The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada

X Yin, C Martineau, I Demers, N Basiliko… - Environmental …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
The development of rare earth element (REE) production in Canada could generate
significant economic benefits but also poses serious potential risks to the environment. Rare …

What do we know about the ecotoxicological implications of the rare earth element gadolinium in aquatic ecosystems?

G Trapasso, S Chiesa, R Freitas, E Pereira - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gadolinium (Gd) is one of the most commercially exploited rare earth elements, commonly
employed in magnetic resonance imaging as a contrast agent. The present review was …

Impacts of salicylic acid in Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to warming conditions

R Freitas, S Silvestro, M Pagano, F Coppola… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
While many studies have been conducted on drug-inducing alterations in the aquatic
environment, little is known about their interaction with climate change, such as rising …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the fate of rare earth elements, REE, in transitional environments: coasts and estuaries

M Arienzo, L Ferrara, M Trifuoggi, M Toscanesi - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The production of rare earth elements, REE, has significantly increased over the past years,
in parallel with the latest advances in nanotechnologies and representing a new group of …

Occurrence, treatment, and potential recovery of rare earth elements from wastewater in the context of a circular economy

DE Al Momani, Z Al Ansari, M Ouda… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are increasingly consumed and released into the
environment, leading to REE anomalies in aquatic systems. However, REE extraction is …

Toxicological effects of the rare earth element neodymium in Mytilus galloprovincialis

R Freitas, S Costa, CED Cardoso, T Morais, P Moleiro… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The wide range of applications of rare earth elements (REE) is leading to their occurrence in
worldwide aquatic environments. Among the most popular REE is Neodymium (Nd), being …

Threats of Pollutants Derived from Electronic Waste to Marine Bivalves: The Case of the Rare‐Earth Element Yttrium

M Andrade, AMVM Soares, M Solé… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The production of electrical and electronic equipment waste (e‐waste) is increasing at an
alarming rate worldwide. This may eventually lead to its accumulation in aquatic …

Dissolved rare earth elements in the Pearl River Delta: Using Gd as a tracer of anthropogenic activity from river towards the sea

L Ma, WX Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Growing demands for high-tech uses of rare earth elements (REE) result in their releases
into the aquatic environment, but local anthropogenic sources and water chemistry reactions …

Rare earth elements and yttrium in suspension-feeding bivalves (dog cockle, Glycymeris glycymeris L.): Accumulation, vital effects and pollution

JA Barrat, L Chauvaud, F Olivier, P Poitevin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare earth element (REE) and Y (REY) concentrations were determined in soft tissues and
shells prepared from 9 to 93 years old dog cockles sampled alive from a marine site in NW …

Potential hazard of lanthanides and lanthanide-based nanoparticles to aquatic ecosystems: Data gaps, challenges and future research needs derived from …

I Blinova, M Muna, M Heinlaan, A Lukjanova, A Kahru - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lanthanides (Ln), applied mostly in the form of nanoparticles (NPs), are critical to emerging
high-tech and green energy industries due to their distinct physicochemical properties. The …