{"title":"Bisphenol A removal with nitrification and denitrification: Occurrence, mechanism, and microbial mutualism","authors":"Xuekang Cao, Chao Liu, Xuemeng Zhang, Haining Huang, Xinyun Fan, Chuang Chen, Xu Duan, Yinguang Chen","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2429228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2429228","url":null,"abstract":"Bisphenol A (BPA) is an emerging contaminant that disrupts endocrine systems and poses significant risks to organisms. It is increasingly detected in municipal wastewater due to its widespread use and high production volume. Despite this, gaps remain in understanding the sources of BPA in municipal wastewater, its effects on nitrification and denitrification, and the potential for its co-removal with ammonia or nitrate during biological nitrogen removal processes. This review first examines the sources of BPA, primarily from industrial effluents and landfill leachates, which enter wastewater treatment plants alongside domestic sewage. Additionally, it meticulously elucidated the influences, co-removal with nitrogen performance, and biotransformation mechanisms of BPA during nitrification and denitrification processes, shedding light on biotransformation pathways, functional microbes and key enzymes. While there is no consensus on BPA removal in anoxic conditions, aerobic environments support its biodegradation through various microorganisms. Lastly, the potential for microbial cooperation to enhance BPA and nitrogen co-removal is discussed, focusing on bacterial mutual alliances and bacteria-algae metabolic interaction consortiums. This review provides valuable guidance for the synergistic removal of BPA and nitrogen in wastewater treatment processes.","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"197 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142673416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seung Won Kim, Younes Ahmadi, Ki-Hyun Kim, Jechan Lee
{"title":"Carbon dots derived from non-biomass waste for a sensing application","authors":"Seung Won Kim, Younes Ahmadi, Ki-Hyun Kim, Jechan Lee","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2428014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2428014","url":null,"abstract":"Research on sensor materials has expanded with the advancement of sensing technologies across industries. Carbon dots (CDs) derived from organic waste and biomass have attracted widespread interest in sensing applications with their prominent properties (e.g., photoluminescence and biocompatibility). The use of non-biomass waste (NBW) as a raw material thus becomes important to make their production process sustainable without additional treatments to cause environmental pollution. Due to scarcity of research on NBW-based CDs, this review explores the synthesis methods, properties, and sensing applications of NBW-based CDs. The potential of NBW-based CD sensors for metal ions (e.g., Fe<sup>3+</sup> and Cu<sup>2+</sup>) and humidity has been evaluated in various respects. In the case of Fe<sup>3+</sup> and Cu<sup>2+</sup>, CDs derived from waste medical gloves and polyolefin pyrolysis residue exhibit the lowest limit of detection values of 0.29 nM and 6 nM, respectively, among all sensors examined on parallel basis. In the case of humidity, graphite-based CDs exhibit the best performance, with a minimum response time of 15 s. This review overall highlights the challenges and opportunities for the expanded application of NBW-based CDs toward the construction of efficient sensing systems based on performance evaluations.","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142601781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of fish and mammalian adipogenesis in vitro: Implications for regulating endocrine disruptors","authors":"ZhiChao Dang","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2426815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2426815","url":null,"abstract":"Adipogenesis, the process by which preadipocytes differentiate into mature fat cells, is closely associated with the development of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Identifying and classifying chemicals interfering with adipogenesis are needed for both human health and the environment. However, challenges remain in testing and interpreting data on chemical-induced adipogenesis. This study reviewed available <i>in vitro</i> fish adipogenesis assays, summarized the effects of chemicals on fish adipogenesis, and compared chemical-induced adipogenesis results between mammalian and fish assays. Primary fish adipocyte cultures have been developed for eight species of freshwater and seawater fish, with significant variation in culture media, particularly in adipogenic cocktails used. While lipid mixtures can enhance adipogenesis, they may not affect the commitment of multipotent progenitor cells to adipocyte linage and may not always be necessary for fish adipocyte cultures. Differences in chemical-induced adipogenesis between mammalian and fish assays may result not from species differences, but from variations in culture conditions, such as the composition of adipogenic cocktails and lipid mixtures, which can obscure the effects of chemicals on adipogenesis. There is a need for standardized adipogenesis assays, and developing OECD test guidelines is essential for their regulatory use. Fish adipogenesis assays can detect mechanisms of endocrine disruption that may not be apparent in mammalian cells, providing insights into mechanisms of action relevant to both human health and the environment. It is crucial to integrate adipogenesis data into the regulatory frameworks by expanding data requirements to include adipogenesis assays and developing reliability criteria for assessing adipogenesis studies.","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142599711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Smruti Ranjan Dash, Paulomi Bose, Md Kawser Alam, Jeonghwan Kim
{"title":"Anaerobic electrochemical membrane bioreactors: A panoramic tool for wastewater treatment and resource recovery","authors":"Smruti Ranjan Dash, Paulomi Bose, Md Kawser Alam, Jeonghwan Kim","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2418697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2418697","url":null,"abstract":"Anaerobic electrochemical membrane bioreactor (AnEMBR) is to combine anaerobic membrane bioreactor with electrochemical technology. Elucidating the mechanisms of methane production kinetics and mem...","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142489550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reactive oxidative species generation in pyrite abiotic-oxidation process: Origins, influencing factors, applications for environmental remediation","authors":"Zhenyu Zhao, Yufan Chen, Deli Wu","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2411793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2411793","url":null,"abstract":"Pyrite is the most common sulfur-bearing iron mineral in Earth surface environments. Pyrite is extensively utilized as a catalyst in the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for wastewater treatment...","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142431746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How anaerobic methanotrophic archaea utilize various electron acceptors: Mechanisms and application prospects","authors":"Jiaqi Wang, Baolan Hu","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2410056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2410056","url":null,"abstract":"ANaerobic MEthanotrophic archaea (ANME) archaea play crucial roles in global geochemical cycles and exert significant influence on greenhouse gas emissions. They have coupled the methane cycle with the sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle, and the metal element cycle by utilizing various electron acceptors such as sulfate, nitrate/nitrite, metal oxides. This review summarizes the potential mechanisms underlying the utilization of different electron acceptors by ANME archaea, encompassing direct interspecies electron transfer, horizontal gene transfer, energy conservation and specialized cellular composition. Additionally, this review also underscores the promising applications of ANME archaea in addressing environmental concerns and sheds light on the burgeoning research imperative. This review aims to furnish a comprehensive understanding of ANME archaea’s capability for utilizing diverse electron acceptors, with the ultimate goal of leveraging this knowledge for methane emission reduction, pollutants removal, electricity and valuable chemicals generation, and other pertinent applications.","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142329500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengyan Huang, Lingjun Zeng, Chen Wang, Xuan Zhou, Yi Peng, Chongli Shi, Susu Wang, Yu Li, Damià Barceló, Hui Li
{"title":"A comprehensive and quantitative comparison of organophosphate esters: Characteristics, applications, environmental occurrence, toxicity, and health risks","authors":"Mengyan Huang, Lingjun Zeng, Chen Wang, Xuan Zhou, Yi Peng, Chongli Shi, Susu Wang, Yu Li, Damià Barceló, Hui Li","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2406587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2406587","url":null,"abstract":"Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are substitutes for bromine flame retardants and are used in various consumer products. While OPEs have been extensively studied, the lack of systematic comparison among major OPEs contributes to ambiguity regarding their risks. Classified by substituents of Cl-OPEs, alkyl-OPEs, and aryl-OPEs, this review conducted a retrospective comparison and comprehensive analysis of physicochemical properties, use and regulation, environmental occurrence proportion, toxic effect thresholds, and degree of health risk, thus identifying typical high-risk OEPs that warrant greater scrutiny. Generally, Cl-OPEs and alkyl-OPEs exhibit higher concentration proportion than aryl-OPEs in various environmental media. Moreover, the toxic effects of Cl-OPEs and aryl-OPEs surpass those of alkyl-OPEs, notably tris(2-chloro-1(chloromethyl)ethyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and triphenyl phosphate (TPHP), alongside TDCPP, TPHP, tris(2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCPP), tris(2-choroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP), and tributyl phosphate (TNBP) as the most typical OPEs. Although OPEs at environment concentrations pose limited threats to human health, further assessment of the health risks posed by typical high-risk OPEs in sensitive populations is remain necessary. Overall, this review offers a more comprehensive perspective on the differences between typical OPEs and provides valuable insights into their future use and regulation.","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"218 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antibiotic and microplastic co-exposure: Effects on Daphnia magna and implications for ecological risk assessment","authors":"Mengyuan Pei, Jingyuan Fan, Chenxi Zhang, Jiake Xu, Yujian Yang, Haotian Wei, Cheng Zhang, Lusheng Zhu, Peng Gao","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2406575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2406575","url":null,"abstract":"The pervasive presence of antibiotics and microplastics in aquatic environments poses a significant ecological concern. These contaminants, known for their environmental persistence and bioaccumula...","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142329223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The joint environmental fates and ecotoxicity of graphene-family nanomaterials and co-existing contaminants in the aquatic environment: A review","authors":"Kangying Wu, Qixing Zhou, Jing Xu, Hui Zeng, Xiangang Hu, Shaohu Ouyang","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2398837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2398837","url":null,"abstract":"Graphene family nanomaterials (GFNs), serving as vectors or catalysts for co-existing contaminants (e.g., heavy metal ions and organic chemicals) in water systems, have raised significant environme...","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142261248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Ciccarelli, Saer Samanipour, Helena Rapp-Wright, Stefan Bieber, Thomas Letzel, Jake W. O’Brien, Tim Marczylo, Timothy W. Gant, Paolo Vineis, Leon P. Barron
{"title":"Bridging knowledge gaps in human chemical exposure via drinking water with non-target screening","authors":"Davide Ciccarelli, Saer Samanipour, Helena Rapp-Wright, Stefan Bieber, Thomas Letzel, Jake W. O’Brien, Tim Marczylo, Timothy W. Gant, Paolo Vineis, Leon P. Barron","doi":"10.1080/10643389.2024.2396690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2396690","url":null,"abstract":"Fundamental knowledge gaps still exist in the exposome, especially regarding analytical space coverage, mapping and prioritization of a very large number of diverse chemical structures. This review...","PeriodicalId":10823,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142123487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}