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Urban areas can significantly alter the quality status of aquifers if appropriate strategies to prevent and detect groundwater contamination are not implemented in time. The prevention of groundwater contamination should be a priority due to its pote...

Nitrates present one of the main groundwater contaminants in the world and in the Zagreb aquifer. The Zagreb aquifer presents the main source of potable water for the inhabitants of the City of Zagreb and it is protected by the Republic of Croatia. T...

Foodborne pathogens remain a major public health concern in the European Union (EU) despite continued improvements in hygiene, regulation, and surveillance. This narrative review with descriptive surveillance analysis examines major bacterial foodbor...

This study provides a bibliometric analysis of global research on surfactant applications in subsurface remediation over the period 2010–2025, with the objective of mapping the scientific development, knowledge structure, and emerging research...

This study presents a screening-level multitemporal assessment of surface water quality in the Atrato River (Chocó, Colombia), a tropical river system heavily influenced by artisanal and illegal gold mining, elevated sediment loads, and untrea...

This work deals with the natural degradation of leachate from an old reclaimed landfill by means of a biological pond. Hamra is a municipal waste landfill with a limited formation of leachate, which has already been reclaimed. Leachate in this locati...

The issue of cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils has garnered significant attention due to its implications for food safety and environmental health. However, research on its spatial and temporal distribution in tropical agricultural zon...

This review explores the efficiency and mechanisms of GQDs in removing contaminants from water, emphasizing their potential for environmental applications. GQDs possess unique physicochemical properties, such as a high surface area, tunable photolumi...

In Taiwan and other countries, glyphosate has been used widely as a non-selective herbicide over 40 years in crop lands and non-crop lands. However, public concerns about its environmental and health risks have increased rapidly because the Internati...

Chemical contaminants should not be present in beverages for human consumption, but could eventually be ingested by consumers as they may appear naturally from the environment or be produced by anthropogenic sources. These contaminants could belong t...

Groundwater contamination by dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) poses a severe environmental threat due to their persistence and toxicity. Modeling DNAPL contamination is essential for understanding their distribution, predicting contaminant spr...

Heavy metal contamination in soils threatens ecosystem stability, agricultural productivity, and human health due to its persistence, toxicity, and ecological risks. Microbial remediation has emerged as a sustainable and cost-effective strategy, but...

Food safety and quality have been gaining increasing attention in recent years. Gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (GC–MS/MS), a highly sensitive technique, is gradually being preferred to GC–MS in food safety laboratories since i...

The increasing focus on sustainability and the circular economy has brought waste-to-energy technologies to the forefront of renewable energy research. However, the environmental impacts and management of contaminants associated with these technologi...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are synthetic organic compounds that were widely used in industrial applications throughout the 20th century. Due to their chemical stability, resistance to degradation and ability to bioaccumulate and biomagnify thro...

Heavy metal soil pollution severely threatens human health and food safety. This study used PRISMA to systematically review heavy metal-contaminated soil remediation patents in the Derwent Patent Database from 2003 to 2023. A total of 1744 patents we...

The environmental persistence of sucralose (SUC), a recalcitrant artificial sweetener, has raised significant ecological concerns owing to its notable resistance to both thermal and biological degradation. This study focused on the eight major river...

Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP)-based sensors have gained increasing attention in the field of food safety analysis due to their unique ability to selectively recognize and quantify chemical contaminants and allergens with interesting sensitivity...

Shallow aquifers are prone to nitrate contamination worldwide. In western Nebraska, high groundwater nitrate concentrations ([NO₃⁻]) have resulted in the exploration of new groundwater and nitrogen management regulations in the North Platte Nat...

The pollution of heavy metals in soil is a problem of great concern to international scholars today. This research investigates the current research activities in the field of soil heavy metal pollution remediation and discusses the current areas of...

Groundwater is a critical drinking water source in arid regions globally, where reliance on groundwater is highest. However, disparities in groundwater availability, access, and quality pose challenges to water security. This case study employs geost...

Food is essential for human survival; however, food can be an important route of exposure to contaminants. This study investigated the presence and distribution of anthropogenic contaminants in food consumed by families with small children in South F...

Microplastic pollution is a major environmental concern due to its persistence, global distribution, and potential impacts on ecosystems and human health. This systematic review, conducted according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines, analyzes research trends...

Following legislation, European Member States should have multi-annual control programs for contaminants, such as for mycotoxins, in feed and food. These programs need to be risk based implying the checks are regular and proportional to the estimated...

The management of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in water bodies is particularly challenging due to the difficulty in detection and their recalcitrant degradation by conventional means. In this review, CECs are characterized to give insights...

Water is an essential resource for life; however, the quality of available water on the planet has been compromised due to various factors, including microbiological contamination. Objective: To analyze the global scientific production of microbiolog...

Soil health directly impacts food security, so investigating contaminants is a topic of interest for the anticipatory study of the action–effect correlation. This paper conducts a systematic literature review through seven analyses, identifying...

By analyzing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcement reports from 2004 to 2025, we can determine the incidence of microbial contamination in non-sterile and sterile drugs in the United States of America and, at the same time, compare the trend...

Background/Objectives: Our study aimed to assess longitudinal trends in blood culture contamination in a regional secondary care teaching hospital before and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to evaluate differences in the interpretation of trends usin...

Groundwater quality can be impacted by the backfilling of coal pits with waste rock containing new mineral surfaces and nanomaterials. This study was implemented to identify newly available arsenic and selenium sources in waste rock from the Cordero...

Mycotoxins contaminating animal feed can exert toxic effects in animals and be transferred into animal products. Therefore, mycotoxin occurrence in feed should be monitored. To this end, we performed a large-scale global survey of mycotoxin contamina...

Groundwater and surface water contamination is related to the presence of chemical substances, which strongly influence the water suitability for human consumption as well as for industrial and agricultural uses [...]

Increasing water pollution by bio-recalcitrant contaminants necessitates the use of robust treatment methods. Individual treatment methods are not effective against these emerging organic pollutants due to their stability in the environment. This has...

Mercury contamination in the Amazon arising from both natural sources and intensive mining activities in the region is a significant public health concern. This metal is used to separate Au from sediments. Accordingly, this study aimed to assess the...

This study investigates the emissions of various industrial facilities under start-up, shut-down, and normal operations. The industries that have been investigated include power and/or heat generation, energy-from-waste generation, nuclear power gene...

Conceptual Site Models (CSMs) are essential tools for characterizing contaminated sites, integrating hydrobiogeochemical information to support remediation planning. Historical datasets are often underutilized, while additional investigations can be...

We intended to assess how exposure of piglets to deoxynivalenol (DON)-contaminated feed impacted their growth, immune response and gut development. Piglets were fed traditional Phase I, Phase II and Phase III diets with the control group receiving 0....

Background/Objectives: In healthcare environments with high microbial loads, effective infection control measures are critical for reducing airborne and surface contamination. One of the novel modalities in the achievement of these goals is the use o...

Groundwater contamination is a rising issue worldwide, and it must be treated well as most of the world relies on it. Groundwater pollution occurs when undesirable substances in groundwater rise. Understanding, simulating, and predicting solute mobil...

While the technological foundation for sludge valorization (anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis) is mature, a significant disconnect exists between traditional research and the advanced application of artificial intelligence. This study identifies that...

Ingestion of water is a major route of human exposure to environmental contaminants. There have been numerous studies exploring the different compounds present in drinking water, with recent attention drawn to a new class of emerging contaminants: en...

As groundwater quality monitoring networks have been expanded over the last decades, significant time series are now available. Therefore, a scientific effort is needed to explore innovative techniques for groundwater quality time series exploitation...

Intense urbanization, large scale industrialization and unprecedented population growth in the last few decades have been responsible for lowering environmental quality. Soil contamination with metals is a serious concern due to their toxicity and ab...

With the increasing population, urbanization and industry in the arid area of Tecate, there is a concomitant increase in contaminants being introduced into the Tecate River and its aquifer. This contamination is damaging the usable groundwater supply...

Cadmium pollution of soil threatens the environmental quality and human health. Phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soil has attracted global attention in recent decades. This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive and systematic review of the l...

Background: Public fitness facilities are high-contact environments that facilitate microbial transfer via shared surfaces; however, temporal dynamics and device-specific contamination patterns remain insufficiently characterized. Methods: A repeated...

Aflatoxins are one of the major mycotoxins contaminating food and feed. This study analyses 14 years of notifications on aflatoxins (2010–2023) from the European Union’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) to assess contamination...

The characteristics of nitrogen contamination of shallow groundwater were evaluated through current status analysis and trend detection of ammonium–N and nitrate–N concentrations under various cropping patterns to assess the effectiveness...

Forest soil contamination is a significant problem with risks to ecosystems and human health. It reduces soil quality, hampers plant growth, and disrupts ecosystems. To understand current research and identify future directions, this study analyzed 2...

In order to protect the environment and public health, this Special Issue’s goal was to provide a platform for the discussion of emerging trends in the monitoring and removal of contaminants from soil, water, and air [...]