2026 December - 21 articles
Water sources used for agricultural irrigation can be intermittently contaminated with human fecal material from municipal wastewater discharges, combined sewer overflows, leaking sewage infrastructure, or failing onsite wastewater systems. In August...
Soil health is essential for sustainable agriculture but is increasingly threatened by the co-occurrence of pesticides and heavy metals from agricultural and other anthropogenic activities. Although individual contaminants are well studied, their int...
This study evaluated the distribution and potential ecological risk of mercury in sediments from the Recuerdo Marsh, located in the Atrato River basin (Chocó, Colombia), and explored the potential of sawdust biochar for mercury removal from wa...
Ambient PM2.5 monitoring data provide evidence of location-specific pollution patterns, although uneven network coverage and incomplete station-level quality-assurance metadata constrain inference. We examined 69 annual reporting-code records availab...
Bio-based plastics, such as polylactic acid, offer an alternative to petroleum-based plastics and a prospect to address the plastic pollution problem. While mounting evidence suggests that microplastics pose a human health threat, the risk posed by b...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and toxic metals co-occur in the same people and have each been linked to cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, yet their joint contribution is poorly characterized. We examined PFOA, PFOS, lead, cadmium,...
Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) are widely detected in terrestrial ecosystems. Evaluating their soil–water transfer remains challenging because initial sorption loading does not necessarily dictate long-term retention. Here, the compou...
Nanoplastics are emerging aquatic contaminants whose cellular effects induced in freshwater fish remain incompletely understood. In this study, RTgill-W1 epithelial cells of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) gills were incubated with polystyrene na...
Alizarin Red S (ARS) is a persistent anthraquinone dye whose discharge into aquatic environments represents an important concern due to its chemical stability, intense coloration, and potential ecological impact. Adsorption has emerged as one of the...
Weathered petroleum contamination in desert soils resists conventional remediation because aged hydrocarbons are strongly sorbed under arid conditions. A hybrid ultrasonic–mechanical soil-washing system with a biodegradable saponin biosurfactan...
This cross-sectional, hypothesis-generating analysis examined six blood metal and volatile organic compound (VOC) biomarkers in relation to self-reported lifetime cancer history among 136 adults whose longest-held job was in construction in the 2009&...
The presence of microplastics in aquaculture systems constitutes an environmental concern due to their potential occurrence in fish intended for human consumption. This study aimed to determine the presence, abundance, and morphological and chromatic...
Nickel, despite being an essential trace element in nature, is emerging as a pollutant, especially in agricultural environments, due to increasing concentrations detected in soil following human activities. In this scenario, vermiremediation represen...
The binding interactions between heavy metals and dissolved organic matter (DOM) derived from snow remain largely unexplored. In this study, DOM was extracted from snow samples, and its composition was characterized using excitation–emission ma...
Chronic dietary exposure to pesticide residues links environmental contamination and food safety. This study assessed substance-specific and cumulative exposure from apples, oranges, and bananas among 1318 adults participating in the HELLANS 2024&nda...
Lead (Pb) is a toxic element that easily accumulates in vegetables grown in contaminated areas, posing significant human health risks. In this study, spinach (Spinacia oleracea), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), cucumbers...
Contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) was assessed in an abandoned Mn mining area in Northern Greece, with 25 sites located within the wider mine area and 12 reference sites. Pseudo-total concentrations of Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb w...
Vegetables are essential components of a healthy diet and represent the primary source of dietary nitrate exposure in humans, accounting for approximately 80% of total intake. The use of nitrogen fertilizers and the ability of some plant species to a...
Emissions from diesel-powered vehicles are an important source of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These PAHs, in turn, are easily accumulated in different vegetable species. As such, the key question of the study was whether PAHs...
Litter decomposition is crucial for the mercury biogeochemical cycle, though urban disturbances often disrupt this process. This study simulated urban conditions to investigate how ecological factors affect litter decomposition and mercury dynamics,...
From April 2015 through August 2022 levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured in ambient air (particulate and gas phases) at an urban site in Brescia, northern Italy. A...
