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Legacy and emerging pollutants in Latin America: A critical review of occurrence and levels in environmental and food samples

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    Identifier: imarina:9280460
    Authors:
    Souza MCORocha BAAdeyemi JANadal MDomingo JLBarbosa F
    Abstract:
    The increase and indiscriminate use of personal care products, food products, fertilizers, pesticides, and health products, among others, have resulted/are resulting in extensive environmental contamination. Most of these products contain traces of widespread chemicals, usually known as emerging pollutants (EPs) or pollutants of emerging concern (PEC). The Latin American (LA) region comprises 20 countries with different social and cultural aspects, with 81 % of the population living in urban areas. The LA region has some countries on the top list of users/consumers of EPs, from pesticides and fertilizers to personal care products. However, there is a gap in information related to the distribution of EPs in the environment of this region, with very few existing review texts exploring this issue. Therefore, this present paper advances this approach. An exhaustive literature review, with the selection of 176 documents, provided unique up-to-date information on the presence/distribution of 17 classes of legacy or emerging pollutants in different food and environmental matrices (soil, sediment, water, and air). The study shows that the wide distribution and recorded levels of these pollutants in the continental environment are potential risks to human health, mainly through food and drinking water ingestion. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are pollutants of deep public concern since they show carcinogenic properties. Several classes of pollutants, like endocrine disruptors, have caused harmful effects on humans and the environment. Besides that, pharmaceutical products and pesticides are compounds of high consumption worldwide, being environmental contamination a real and ongoing possibility. Finally, gaps and future research needs are deeply pointed out.Copyright © 2022. P
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Souza MCO; Rocha BA; Adeyemi JA; Nadal M; Domingo JL; Barbosa F
    Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    URV's Author/s: Domingo Roig, José Luis / Nadal Lomas, Martí
    Keywords: Polycyclic aromatic-hydrocarbons Human exposure Health risks Exposure sources Environmental risks Environmental pollutants Emerging countries rio-de-janeiro rare-earth-elements polychlorinated-biphenyls pcbs polybrominated diphenyl ethers persistent organic pollutants organochlorine pesticides ocps human exposure health risks exposure sources environmental risks emerging countries disk sorptive extraction dibenzo-p-dioxins brominated flame retardants
    Abstract: The increase and indiscriminate use of personal care products, food products, fertilizers, pesticides, and health products, among others, have resulted/are resulting in extensive environmental contamination. Most of these products contain traces of widespread chemicals, usually known as emerging pollutants (EPs) or pollutants of emerging concern (PEC). The Latin American (LA) region comprises 20 countries with different social and cultural aspects, with 81 % of the population living in urban areas. The LA region has some countries on the top list of users/consumers of EPs, from pesticides and fertilizers to personal care products. However, there is a gap in information related to the distribution of EPs in the environment of this region, with very few existing review texts exploring this issue. Therefore, this present paper advances this approach. An exhaustive literature review, with the selection of 176 documents, provided unique up-to-date information on the presence/distribution of 17 classes of legacy or emerging pollutants in different food and environmental matrices (soil, sediment, water, and air). The study shows that the wide distribution and recorded levels of these pollutants in the continental environment are potential risks to human health, mainly through food and drinking water ingestion. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are pollutants of deep public concern since they show carcinogenic properties. Several classes of pollutants, like endocrine disruptors, have caused harmful effects on humans and the environment. Besides that, pharmaceutical products and pesticides are compounds of high consumption worldwide, being environmental contamination a real and ongoing possibility. Finally, gaps and future research needs are deeply pointed out.Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Waste management and disposal Saúde coletiva Química Pollution Odontología Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Historia Geografía Geociências Farmacia Environmental sciences Environmental engineering Environmental chemistry Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Direito Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: joseluis.domingo@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-6647-9470 0000-0002-0217-4827
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722048732?via%3Dihub
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Science Of The Total Environment. 848 157774-157774
    APA: Souza MCO; Rocha BA; Adeyemi JA; Nadal M; Domingo JL; Barbosa F (2022). Legacy and emerging pollutants in Latin America: A critical review of occurrence and levels in environmental and food samples. Science Of The Total Environment, 848(), 157774-157774. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157774
    Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157774
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2022
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Environmental Chemistry,Environmental Engineering,Environmental Sciences,Pollution,Waste Management and Disposal
    Polycyclic aromatic-hydrocarbons
    Human exposure
    Health risks
    Exposure sources
    Environmental risks
    Environmental pollutants
    Emerging countries
    rio-de-janeiro
    rare-earth-elements
    polychlorinated-biphenyls pcbs
    polybrominated diphenyl ethers
    persistent organic pollutants
    organochlorine pesticides ocps
    human exposure
    health risks
    exposure sources
    environmental risks
    emerging countries
    disk sorptive extraction
    dibenzo-p-dioxins
    brominated flame retardants
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Waste management and disposal
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Pollution
    Odontología
    Nutrição
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Materiais
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    Historia
    Geografía
    Geociências
    Farmacia
    Environmental sciences
    Environmental engineering
    Environmental chemistry
    Ensino
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Enfermagem
    Direito
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Ciência da computação
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
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