Priority and emerging organic microcontaminants in three Mediterranean river basins: Occurrence, spatial distribution, and identification of river basin specific pollutants

Bioaccumulation of emerging contaminants in mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis): Influence of microplastics

“…The exposition stage took place during days 0-28, when mussels were exposed to contaminants via water (10 µg/L and food (10 ng per specimen and day). Although 10 µg/L is a concentration higher than the typically found in aquatic Mediterranean environments (Campo et al, 2016;Köck-Schulmeyer et al, 2021;Sadutto et al, 2021a), some compounds have been detected at similar and higher concentrations in aquatic environments (Barbieri et al, 2021;Calvo et al, 2021) and WWTP effluents (Golovko et al, 2021;Sadutto et al, 2021a). Furthermore, it was still significantly lower than in other bioaccumulation studies (Cui et al, 2019;Le Bris and Pouliquen, 2004;Mezzelani et al, 2016).…”

“…Recently, the ubiquitous distribution of emerging contaminants (ECs), mostly pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and microplastics (MPs) into the aquatic ecosystems has been identified as one of the prevalent topics in environmental risk assessment (Köck-Schulmeyer et al, 2021;Kroon et al, 2020;Pico et al, 2019). Many reports contributed information on the distribution of these ECs in abiotic environmental compartments as water and sediments (Barbieri et al, 2021;Calvo et al, 2021;Campo et al, 2016;Carmona et al, 2017;Sadutto et al, 2021b).…”

Data on occurrence and ecotoxicological risk of emerging contaminants in Dinaric karst catchment of Jadro and Žrnovnica springs

“…The sum of RQ values for all compounds detected at the particular sampling location indicates the site-specific risk quotient RQ site [19] : …”

Electro-Fenton degradation of a ternary pharmaceutical mixture and its application in the regeneration of spent biochar

“…Over 100,000 tonnes/year of pharmaceuticals are being consumed (around 25% in Europe). Therefore, their study has been con-sidered a priority by the main organisations devoted to protecting the public and environmental health such as the World Health Organization, the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States or the European Environment Agency [7,8].…”