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
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
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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