EDITORIAL article Front. Environ. Sci., 15 March 2023Sec. Water and Wastewater Management Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1165882

The environmental problems we face today are multifold and complex. The emission of pollutants in the atmosphere, the discharge of effluents in lakes and rivers, the disposal of hazardous materials in ecosystems, and the use of pesticides on crops and food products are serious problems that are not yet fully understood. More recently, the industrially advanced nations of the world have been con...

Abstract Tire wear represents a large source of microplastic entering the aquatic environment, however little is known about its environmental risks. Here, we provide first assessment risks pollution with tire particles (TWP) and associated organic micropollutants present in road runoff Europe, one go. Besides TWP, focused on priority substances as defined by Water Framework Directive (WFD). In...

Concerns about aluminum (Al) exposure in the human diet have persisted for one century. We suggest that continued research would benefit from better reporting of environmental factors that are known to influence Al accumulation in plant organs that are consumed, focusing on subsets of the general public that exhibit the highest risk for neuropathological responses, increased evaluation of comme...