Overview of Emerging Contaminants and Associated Human Health Effects

Overview of Emerging Contaminants and Associated Human Health Effects

In recent decades, because of significant progress in the analysis and detection of trace pollutants, emerging contaminants have been discovered and quantified in living beings and diverse environmental substances; however, the adverse effects of environmental exposure on the general population are largely unknown. This review summarizes the conclusions of the comprehensive epidemic literature ...

Overview: Human Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants

Health Effects of Waterborne Contaminants: A Focus on Emerging Concerns

One of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations has been " To ensure environmental sustainability " , which includes the target of a 50% reduction by 2015 of " …the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation ". This year 147 countries have met the drinking water target, 95 countries have met the sanitation target, and 77 cou...

Contaminants of Emerging Concern: From the Detection to Their Effects on Human Health

In the past years with the advance of analytical instrumen-tation/methods, some chemicals are being discovered in water and other environmental matrices that previously had not been noticed or are being detected at levels that may be diverse more than expected. These are often generally referred to as " contaminants of emerging concern " because the potential risk to human health and the enviro...

Rare Earth Elements as Emerging Contaminants and Applications, Occurrence, Sources, and Environmental and Human Health Risks Caused by Them: A Review Study

Background and Objectives: Rare earth elements (REEs) are examples of emerging contaminants that have recently been increasingly spread to the environment through the extensive use in modern commodities, medical facilities, petroleum refining, mining, chemical fertilizers, electronic wastes and recycling plants. However, these elements are considered due to their potential human and ecological ...