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ClearEnvironmental, Health and Economic Implications of Emerging Contaminants in Nigeria Environment
This review examines the environmental, health, and economic implications of eight classes of emerging contaminants of concern in Nigeria, including pharmaceuticals, perfluorinated compounds, plasticizers, agrochemicals, flame retardants, nanoparticles, steroids, and gasoline additives. Researchers found that historical pesticide misuse and ongoing industrial pollution have created widespread contamination burdens with limited regulatory capacity for monitoring or remediation.
Plastic Pollution in the Environment in Nigeria: A Rapid Systematic Review of the Sources, Distribution, Research Gaps and Policy Needs
This systematic review examines plastic pollution across Nigeria's environment, including water, soil, air, and food. The research finds that plastic contamination is widespread but under-studied in African countries, with significant gaps in data and policy. Understanding plastic pollution in developing nations is critical because these regions often lack the waste management infrastructure to prevent microplastic contamination of food and water.
A Comprehensive Review on Microplastics Pollution in Nigerian Aquatic Environments
This comprehensive review examined microplastic pollution across Nigerian aquatic environments, including rivers, lagoons, estuaries, and sediments. Researchers found that microplastics are widespread in Nigerian waters due to poor waste management, wastewater discharges, and industrial activities, with contamination also detected in food and drinking water consumed by the population.
Emerging Global Threat of Microplastics and Their Impact on Soil Sustainability: A Case of Southeast Nigeria
This review examined microplastic pollution in Southeast Nigeria, focusing on sources from fragmented plastic waste and environmental and health impacts. The authors highlighted local knowledge gaps and called for regional policies addressing the ecological and endocrine-disrupting effects of microplastics in a rapidly developing area.
Microplastics Pollution in Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystems: Sources, Pathways, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies. A Review
This review synthesized evidence on microplastic contamination across Nigerian aquatic ecosystems, including rivers, lagoons, seafood, and drinking water. The authors describe complex pollution pathways and impacts on organisms across trophic levels, while highlighting the need for Nigeria-specific research and stronger waste management policies.
Emerging Pollutants in Uganda: A Systematic Review
This systematic review catalogs emerging pollutants in Uganda, including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, heavy metals, and microplastics, found across different environmental settings. Rapid urbanization and industrial growth in the country have introduced these contaminants into water and soil, posing growing risks to public health.
Environmental Pollutants and Contaminants of Emerging Concern: An African Perspective
This review examines contaminants of emerging concern in Africa — including pharmaceuticals, plastics, pesticides, and personal care products — documenting their presence in sediments, sludge, drinking water, and surface water across the continent. The authors highlight growing evidence of ecotoxicological impacts and call for stronger monitoring and regulatory responses in African contexts.
Environmental and Toxicological Perspectives of Soil Microplastics in Northern Nigeria
This study examined microplastic occurrence and toxicological implications in soils of Northern Nigeria, identifying agricultural plastics, industrial waste, and urban runoff as key sources. The research addressed a gap in African soil MP research and highlighted ecosystem and food safety risks in the region.
The importance of microplastics pollution studies in water and soil of Nigeria ecosystems
This review highlights the lack of microplastic pollution research in Nigeria, despite the country's growing plastic production and consumption. The author calls for more local studies to generate data needed for science-based policy on plastic waste management in African ecosystems.
Plastic pollution in the environment in Nigeria: A rapid systematic review of the sources, distribution, research gaps and policy needs
Researchers conducted a systematic review of plastic pollution research in Nigeria and found critical data gaps — covering only 15 of 36 states — with microplastics detected in fish, insects, and water, highlighting the need for stronger policies, better monitoring, and expanded research to address the growing plastic crisis in West Africa.
Emerging Pollutants in the Environment. I. Sources, Accumulation, and Ecological Implications
This review characterized emerging pollutants including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, industrial chemicals, pesticides, nanomaterials, and microplastics in environmental compartments, focusing on their persistence and ecological implications. The paper analyzed how these pollutants accumulate in water, soil, air, and biota, disrupting reproductive health, metabolic functions, and biodiversity.
A Review of Emerging Environmental Contaminants of Global Concern
This review covers major categories of emerging environmental contaminants including pharmaceuticals, microplastics, pesticides, and endocrine disruptors, summarizing their sources, ecological effects, and detection methods. Recent advances in sensitive analytical techniques have accelerated the identification and monitoring of these pollutants.
Anthropogenic drivers of pollutant presence and composition in first-order streams of the Ona River System, Ibadan, Nigeria
Researchers assessed physicochemical parameters, heavy metals, and microplastic contamination across eight urban rivers in southwestern Nigeria, examining how rapid urbanization drives pollutant loading and shapes contaminant composition in first-order streams of the Ona River system.
Pollutants of Emerging Concern in Urban Wastewater Impacted Aquatic Environments and Management Recommendations
This review identifies pharmaceuticals, microplastics, endocrine disruptors, and other emerging pollutants in urban wastewater-impacted African waterways, highlighting inadequate treatment infrastructure and recommending management strategies to protect aquatic ecosystems and public health.
Ecotoxicological Risks of Improper Waste Management in Revers State Nigeria: A Comprehensive Review
This systematic narrative review synthesized 94 studies on ecotoxicological risks from improper waste management in Rivers State, Nigeria, covering petrochemical effluents, microplastics, and heavy metals. The findings revealed a severely degraded environment with compounding toxic pressures on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Toxicological implications of emerging pollutants on aquatic organisms
Researchers reviewed how a broad range of emerging pollutants — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and heavy metals — harm aquatic organisms like fish, amphibians, and molluscs. Evidence shows these pollutants trigger oxidative stress, disrupt hormones, impair reproduction, and reduce biodiversity, with the review calling for stronger regulations, better wastewater treatment, and more research on the combined effects of multiple pollutants.
Environmental and Health Effects of Emerging Contaminants –A Critical Review
Researchers reviewed the environmental and health effects of emerging contaminants including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and microplastics commonly found in water and soil samples. The study suggests that these contaminants can cause endocrine disruption in exposed organisms and may contribute to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment.
Global Plastic Pollution and the Nigerian Dimensions
This review examines global plastic pollution trends with a focus on Nigeria, covering plastic production history, environmental distribution, ecological effects, and policy challenges in the West African context. The authors document how weak waste management infrastructure and high plastic consumption growth rates make Nigeria particularly vulnerable to microplastic pollution in rivers, coastlines, and food chains.
Presence and Abundance of Microplastics in Benthic Organisms from Some Niger Delta, Nigeria Coastal Rivers
Researchers investigated the presence and abundance of microplastics in benthic organisms collected from coastal rivers in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, documenting contamination levels in organisms from these ecologically significant waterways.
Environmental Challenges Awareness in Nigeria: A Review
This review examines environmental challenges in Nigeria and globally, including climate change, deforestation, urbanization, improper waste disposal, and plastic pollution, identifying anthropogenic drivers and discussing awareness gaps and policy needs for environmental protection and sustainable management.
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.
Hazards Associated with Plastic Wastes in the Communities of Niger Delta, Nigeria
A field study in Niger Delta communities measured plastic waste contamination in water, fish, sediment, and human blood samples, linking physicochemical anomalies to plastic pollution from local improper waste disposal.
Pollutants Sources, Entry Routes, Implications and Mitigation of Water Pollution in the Niger Delta Aquatic Ecosystem, Nigeria
This review examines pollutant sources, entry routes, ecological implications, and mitigation strategies for water pollution in the Niger Delta aquatic ecosystem of Nigeria, covering waste disposal, pesticides, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, and surface runoff as major contamination pathways. The paper recommends combating aquatic pollution through restrictions on pesticide discharge, environmental monitoring, and adherence to safety standards.
Emerging Pollutants in the Environment. Ii. Risks and Mitigation Technologies for Sustainable Environmental Management
This review examines emerging pollutants—including pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, and microplastics—in the environment, assessing their health and ecological risks and summarizing available mitigation technologies for sustainable environmental management.