Pub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-08-20DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100660
Basanta Kumar Biswal, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian
Biodegradable plastics have received considerable attention as an eco-friendly material to replace non-biodegradable plastics. This paper critically reviews recent studies on the occurrence, fate, transport, and ecotoxicity of biodegradable and non-biodegradable microplastics (MPs) in the aquatic environment. The fate and transport of MPs largely depend on their properties, hydrodynamic conditions, and climatic factors. MPs show various levels of ecotoxicity toward aquatic biota. The overall aim of this review is to improve the current understanding on the fate and transport of MPs and help regulatory agencies to develop effective strategies for mitigation of pollution, caused by MPs in the aquatic environment.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-08-21DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100661
Nguyen The Tung Lam , Le Thi Lan Anh , Tran Le Luu
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from industrial wastewater treatment are increasingly acknowledged as a significant contributor to climate change but remain underrepresented in mitigation strategies, especially in developing countries. Methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) are emitted through anaerobic digestion, biological nitrogen removal, and energy-intensive operations. In Vietnam, centralized WWTPs have reported emissions as high as 476.1 MtCO2e from CH4 and 13,103.9 MtCO2e from N2O, emphasizing the need for targeted intervention. It is hypothesized that when equipped with low-emission technologies and supported by integrated approaches, such as energy recovery, optimized nutrient removal, and real-time digital monitoring, industrial wastewater systems can be transformed into climate-resilient infrastructure with significantly reduced emission intensities. In this review, mitigation pathways are synthesized through a critical evaluation of peer-reviewed literature, field-based data, and global policy frameworks. Key emission factors, including 0.0011 g CH4/g BOD5 and 0.0017 g N2O–N/g TN-influent, are analyzed alongside operational metrics. Technologies such as anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs), partial nitritation–anammox (PN/A) processes, AME-AD systems, and photovoltaic-supported biogas recovery are comprehensively reviewed. A four-phase roadmap to net-zero emissions by 2050 is proposed, integrating life cycle assessment, AI-enhanced monitoring, and carbon finance mechanisms. Emphasis is placed on the co-benefits of GHG mitigation strategies for public health resilience, energy security, and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. By repositioning industrial wastewater as a strategic entry point for climate action, this study outlines actionable, cross-sectoral solutions to support decarbonization and circular economy transformation in rapidly industrializing economies. These findings hold particular relevance for journals focusing on environmental engineering, sustainable infrastructure, climate governance, and low-carbon development pathways.
工业废水处理产生的温室气体（GHG）排放日益被认为是造成气候变化的一个重要因素，但在缓解战略中所占比例仍然不足，尤其是在发展中国家。甲烷（CH4）、氧化亚氮（N2O）和二氧化碳（CO2）通过厌氧消化、生物脱氮和能源密集型操作排放。在越南，集中式污水处理厂报告的CH4排放量高达4.761亿吨二氧化碳当量，N2O排放量高达13103.9亿吨二氧化碳当量，这强调了有针对性干预的必要性。我们假设，当配备低排放技术并辅以能源回收、优化营养物去除和实时数字监测等综合方法时，工业废水系统可以转变为具有气候适应型的基础设施，显著降低排放强度。在本综述中，通过对同行评议文献、实地数据和全球政策框架的批判性评估，综合了缓解途径。关键排放因子，包括0.0011 g CH4/g BOD5和0.0017 g N2O-N /g tn，与操作指标一起分析。对厌氧膜生物反应器（anmbr）、部分硝化-厌氧氨氧化（PN/A）工艺、AME-AD系统和光伏支持的沼气回收等技术进行了全面综述。提出了到2050年实现净零排放的四阶段路线图，整合了生命周期评估、人工智能增强监测和碳融资机制。重点是温室气体缓解战略对公共卫生抗灾能力、能源安全和实现可持续发展目标的共同益处。通过将工业废水重新定位为气候行动的战略切入点，本研究概述了可操作的跨部门解决方案，以支持快速工业化经济体的脱碳和循环经济转型。这些发现对关注环境工程、可持续基础设施、气候治理和低碳发展途径的期刊尤其重要。
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Pub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-07-26DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100652
Dandan Xu , Tuo Jin , Bin Xi , Haihe Gao , Xuran Li , Lei Huang , Jian Song
Microplastics (MPs, particle size<5 mm), as an emerging pollutant, can exist in the environment for a long time and have been widely found in global agricultural ecosystems. MPs can alter soil physical and chemical properties, interfere with microbial communities, adsorb and transmit pollutants, directly or indirectly affecting crop growth and agricultural product quality and safety. Generally, MPs in ecosystem could be originated from a diverse array of sources. Except for atmospheric deposition, tire wear, farmland irrigation, and sludge application, plastic-coated fertilizers and mulching films used in agriculture have become sources of concern. Recently, a large number of studies have reported on the distribution and pollution mechanisms of MPs in marine environments, but there are relatively few studies on the distribution characteristics and influencing factors of MPs generated by plastic film mulching in different regions. This paper will explore the distribution characteristics of MPs in farmland soil in different countries and regions and their impacts on crop physiology and ecology. It will also analyze the roles of factors such as farmland types, plastic film types, mulching years, mechanical recovery methods, cultivation systems, and farmland irrigation in the distribution characteristics of MPs originated from plastic film. Finally, it will propose to manage policy recommendations, research frontiers and focus fields.
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Sand and dust storms (SDS) present significant challenges in assessing their health effects, particularly as climate change may exacerbate desertification in some regions, potentially leading to more frequent and intense dust storms. This paper examines the current limitations and methodological issues in evaluating the health impacts of desert dust. While ecological time-series studies have effective in addressing the short-term health effects of air pollution, desert dust exposure introduces unique complexities to conventional methods. Key challenges include dust exposure metrics, exposure assessment methods, desert dust origin, and the type of impacted areas. The potential for increased dust storm activity in some regions, driven by climate change and desertification, underscores the need for more accurate exposure methods to assess the health effects of SDS. Addressing these limitations is essential to improving our understanding of the health risks posed by desert dust, particularly in the current context of a changing climate.
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Biosensing techniques have been emerging as potent, sensitive, and highly selective techniques to identify contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in water matrices. The significant levels of these classes of pollutants are extremely detrimental to human health and ecosystems even at trace concentrations. Enzyme-based biosensing techniques utilize the specificity and catalytic activity of enzymes to selectively interact with pollutants, producing measurable signals for their detection and quantification. Here, we summarize different enzyme-driven techniques for the detection of CECs. The use of enzyme-based sensors represents a promising, sustainable approach to address the global challenge of detecting CECs in water matrices.
{"title":"Biosensing contaminants of emerging concerns: A technological leap in emerging contaminant detection","authors":"Rakhya Ranjan Nanda , Jaya Sharma , Sasmita Chand , Lavanya Addagada , Prangya Ranjan Rout","doi":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100649","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100649","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biosensing techniques have been emerging as potent, sensitive, and highly selective techniques to identify contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in water matrices. The significant levels of these classes of pollutants are extremely detrimental to human health and ecosystems even at trace concentrations. Enzyme-based biosensing techniques utilize the specificity and catalytic activity of enzymes to selectively interact with pollutants, producing measurable signals for their detection and quantification. Here, we summarize different enzyme-driven techniques for the detection of CECs. The use of enzyme-based sensors represents a promising, sustainable approach to address the global challenge of detecting CECs in water matrices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52296,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100649"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144879096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100654
Fernando António Leal Pacheco , Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra , Carlos Alberto Valera , Marília Carvalho de Melo , Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes
<div><div>Mine tailings are wastes from ore extraction and processing, which are frequently stored in hillslopes behind earth dams. Unfortunately, tailings dams have collapsed in a number of places worldwide, literally dumping the waste into nearby rivers as metal-rich debris and mud. The environmental impact of these accidents is systemic and often severe and long-lasting. This study reviewed recent cases from Brazil (the Mariana accident that affected the Doce River and the Brumadinho accident that affected the Paraopeba River), highlighting the impact of large tailings dams' failures on river water quality and implications derived therefrom. The review showed how the Mariana failure affected the entire course of the Doce River, even impacting the estuarine ecosystem for a decade so far; and how physical barriers such as the Igarapé weir helped delaying the propagation of contamination in the Paraopeba River. Invariably, the contamination of river water was characterized by concentrations of metals (e.g. iron, manganese) and turbidity above the legal thresholds and far exceeding the levels observed before the accidents, which in the Brumadinho case, led to the suspension of drinking water supply to the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, affecting 2 million people. Besides, bioavailable phases of metals have accumulated in various trophic levels across the food web, threatening human health. The role of storm events in the exacerbation of water quality degradation and the potential impact of floods on the health of riparian forests were also recognized, because contaminated sediments were resuspended during those events and riverbanks were inundated in the sequel. Moreover, contaminated surface water flowing from urban, industrial, and pastureland areas masked the water quality degradation of Paraopeba River caused by the tailings dams' failures, because this water also contained metals and other toxic elements. On the other hand, inflows of sediments and water from tributary rivers helped dilute the contamination in the main watercourses. The time required to bring the river water quality back to safe levels was assessed in some studies, which pointed to 6–8 years in the Brumadinho case and provided no clear timespan for the Mariana case. Dredging of mine waste from the impacted areas was said to accelerate the recovery of Paraopeba river. The reviewed articles suggested some institutional responses, both systemic and specific to tailings dam accidents. The systemic measures comprised reforestation and implementation of best management practices to prevent water erosion and contaminant transport across the river basins, coupled with integration of accountable water quality monitoring in landscape management plans and policies. The specific measures were mostly related with prevention through the design of promptly implementable emergency action plans, coupled with policies capable of making the mining companies pay the recovery costs in a r
{"title":"Tailings dam failures in Brazil: River contamination, ecosystem recovery, and institutional responses to the Mariana and Brumadinho disasters","authors":"Fernando António Leal Pacheco , Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra , Carlos Alberto Valera , Marília Carvalho de Melo , Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes","doi":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100654","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100654","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mine tailings are wastes from ore extraction and processing, which are frequently stored in hillslopes behind earth dams. Unfortunately, tailings dams have collapsed in a number of places worldwide, literally dumping the waste into nearby rivers as metal-rich debris and mud. The environmental impact of these accidents is systemic and often severe and long-lasting. This study reviewed recent cases from Brazil (the Mariana accident that affected the Doce River and the Brumadinho accident that affected the Paraopeba River), highlighting the impact of large tailings dams' failures on river water quality and implications derived therefrom. The review showed how the Mariana failure affected the entire course of the Doce River, even impacting the estuarine ecosystem for a decade so far; and how physical barriers such as the Igarapé weir helped delaying the propagation of contamination in the Paraopeba River. Invariably, the contamination of river water was characterized by concentrations of metals (e.g. iron, manganese) and turbidity above the legal thresholds and far exceeding the levels observed before the accidents, which in the Brumadinho case, led to the suspension of drinking water supply to the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, affecting 2 million people. Besides, bioavailable phases of metals have accumulated in various trophic levels across the food web, threatening human health. The role of storm events in the exacerbation of water quality degradation and the potential impact of floods on the health of riparian forests were also recognized, because contaminated sediments were resuspended during those events and riverbanks were inundated in the sequel. Moreover, contaminated surface water flowing from urban, industrial, and pastureland areas masked the water quality degradation of Paraopeba River caused by the tailings dams' failures, because this water also contained metals and other toxic elements. On the other hand, inflows of sediments and water from tributary rivers helped dilute the contamination in the main watercourses. The time required to bring the river water quality back to safe levels was assessed in some studies, which pointed to 6–8 years in the Brumadinho case and provided no clear timespan for the Mariana case. Dredging of mine waste from the impacted areas was said to accelerate the recovery of Paraopeba river. The reviewed articles suggested some institutional responses, both systemic and specific to tailings dam accidents. The systemic measures comprised reforestation and implementation of best management practices to prevent water erosion and contaminant transport across the river basins, coupled with integration of accountable water quality monitoring in landscape management plans and policies. The specific measures were mostly related with prevention through the design of promptly implementable emergency action plans, coupled with policies capable of making the mining companies pay the recovery costs in a r","PeriodicalId":52296,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100654"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144895554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-07-26DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100647
Anastasia K. Paschalidou
{"title":"Intersecting crises: Air quality in a changing climate","authors":"Anastasia K. Paschalidou","doi":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100647","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100647","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52296,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100647"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emerging contaminants (ECs) threaten water security and ecosystem health, with climate change intensifying their risks by altering hydrology and driving temperature changes. Process-based (PB) and data-driven (DD) models are vital for understanding EC dynamics and predicting long-term impacts under climate scenarios. This review highlights the integration of PB and DD models with climate change outputs to assess risks and inform sustainable water management. A proposed holistic framework combines these approaches to predict contaminant behavior, identify hotspots, and mitigate risks. Leveraging interdisciplinary insights, it offers a proactive strategy to address EC challenges and safeguard global water resources.
{"title":"Modeling approach to understanding the nexus of emerging contaminants, climate change, and water security","authors":"Xuneng Tong , Zhixin Xiang , Luhua You , Jingjie Zhang , Karina Yew-Hoong Gin","doi":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100650","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100650","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emerging contaminants (ECs) threaten water security and ecosystem health, with climate change intensifying their risks by altering hydrology and driving temperature changes. Process-based (PB) and data-driven (DD) models are vital for understanding EC dynamics and predicting long-term impacts under climate scenarios. This review highlights the integration of PB and DD models with climate change outputs to assess risks and inform sustainable water management. A proposed holistic framework combines these approaches to predict contaminant behavior, identify hotspots, and mitigate risks. Leveraging interdisciplinary insights, it offers a proactive strategy to address EC challenges and safeguard global water resources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52296,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100650"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144858528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100653
Stavros D. Veresoglou , Costas J. Saitanis , Evgenios Agathokleous
Dose-response curves are the basis for most public and environmental health decisions in ecology, environmental toxicology, pharmacology, and policymaking. Dose-response curves are often mistakenly assumed to be static in time. This gives rise to a major challenge in the field, correcting them for temporal variability. We review, here, evidence that there is unforeseen opportunity to predict temporal changes and that, by doing so, we might secure impactful progress in diverse disciplines such as ecotoxicology, conservation and restoration sciences, and precision agriculture. We develop a perspective on the steps that we need to take to realize this lost potential.
{"title":"Ecological dose-response curves against the clock","authors":"Stavros D. Veresoglou , Costas J. Saitanis , Evgenios Agathokleous","doi":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100653","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100653","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dose-response curves are the basis for most public and environmental health decisions in ecology, environmental toxicology, pharmacology, and policymaking. Dose-response curves are often mistakenly assumed to be static in time. This gives rise to a major challenge in the field, correcting them for temporal variability. We review, here, evidence that there is unforeseen opportunity to predict temporal changes and that, by doing so, we might secure impactful progress in diverse disciplines such as ecotoxicology, conservation and restoration sciences, and precision agriculture. We develop a perspective on the steps that we need to take to realize this lost potential.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52296,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100653"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2025.100648
Jian Zang , Bin Luo , Guangyan He , Chao Yue , Yu Yan
This review examines emerging contaminants (ECs) and transitional one in five environments, focusing on air (ground-level and atmosphere), water, soil, and indoor. Key pollutants—volatile organic compounds, microplastics, Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and bioaerosols—demonstrate cross-compartmental persistence, correlating with respiratory diseases, endocrine disruption, and immune risks. Indoor exposure dominates, driven by formaldehyde, microbial agents, and particulate matter. Advanced sensors and AI-enhanced monitoring enable real-time detection yet gaps persist in quantifying risks of novel ECs and scaling interventions. Prioritizing source control in built environments, alongside health-aligned and end point policies, is critical to mitigate exposure surrounded.
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