic compounds, including microplastics and pesticides, on water quality, human health, and the environment. Researchers categorized various xenobiotics found in freshwater bodies and described their potential environmental fates and detection methods. The study emphasizes the need for improved monitoring and treatment technologies to address the growing contamination of water resources by these synthetic chemicals.
Water: Impacts of plastic pollution on human health and biological systems
This literature review examined the impacts of plastic pollution on water quality and biological systems, documenting how mismanaged plastics contaminate water bodies and enter food chains, ultimately posing risks to human health through direct exposure and bioaccumulation.
Microplastic contaminants in the aqueous environment, fate, toxicity consequences, and remediation strategies
This review covers the sources, fate, and toxic effects of microplastic contaminants in aquatic environments, along with current remediation strategies for removing them. Researchers found that microplastics cause various health problems in aquatic organisms and can enter the human food chain through contaminated seafood and water. The study emphasizes the urgent need for improved waste management and novel cleanup technologies to address microplastic pollution in water systems.
Water Pollution: The Problems and Solutions
This review provides a broad overview of water pollution sources and solutions, covering industrial discharge, agricultural runoff, and urban wastewater as major contributors to water contamination. The article examines both traditional and innovative approaches to cleaning up polluted water, including emerging contaminants like microplastics. Understanding the full scope of water pollution is important because microplastics often interact with other pollutants, making their combined health effects potentially worse.
Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystems: Sources, Transport and Ecotoxicological Impacts on Aquatic Life and Human Health
This review summarizes how microplastics enter freshwater ecosystems from sources like industrial runoff, urban waste, and agriculture, and how they accumulate in sediments where aquatic organisms ingest them. Researchers found that microplastics reduce feeding efficiency, inhibit growth, and harm reproduction in freshwater species, while also acting as carriers for toxic chemicals that build up through the food chain. The study highlights the need for better waste management and further research to understand the full scope of risks to both aquatic life and human health.
[Presence of microplastics in water and the potential impact on public health].
This review summarizes what is known about microplastic contamination in drinking water and its potential effects on human health, noting that plastics can enter water supplies through weathering and industrial processes. The authors highlight concerns about physical toxicity, chemical leaching, and the role of microplastics as carriers for pathogens and pollutants, calling for more research and regulatory attention.
Progress in the Study of Toxic Effects of Microplastics on Organisms in Freshwater Environments and Human Health
This review summarizes the toxic effects of microplastics on algae, aquatic animals, and human health in freshwater environments. Microplastics harm freshwater organisms through oxidative stress, inflammation, and disruption of normal biological functions, with effects that can accumulate up the food chain. The study highlights the urgent need for better plastic waste management to protect both freshwater ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them.
Microplastics in Drinking Water: Assessing Occurrence and Potential Risks
This review paper examines how widespread microplastics are in drinking water — from rivers and lakes to groundwater — and what health risks this contamination may pose. The authors call for urgent research into how microplastics move through water treatment systems and ultimately reach taps, emphasizing that current sampling and analytical methods are inconsistent, making it hard to compare studies or set safety thresholds. For people drinking tap or bottled water daily, understanding and regulating this exposure pathway is a pressing public health priority.
The Impact of Water Pollution Caused by Plastic Waste: A Threat to Ecosystems and Health
This review investigates how microplastics and larger plastic waste contaminate water bodies, disrupt aquatic life, damage biodiversity, and enter food chains, posing risks to both ecosystems and human health. The study uses a quantitative approach to assess pollution impacts and presents strategies including reduced plastic use, improved waste disposal, and promotion of sustainable alternatives.
Emerging Drinking Water Borne Diseases: A Review on Types, Sources and Health Precaution
This review provides an overview of emerging waterborne diseases caused by physical, chemical, and biological contaminants in drinking water sources around the world. Researchers discuss how pollutants including microplastics, heavy metals, and microbial pathogens can enter water supplies through inadequate treatment and aging infrastructure. The study emphasizes the importance of improved water treatment and monitoring to protect public health from these diverse contamination sources.
Chemical Pollution of the Aquatic Environment and Health
This review examines how industrialization over three centuries has increased human exposure to synthetic chemicals, many of which persist in the environment and bioaccumulate through food chains. The paper covers a broad range of chemical pollutants including microplastics, arguing that modern chemical exposure represents an underappreciated public health threat.
Water Quality and Fish Health: Interaction with Toxic Substances
This review examines how various toxic substances in water, including microplastics, affect fish health through physiological, behavioral, and biochemical pathways. Researchers summarized evidence that pollutants can accumulate in fish tissues and impair their immune systems, reproduction, and organ function. The study emphasizes that declining water quality from emerging contaminants poses growing risks to aquatic ecosystems and the species that depend on them.
Microplastics in drinking water: a macro issue
This review examines the growing concern of microplastic contamination in drinking water sources, noting that microplastics are found not only in oceans but also in freshwater and tap water. The study highlights that beyond direct harm, microplastics can act as carriers for other contaminants, making their presence in drinking water a significant issue for human health.
A Current Review of Water Pollutants in American Continent: Trends and Perspectives in Detection, Health Risks, and Treatment Technologies
This review surveys water pollution across the American continent, covering heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and emerging contaminants including microplastics. The authors found a wide diversity of pollutants affecting water bodies throughout the region, with treatment solutions needing to be tailored to local conditions. The review emphasizes that water treatment facilities must be designed to address the specific mix of contaminants present, including the growing challenge of microplastic pollution.
Current Advances in Aquatic and Marine Toxicology
This review paper summarizes current research on how pollution affects water environments and the animals living in them. Scientists are finding that new types of pollution like microplastics, medicines in water, and tiny manufactured particles are creating health risks that we don't fully understand yet. This matters because these pollutants can end up in our drinking water and the fish we eat, potentially affecting human health.