Review on the contamination and remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coastal soil and sediments

C Dai, Y Han, Y Duan, X Lai, R Fu, S Liu… - Environmental …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The rapid economic and population growth in coastal areas is causing increasingly serious
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution in these regions. This review compared …

Distribution, sources and consequences of nutrients, persistent organic pollutants, metals and microplastics in South American estuaries

M Barletta, ARA Lima, MF Costa - Science of the Total environment, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Estuarine pollution imposes rapid, increasing and lasting environmental modifications. In the
present review, especial attention is given to estuaries in South America (SA), where …

Enhanced desorption of persistent organic pollutants from microplastics under simulated physiological conditions

A Bakir, SJ Rowland, RC Thompson - Environmental pollution, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Microplastics have the potential to uptake and release persistent organic pollutants (POPs);
however, subsequent transfer to marine organisms is poorly understood. Some models …

[HTML][HTML] The state of persistent organic pollutants in South African estuaries: A review of environmental exposure and sources

C Olisah, JB Adams, G Rubidge - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The long-term health of many South African estuaries is impacted by pollutants entering
these systems through industrial and agricultural runoff, sewage outfalls, contaminated …

Contaminants of emerging concern: occurrence, analytical techniques, and removal with electrochemical advanced oxidation processes with special emphasis in …

MA Sandoval, W Calzadilla, J Vidal, E Brillas… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in environmental systems is
gradually more studied worldwide. However, in Latin America, the presence of contaminants …

Distribution, sources and ecological risk assessment of PAHs in surface sediments from Guan River Estuary, China

X He, Y Pang, X Song, B Chen, Z Feng, Y Ma - Marine pollution bulletin, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The contamination of surface sediments in Guan River Estuary, China, by polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been fully investigated. Total concentrations of 21 PAHs …

Occurrence of hydrophobic organic pollutants (BFRs and UV-filters) in sediments from South America

E Barón, P Gago-Ferrero, M Gorga, I Rudolph… - Chemosphere, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In the present study the occurrence of emerging hydrophobic organic pollutants in sediment
samples from South America (Chile and Colombia) was investigated for the first time …

[HTML][HTML] Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the dissolved phase, particulate matter, and sediment of the Sele River, Southern Italy: a focus on distribution …

P Montuori, E De Rosa, F Di Duca, B De Simone… - Toxics, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The Sele River, located in the Campania Region (southern Italy), is one of the most
important rivers and the second in the region by average water volume, behind the Volturno …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence, sources and environmental risk assessment of organic micropollutants in coastal sediments from the Atacama Region (Chile)

ML Tovar-Salvador, MG Pintado-Herrera… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nowadays, there is still a scientific knowledge gap regarding occurrence and distribution of
organic contaminants in remote areas. In this study, we have monitored for the first time the …

Spatial distribution, environmental risk and sources of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments-northwest of Persian Gulf

MR Mehr, B Keshavarzi, F Moore… - Continental Shelf …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In the current study, environmental risk, potential sources and spatial distribution of heavy
metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated in the sediments of …