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Review: mountain lakes as freshwater resources at risk from chemical pollution

open access: yesEnvironmental Sciences Europe, 2023
Background Chemical pollution forms a severe threat for human and environmental health. While the risks for European lowland water bodies are well known, there is little knowledge on remote aquatic ecosystems and particularly mountain lakes, despite ...
Oliver Machate   +3 more
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Target Screening of Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Surface Waters of the Swedish West Coast

open access: yesData, 2023
The aquatic environment faces increasing threats from a variety of unregulated organic chemicals originating from human activities, collectively known as chemicals of emerging concern (CECs).
Pedro A. Inostroza   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A risk based assessment approach for chemical mixtures from wastewater treatment plant effluents

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2022
In this study, 56 effluent samples from 52 European wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) were investigated for the occurrence of 499 emerging chemicals (ECs) and their associated potential risks to the environment.
Saskia Finckh   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of the antidepressant citalopram on the behaviour of two different life stages of brown trout [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2020
Background Over the last two decades, there has been a constant increase in prescription rates of antidepressants. In parallel, neuroactive pharmaceuticals are making their way into aquatic environments at increasing concentrations.
Michael Ziegler   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Reduced genetic diversity of freshwater amphipods in rivers with increased levels of anthropogenic organic micropollutants

open access: yesEvolutionary Applications, 2022
Anthropogenic chemicals in freshwater environments contribute majorly to ecosystem degradation and biodiversity decline. In particular anthropogenic organic micropollutants (AOM), a diverse group of compounds, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and ...
Vid Švara   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Data Set of 255,000 Randomly Selected and Manually Classified Extracted Ion Chromatograms for Evaluation of Peak Detection Methods

open access: yesMetabolites, 2020
Non-targeted mass spectrometry (MS) has become an important method over recent years in the fields of metabolomics and environmental research. While more and more algorithms and workflows become available to process a large number of non-targeted data ...
Erik Müller   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dataset comprising pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, and industrial chemicals detected in streams and rivers of Central Chile

open access: yesData in Brief, 2023
Chemical pollution caused by synthetic organic chemicals at low concentrations in the environment poses a growing threat to the ecological status of aquatic ecosystems.
Pedro A. Inostroza   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect-Directed Profiling of Powdered Tea Extracts for Catechins, Theaflavins, Flavonols and Caffeine

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2021
The antioxidative activity of Camelia sinensis tea and especially powdered tea extracts on the market, among others used as added value in functional foods, can considerably vary due to not only natural variance, but also adulteration and falsification ...
Gertrud E. Morlock   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Failure Mode and Effect Analysis with Neutrosophic Inverse Soft Expert Sets [PDF]

open access: yesNeutrosophic Sets and Systems, 2023
In this study, we introduce a novel concept, the Neutrosophic Inverse Soft Expert Set (NISES), and apply it to the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) framework. Developed by NASA, FMEA is a robust tool for addressing industrial challenges.
S. Vijayabalaji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of guanylurea, the transformation product of the antidiabetic drug metformin, on the health of brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2019
Background Guanylurea is the main transformation product of the antidiabetic drug metformin, which is one of the most prescribed pharmaceuticals worldwide.
Stefanie Jacob   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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