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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.

2023 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 62 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

Systematic Review of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs): Distribution, Risks, and Implications for Water Quality and Health

This systematic review summarizes research on contaminants of emerging concern, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals found in water sources. The findings highlight that these pollutants pose real risks to both ecosystems and human health, and that current water treatment methods may not fully remove them.

2023 Water 67 citations
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Review of emerging contaminants in water: USA and African perspectives

This review examines emerging water contaminants across the United States and Africa, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. It highlights significant gaps in regulation and monitoring, particularly in African countries where data is limited. The authors recommend a holistic approach combining research, better regulations, and international cooperation to protect water quality and human health globally.

2024 International Journal of Science and Research Archive 23 citations
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Emerging Contaminants in Water: Detection, Treatment, and Regulation

This review covers emerging contaminants in water — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals — discussing detection methods, treatment technologies, and regulatory frameworks. The authors highlight major gaps in current water quality standards and the need for updated regulations to address these newer pollutants.

2021 Water 7 citations
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Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water

This review examined emerging contaminants in drinking water, including microplastics, pharmaceutical residues, and disinfection byproducts, assessing their occurrence, treatment removal efficiencies, and implications for human health.

2024 1 citations
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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.

2024 International Journal of Advanced Chemistry 2 citations
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Emerging pollutants in the environment: A challenge for water resource management

This review surveys emerging pollutants in aquatic environments, including pharmaceuticals, microplastics, nanoparticles, and industrial chemicals that are not commonly monitored in water treatment. Researchers found that over 700 such substances have been identified across 22 countries, many of which persist through conventional water treatment processes. The study emphasizes the urgent need for updated monitoring frameworks and advanced treatment technologies to address these widespread but largely unregulated contaminants.

2015 International Soil and Water Conservation Research 1077 citations
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Understanding emerging contaminants in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review on detection, impacts, and solutions

This review covers emerging contaminants in water including pharmaceuticals, PFAS, microplastics, and nanomaterials that escape conventional water treatment and persist in the environment. It evaluates advanced detection techniques and newer treatment methods such as membrane filtration, advanced oxidation, and bioremediation to address these pollutants that pose ongoing risks to public health.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 34 citations
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Global Occurrence and Impact of Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water: A Comparative Analysis of Environmental and Health Effects

This comparative analysis reviews the global occurrence of emerging drinking water contaminants — including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, microplastics, and PFAS — across different regions and evaluates their associated health and environmental risks.

2025 International Journal of Science Architecture Technology and Environment
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Introduction—Emerging Pollutants in Water: Threats, Challenges, and Research Needs

This review examines contaminants of emerging concern in water, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine-disrupting compounds, that are not adequately addressed by current water treatment and regulation. These pollutants enter water through wastewater, industrial discharge, and agricultural runoff and persist in the environment. The authors call for better monitoring and innovative treatment strategies to protect human health and water resources.

2025 Advances in water security 5 citations
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Review of emerging contaminants sources, effects, and removal methods

This review categorizes emerging contaminants including microplastics, personal care products, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals, summarizing sources, environmental occurrence, and available treatment technologies for their removal from water.

2024 Applied and Computational Engineering 1 citations
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Recent Developments in Emerging Contaminants Determination and Treatment Technologies

This review covers recent advances in detecting and treating emerging contaminants in water, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors, summarizing the most promising analytical and treatment technologies.

2022 Separations 6 citations
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Drinking Water Systems as a Cocktail of Emerging Organic Contaminants: Occurrence, Public Health Risks, and Research Needs

This review synthesized the occurrence of emerging organic contaminants in drinking water systems worldwide, highlighting the public health risks of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, and industrial chemicals in treated drinking water and calling for improved monitoring.

2023 Preprints.org 5 citations
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The Occurrence of Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment and Technologies for Their Removal

This review summarizes the growing problem of micropollutants in water, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals, and evaluates advanced treatment methods to remove them. The research is important for human health because conventional water treatment plants cannot effectively filter out these contaminants, meaning people may be regularly exposed through tap water.

2025 Processes 14 citations
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Overview of African water resources contamination by contaminants of emerging concern

This review documented contamination of African water resources by pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, pesticides, PFAS, and microplastics across all five continental regions, finding widespread contamination even in rural and groundwater sources. The authors highlighted major gaps in monitoring infrastructure and treatment capacity needed to protect African populations from these emerging contaminants.

2022 The Science of The Total Environment 55 citations
Review Tier 2

A Review of Global Occurrence of Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater: Present Status, Source/Pathway, Extraction and Detection Techniques

This review surveyed global occurrence data for emerging pollutants — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and PFAS — in wastewater from 1998 to 2021, examining detection methods and contamination levels. The review highlights that many of these compounds are inadequately regulated and poorly removed by conventional wastewater treatment, allowing them to persist in water systems.

2023 Asian Journal of Current Research 2 citations
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Research and Application of Water Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants (ECs): A Pathway to Solving Water Environment Challenges

This review summarizes methods for removing emerging contaminants from water, including microplastics, drug residues, and hormone-disrupting chemicals. It covers physical, chemical, and biological treatment approaches, noting their strengths and limitations -- important because even at low concentrations, these pollutants build up over time and pose long-term threats to human health.

2024 Water 27 citations
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Environmental Policy and Governance of Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water: A Comparative Analysis of Global Regulations and Remediation Strategies

This review compares how different countries and international bodies regulate emerging contaminants in drinking water, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Researchers found significant gaps and inconsistencies between regulatory frameworks, with many countries lacking specific standards for these newer pollutants. The study calls for more harmonized global policies and investments in advanced water treatment technologies to address these growing threats to drinking water safety.

2025 Path of Science 2 citations
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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.

2023 Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International 19 citations
Meta Analysis Tier 1

Meta-Analysis of Global Water Contaminants and Chemical Treatment Techniques

This meta-analysis pools data from studies worldwide to evaluate how well chemical treatment methods remove major water contaminants, including microplastics. The findings show that while conventional treatment can reduce many pollutants, microplastics and other emerging contaminants present ongoing challenges for ensuring safe drinking water.

2025 1 citations
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Contaminating Substances as the Main Concept for Researching Quality and Water Management in Contemporary Systems

This paper reviews the types of contaminating substances found in water systems and how they affect water quality management. Both conventional pollutants and emerging contaminants like microplastics are discussed as challenges for maintaining safe water supplies.

2023 Contemporary Materials
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Emerging Contaminants in Water: An Overview of Causes, Metrics, and Treatment Methods

This review defined emerging contaminants in water — including pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and endocrine disruptors — and surveyed the metrics used to assess them along with treatment technologies capable of their removal. It highlighted the gap between detection capabilities and treatment effectiveness for many contaminants.

2024
Article Tier 2

A critical review on recent research progress on microplastic pollutants in drinking water

This critical review synthesizes research on microplastic contamination in drinking water sources and treatment systems. The study highlights that microplastics have been found in rivers, lakes, and treatment facilities worldwide, and that bioaccumulation of these persistent particles through drinking water represents a potential concern that requires further investigation into health effects and improved removal technologies.

2023 Environmental Research 70 citations
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Impacto de los contaminantes emergentes en el entorno acuático y los tratamientos para el control y remoción en los cuerpos hídricos. Revisión literaria.

This review examines the environmental impact of emerging contaminants in aquatic systems, providing both global and Latin American regional perspectives on contaminant types found in domestic wastewater, industrial effluent, and drinking water. The authors survey removal efficiencies of conventional and advanced treatment technologies, identifying gaps in legislation and regulation that limit effective control of emerging contaminant discharges into water bodies.

2023 Ingeniería y Competitividad 3 citations