Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and antibiotics in oil-contaminated aquaculture areas: Bioaccumulation, influencing factors, and human health risks

First Evidence of the Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Tire Additives and Their Transformation Products in an Estuarine Food Web

“…The log BAF values of target compounds varied from 1.1 to 5.8 (Figure and Table S15), which were comparable to the calculated values for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (0.09–5.43) in the Yellow River Estuary and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (2.9–5.3) in an electronic waste recycling site in a South China pond. Specifically, DPPD and DTPD were highly bioaccumulative with log BAF values all surpassing 3.7 .…”

Yellow River Basin Management under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection II: Lessons from a Special Issue

“…The current water quality assessment system does not incorporate the monitoring of indicators of emerging pollutants, such as microplastics, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, antibiotic pollutants, and PFAS pollutants. For instance, microplastic pollutants and antibiotics have been detected in multiple sections of the Yellow River [22][23][24][25]. Overall, the key issue facing the Yellow River Basin at present is the coexistence of traditional and emerging pollutants jointly affecting the pollution status and ecological risks of the basin's water environment.…”

Fluorescent Visualization of Chemical Profiles across the Air–Water Interface

“…Therefore, the fluorescence intensity profile of pyrene at considerably low concentrations (0.5 μg L –1 ) from water to air can be determined (Text S2 and Figure S3). It should be noted that such concentration of pyrene (0.5 μg L –1 ) is comparable to/higher than those in the field aquatic environment (ranging from 0.001 to 1 μg L –1 ). − Nevertheless, the concentration profile characteristics of pyrene at the air–water interface could be similar within the concentration ranges below the water solubility of pyrene (135 μg L –1 )…”