{"title":"Contrasting effects of biofilm on arsenic removal between activated carbon and reverse osmosis point-of-use water filtration systems","authors":"Rui Li, Wanyue Hui, Zhi Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141924","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147597841","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}
Keyu Zhao, Henan Han, Junyan Chen, Guozheng Liu, Tiegang Liu
{"title":"Effects of aerosol decline on surface solar radiation during the implementation period of air pollution prevention and control policies over China","authors":"Keyu Zhao, Henan Han, Junyan Chen, Guozheng Liu, Tiegang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141966","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147598413","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":"Corrigendum to “Water pollution caused by ash from grassland fires alters the molecular, biochemical, and morphological biomarkers of non-biting midge larvae” [J Hazard Mater 485 (2025) 136914]","authors":"R.M.G. Araujo, A.M. Schafaschek, C.W.F. Bezerra, D.J. Nogueira, M.T. Grassi, M.A. Navarro-Silva, B.R.S. Figueiredo","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141940","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"122 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147598421","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":"Bioconcentration and depuration of organic pollutants in European eels and the influence of microplastics: a laboratory approach","authors":"Julian Campo, Yolanda Picó, Rodrigo Álvarez-Ruiz","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141947","url":null,"abstract":"High levels of organic pollutants (OPs) have been found in the habitats of European eels, however little is known about their bioconcentration/bioaccumulation and depuration kinetics in different tissues. In this research, such kinetics of a mixture of 22 OPs in muscle, liver tissue and plasma of silver European eel were studied through a laboratory approach, including 10 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), 5 pesticides, 5 perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and 2 illicit drugs. Eels were distributed in three groups: control, exposed to OPs, and exposed to OPs and polyethylene microplastics (MPs), during 58 days in two phases: exposure (days 0-28) and depuration (days 29-58). Muscle, liver and plasma samples were analysed via UHPLC-MS/MS. OPs showed increasing concentrations in the three tissues for several compounds (e.g. PFAS, chlorpyrifos, and terbuthylazine). PFAS bioconcentration followed the trend plasma > liver tissue > muscle. Two tendencies were also observed in the depuration phase. One with OPs concentrations that tended to decrease (chlorpyrifos and terbuthylazine), another one, with concentration values that were similar or even tended to be higher than at the exposure phase (PFDA, PFOS, and PFOA). The presence of MPs seemed to affect the bioconcentration and depuration of OPs in eel tissues with increased (e.g. PFAS in liver and plasma) or decreased (e.g. PFAS and chlorpyrifos in muscle) bioconcentration. Pollutants are believed to be a key issue in understanding the reasons for the eels’ stock decrease and therefore, further research about PFAS, PPCPs and pesticides accumulation, depuration and toxicity on this \"critically endangered\" species is imperative.","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"199 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147586669","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}
Minjian Zou, Shuang Wang, Zhirui Zhu, Huiming Bao, Xianyong Lan, Shengxiang Zhang, Daniela Vallone, Nicholas S. Foulkes, Ke Wang, Haiyu Zhao
{"title":"Developmental exposure to environmental levels of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) leads to hyperactivity in zebrafish larvae by inducing oxidative stress and calcium dyshomeostasis","authors":"Minjian Zou, Shuang Wang, Zhirui Zhu, Huiming Bao, Xianyong Lan, Shengxiang Zhang, Daniela Vallone, Nicholas S. Foulkes, Ke Wang, Haiyu Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141942","url":null,"abstract":"Antibiotic contamination has emerged as a major environmental concern, with sulfamethoxazole (SMX), a widely used sulfonamide antibiotic, representing one of the most persistent and bioactive pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. Increasing evidence suggests that SMX exerts neurotoxic effects in both experimental and clinical contexts, yet its developmental neurotoxicity and underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we used zebrafish as a vertebrate model to investigate the neurodevelopmental impact of SMX exposure at environmentally relevant levels. Developmental assessments revealed that SMX altered spontaneous movement behavior and heart rate in early-stage larvae. High-throughput behavioral profiling showed pronounced hyperactivity, social avoidance, and reduced scototaxis, indicative of early neurobehavioral disruption. <ce:italic>In vivo</ce:italic> two-photon imaging demonstrated significant alterations in microglial number and morphology following SMX exposure. Transcriptomic profiling revealed activation of oxidative stress-related processes and dysregulation of calcium signaling pathways. Consistently, biochemical assays showed elevated acetylcholine levels, increased intracellular second messengers (cyclic adenosine monophosphate and cyclic ADP-ribose), and upregulation of genes associated with excitation-contraction coupling and myofibril organization. Importantly, pharmacological co-treatment with the ryanodine receptor inhibitor dantrolene sodium or the antioxidants acetyl-L-carnitine and N-acetyl-L-cysteine effectively ameliorated SMX-induced neurobehavioral abnormalities, implicating calcium dyshomeostasis and oxidative stress as central drivers of SMX-induced neurotoxicity. Collectively, these findings reveal that SMX disrupts neural signaling and calcium homeostasis during neurodevelopment and links oxidative stress to behavioral disorders. This study provides mechanistic insight into the developmental neurotoxicity of SMX and underscores the ecological and potential health risks of chronic low-level antibiotic contamination.","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"194 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147587085","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":"Maternal Transfer of Bisphenol Analogues and Their Conjugated Metabolites","authors":"Junxu Li, Shengqun Chen, Pengfei Wu, Yang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141941","url":null,"abstract":"Human prenatal exposure to bisphenol analogues (BPs) and their conjugated BP metabolites may pose risks to fetal development. However, studies comprehensively investigating the transplacental transfer of BPs and their conjugated metabolites remain limited. This study provides the most comprehensive investigation on presence, transplacental transfer efficiencies, and potential influence of placental transporters for 12 BPs and 14 conjugated BP metabolites in maternal and cord plasma samples (147 pairs) from Chinese participants. Bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol SIP (BPSIP) were consistently detected as the most abundant BPs in maternal (mean 0.98<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL and 0.59<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL, respectively) and cord plasma (mean 0.92<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL and 0.66<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL, respectively). BPA-glucuronide (BPA-G) and bisphenol AF-sulfate (BPAF-S) were the predominant conjugated BP metabolites identified in maternal (mean 0.71<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL and 0.66<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL, respectively) and cord plasma (mean 0.71<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL and 0.73<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>ng/mL, respectively) samples. Among BPs, BPAP (mean 1.2) showed the highest mean transplacental transfer efficiency (TTE) value, followed by BPSIP (1.1), bisphenol F (1.1), and BPA (0.94). Among conjugated BP metabolites, BPAF-G (mean 1.7) exhibited the highest mean TTE, which was followed by BPS-G (1.2) and BPA-G (1.1). Transcript levels of placental transporters <ce:italic>ABCA1</ce:italic> and <ce:italic>ABCB1</ce:italic> were negatively (<ce:italic>p</ce:italic> < 0.05) correlated with the TTE of bisphenol M. The transcript levels of solute carrier <ce:italic>SLCO2B1</ce:italic> and <ce:italic>SLC22A4</ce:italic> were positively (<ce:italic>p</ce:italic> < 0.05) correlated with the TTE of BPAP. This study advances our understanding of the knowledge on the transplacental transfer behaviors for BPs and their conjugated metabolites, while elucidating the roles of transplacental transporters in modulating fetal exposure.","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147587086","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}
Ying-Ying Wu, Xiao-Hong Ma, Song Yang, Li-Bang Ma, Fu-Zheng Zhao, Jing Sun
{"title":"Gallic Acid-Mediated Semiquinone Radicals Drive a Self-Sustaining Fenton-like System for PAH Remediation in Contaminated Soil","authors":"Ying-Ying Wu, Xiao-Hong Ma, Song Yang, Li-Bang Ma, Fu-Zheng Zhao, Jing Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141875","url":null,"abstract":"The in-situ remediation of recalcitrant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in heavily contaminated coking plant soils is severely constrained by the classic Fenton process, which fails to generate hydroxyl radicals (<sup>•</sup>OH) efficiently at circumneutral pH due to catalyst deactivation. Here, we demonstrate that this critical bottleneck can be overcome by harnessing gallic acid (GA), a natural polyphenol, to engineer a self-sustaining catalytic cycle. Our optimized Fe(III)/GA/H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> system achieved a remarkable 99.4% degradation of high-concentration PAHs (2149.69<!-- --> <!-- -->mg/kg) in authentic aged soil within 120<!-- --> <!-- -->min at its natural pH. Mechanistic investigations revealed that the system's high reactivity across a broad pH range (3.0–8.0) is rooted in the pH-dependent formation of highly stable and catalytically potent 1:2 and 1:3 Fe(III)-GA complexes. More critically, we identified a radical-mediated feedback loop as the core of the catalytic engine: while <sup>•</sup>OH was confirmed as the primary oxidant for PAH destruction, its continuous generation is sustained by the GA-to-semiquinone radical (SQ<sup>•</sup>) transformation, which in turn rapidly regenerates Fe(II) from Fe(III). This work unveils a previously overlooked mechanism wherein a natural polyphenol actively participates in and accelerates the catalytic cycle via radical intermediates. This strategy of engineering a self-sustaining <sup>•</sup>OH generation engine offers a robust and green solution for remediating heavily contaminated industrial sites.","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147535895","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}
Xiao-yi Tang, Qun-yan Wu, Yi-chen Huang, Peng-fei An, Lin Wang, Ji-pan Yu, Shu-sen Chen, Zi-jie Li, Li-yong Yuan, Wang-suo Wu, Zhi-fang Chai, Wei-qun Shi
{"title":"Nanofiber Engineering of Covalent Organic Frameworks via Monomer–Solvent Synergy for High-Efficiency Uranium Capture","authors":"Xiao-yi Tang, Qun-yan Wu, Yi-chen Huang, Peng-fei An, Lin Wang, Ji-pan Yu, Shu-sen Chen, Zi-jie Li, Li-yong Yuan, Wang-suo Wu, Zhi-fang Chai, Wei-qun Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141868","url":null,"abstract":"Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) show great potential for uranium extraction from seawater and environmental remediation, yet the low utilization of deeply buried active sites remains a critical bottleneck. Here, we first propose a synergistic building-monomer and solvent modulation strategy to successfully fabricate irreversible β‑ketoenamine‑linked COFs with a nanofibrous morphology, which efficiently exposes active sites. The resulting material exhibits a maximum uranium adsorption capacity of 471<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>mg<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>g<ce:sup loc=\"post\">-1</ce:sup> at pH 8.0 and maintains stable performance over at least seven adsorption–desorption cycles. Notably, even under more aggressive pH conditions, its uptake capacity surpasses the highest reported values for similar bulk COFs by 15.4%. In natural seawater, the uranium uptake reaches 10.1<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>mg<ce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"></ce:hsp>g<ce:sup loc=\"post\">-1</ce:sup> within 10 days. Mechanistic studies reveal that uranium capture primarily relies on synergistic coordination among the carbonyl groups in the COF backbone and the surface carboxyl/amidoxime groups. This work not only provides a novel approach for morphology control of irreversibly linked COFs, but also opens a new avenue for designing highly efficient adsorbents toward uranium resource recovery and contamination remediation.","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147587144","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}