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{"title":"Review of PFAS Attenuation and Removal in Nature-Based Treatment Systems: Mechanisms, Field-studies, Limitations, and Emerging Challenges","authors":"Luca M. Ofiera,&nbsp;Miriam Windgasse,&nbsp;Christian Kazner","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00411-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00411-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This review evaluates the potential and limitations of nature-based solutions (NbS), including constructed wetlands and soil- and aquifer-based systems, for the attenuation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. It aims to identify which removal and attenuation mechanisms operate under environmentally relevant conditions and to assess the extent to which NbS can contribute to sustainable PFAS management.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>Recent field- and pilot-scale studies show that PFAS attenuation in NbS is governed mainly by sorption and physical retention and depends strongly on chain length, functional group, and system conditions. Long-chain PFAS are often partially retained, whereas short-chain, ultrashort, and ether-PFAS remain highly mobile. Biological processes appear to contribute primarily to precursor transformation rather than complete mineralisation and may, in some cases, increase terminal PFAS concentrations.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>NbS function primarily as attenuation and buffering systems rather than complete PFAS removal technologies. Their effective application will likely require hybrid treatment trains, long-term monitoring, and compound-specific system design. These findings highlight key priorities for future research and implementation.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture><span>The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.</span></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-026-00411-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147796774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electro-fermentation and its Engineering for Heavy Metal Removal From Mining Wastewater: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspectives","authors":"Ibnu Maulana Hidayatullah,&nbsp;Soen Steven,&nbsp;Adi Kusmayadi,&nbsp;Adrian Oehmen,&nbsp;Ramaraj Boopathy,&nbsp;Nadia Adelia Salsabila Putri,&nbsp;Dawud Shibghotulloh,&nbsp;Christian Aslan","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00412-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00412-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>This review explores the emerging role of electro-fermentation (EF) and its engineering as an advanced bioelectrochemical process for heavy metals removal and recovery from mining wastewater, including acid mine drainage (AMD), tailings effluents, and metal-rich industrial discharges. It specifically communicates recent advancements in electro-fermentation mechanisms, reactor configurations, microbial electron transfer pathways, and integration methods for sustainable mining wastewater remediation.</p><h3>Research Findings</h3><p>Recent studies indicate that EF engineering improves heavy metal removal via electro-assisted microbial reduction, cathodic metal deposition, sulfide-mediated precipitation, biosorption, and bioaccumulation. These processes are facilitated by extracellular electron transfer (EET), which governs electron exchange between microorganisms and electrodes or other electron acceptors. EET can occur through both direct electron transfer (DET) and indirect/mediated electron transfer (IET/MET) pathways, or may also involve direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in microbial consortia. The removal efficiency can be up to 80–99% for Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Cr, Pb, and Sb (in elemental or mineral form). Conductive materials (e.g., biochar, graphite, graphene) improve electron transfer efficiency, microbial resilience, and process stability under metal stress. Nonetheless, performance is negatively impacted by electrode biofouling, metal toxicity to microbial communities, insufficient organic carbon in mining effluent, energy optimization challenges, and drawbacks in scaling up.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>EF and its engineering are a prospective, low-chemical, and circular-economy-oriented technology for mining wastewater treatment. Advancements in electrode material innovation, microbial community engineering, process intensification, real-time electrochemical control, and pilot-scale validation will be attractive and crucial for accelerating commercialization and deployment in mining operations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147796864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Tracking Bisphenol in Latin American Water Matrices: From Contamination to Remediation","authors":"Jürgen Mahlknecht","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00410-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00410-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>This review examines the occurrence, monitoring, treatment, and risk of bisphenols—particularly bisphenol A (BPA)—in aquatic environments across Latin America, a region where rapid urbanization and limited wastewater treatment increase vulnerability to contamination.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>BPA is now widely detected in surface waters, groundwater, wastewater, and occasionally drinking water, often at concentrations comparable to or exceeding those reported globally. Contamination is primarily driven by urban wastewater discharges, insufficient treatment efficiency, and strong surface water–groundwater connectivity. Monitoring remains dominated by chromatographic techniques (GC–MS and LC–MS/MS), although time-integrated approaches such as passive samplers (e.g., o-DGT) show promise in capturing temporal variability. Despite extensive occurrence data, fewer than 20% of studies address treatment, revealing a major imbalance between detection and mitigation efforts. Conventional treatment systems generally achieve only partial removal, whereas adsorption, advanced oxidation processes, and hybrid or nature-based solutions demonstrate high efficiencies under laboratory or pilot conditions but lack long-term validation under realistic constraints. Ecotoxicological evidence indicates risks to aquatic organisms, while human health risks—particularly under updated toxicological thresholds—remain insufficiently characterized. Data on BPA analogues (e.g., BPS, BPF, BPAF) are still scarce, limiting mixture-based assessments.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>Current research highlights critical gaps in harmonized monitoring, mixture-oriented risk assessment, and scalable treatment implementation. Advancing the field requires integrated monitoring frameworks combining chemical and effect-based tools, expanded inclusion of bisphenol analogues, and the development of regionally adapted treatment strategies. Strengthening regulatory frameworks, surveillance networks, and data harmonization is essential to translate scientific evidence into effective policies that protect water resources and public health in Latin America.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147796865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Restoring Urban Waterways in the Global South: Strategies, Progress and Co-benefits","authors":"Long Ho,&nbsp;Hong Hanh Nguyen,&nbsp;Hoang Truc Lam Pham,&nbsp;Nguyen Gia Huy Hoang,&nbsp;YunKyung Lee,&nbsp;Quang Viet Ly,&nbsp;Thuc-Anh Thi Phan","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00409-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00409-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Urban waterways are a vital part of a city’s socio-ecological infrastructure, supporting ecosystems, protecting public health and enhancing urban livability and sustainability. Urban waterways in the Global South are experiencing severe degradation due to rapid urbanization, industrialization, and inadequate sanitation infrastructure, posing adverse impact on public health, flood risk, and urban livability. While urban waterway restoration across developing countries has gained significant attention, existing evidence still remains fragmented. This review aims to bridge the gap by providing current knowledge on restoration strategies, governance frameworks, implementation progress, and documented environmental and socio-economic outcomes of urban waterway restoration in the Global South.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>The recent literature highlights a diverse urban waterway restoration across the Global South including canal daylighting, constructed wetlands, and community-based management. Studies indicates different technical adoption of nature-based solutions, grey infrastructure, blue–green infrastructure, and hybrid grey–green systems to address high pollution loads, informal urbanization, and resource constraints. Evidence across literature also shows increasing reliance on governance frameworks, particularly Integrated Urban Water Management and polycentric adaptive governance help address institutional fragmentation and enable coordinated action across sectors.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review clearly indicates a shift from single purpose, engineering-driven interventions toward integrated restoration approaches in the Global South. Effective restoration increasingly relies on integrated, context-specific approaches combining nature-based and hybrid infrastructure with adaptive and participatory governance. Across case studies, restoration delivers multiple environmental and socio-economic benefits, but outcomes remain uneven due to persistent constraints, including weak regulatory enforcement, limited long-term financing, competing land uses, and insufficient technical capacity. Overall, the review highlights the importance of reframing urban waterways as multifunctional infrastructure to enable scalable, durable restoration and to advance more resilient, healthy, and equitable urban systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147738545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Sensors for Microplastics Detection in Environmental Matrices","authors":"Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar,&nbsp;Shirsak Mondal,&nbsp;Ramij Raja,&nbsp;Dinesh Kumar Yadav,&nbsp;Soma Das Sarkar,&nbsp;Santhana V. Kumar,&nbsp;Basanta Kumar Das,&nbsp;Jitendra Kumar,&nbsp;Jayanta Kumar Biswas","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00400-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00400-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Global concern over microplastics (MPs) has recently prompted several investigations owing to their potential deleterious effects on the environment. Accurate MPs detection with ease and robustness is important for better management decisions to maintain environmental sustainability. The present review summarised advanced sensory techniques for MPs detection in environmental matrices, citing limitations of conventional MPs detection techniques.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>Bio and synthetic receptors, dyes, nanomaterials, and other materials have been reported for the precise visual detection of MPs through their selective adsorption on different polymer types. Advances techniques like Near Infrared (NIR) and microwave spectroscopy, imaging, light-emitting diodes with photodetectors, electrochemical techniques with microfluidic setups, etc., were also reported for sensing MPs. However, limitations remain in terms of the accurate detection of microplastics with good analytical performance in environmental matrices.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>The inferior MPs detection limit, found in IR and Raman spectroscopy, could be overcome by hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy with high spatial resolution. Even though these sensing techniques are still in their infancy, the review highlights that sensors for MPs detection are possible and achievable with high accuracy. However, more investigation is required to improve the efficacy of sensing techniques through pinpointing their shortcomings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147738430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Correction to: Reactive Nitrogen from Agriculture: A Review of Emissions, Air Quality, and Climate Impacts","authors":"Lina Luo,&nbsp;Biao Luo,&nbsp;Amos P. K. Tai","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00408-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00408-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-026-00408-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147737362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bionanotechnological-Assisted Removal of Emerging Pollutants in Pharmaceutical Effluent Discharges","authors":"Rozidaini Mohd Ghazi,&nbsp;Nik Raihan Nik Yusoff,&nbsp;Musfiroh Jani,&nbsp;Ikarastika Rahayu Abdul Wahab,&nbsp;Asanah Radhi,&nbsp;Mahani Yusoff,&nbsp;Noor Azlina Ibrahim,&nbsp;Pankaj Kumar,&nbsp;Haodong Ji,&nbsp;Siti Halimah Hasmoni,&nbsp;Zainul Akmar Zakaria","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00404-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00404-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>The continuous discharge of pharmaceutical residues into aquatic environments has become a significant environmental concern. Effluents from healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and domestic sources contain active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), antibiotics, hormones, and personal care products that pose ecological and human health risks due to their toxicity, persistence, and mutagenic properties. This review evaluates current and emerging treatment strategies, with emphasis on biological, nanomaterial-based, and integrated bionanotechnological approaches for pharmaceutical wastewater remediation.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>Conventional wastewater treatment plants show limited efficiency in removing pharmaceutical contaminants, leading to their continuous release into aquatic systems and contributing to ecological toxicity and antibiotic resistance. Recent studies highlight the effectiveness of biological approaches, including bacterial, plant-, and algal-based systems, as well as nanomaterial-based technologies such as adsorptive and catalytic nanomaterials. However, these approaches are often limited when applied independently. Emerging research demonstrates that integrating nanomaterials with biological systems into nano–bio hybrid platforms significantly enhances treatment performance. Examples include enzyme-functionalized nanomaterials, magnetic nanoparticle-based biocatalytic systems, and multifunctional nanocomposites.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review provides a comprehensive overview of pharmaceutical wastewater sources, characteristics, and treatment technologies, including standalone biological and nanomaterial-based approaches, followed by their integration. Particular emphasis is placed on nano–bio interaction mechanisms, including adsorption-mediated pollutant concentration, nanomaterial-assisted enzymatic biodegradation, and metabolic priming effects, which improve enzyme stability and degradation efficiency. Key challenges such as scalability, environmental safety, and economic feasibility are highlighted. Future research should focus on developing sustainable and scalable hybrid technologies for effective pharmaceutical wastewater management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-026-00404-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147737593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Frontier Advances in Microalgal Biofilm Technology for Wastewater Treatment and CO2 Capture in Nutrients Recovery and Utilization from the Aspects of Energy and Mass Transfer","authors":"Yaping Zheng,&nbsp;Yun Huang,&nbsp;Xun Zhu,&nbsp;Qiang Liao","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00406-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00406-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <span>AbstractSection</span>\u0000 Background\u0000 <p>Microorganisms exhibiting high photosynthetic efficiency and strong environmental adaptability, are capable of assimilating nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. Microalgal biofilm technology presents a sustainable strategy for integrated wastewater remediation and CO2 capture, primarily due to their ability to overcome the harvesting bottlenecks and high energy consumption associated with suspended cultivation systems.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <span>AbstractSection</span>\u0000 Methods\u0000 <p>This review systematically evaluates frontier advances in this field, with a primary focus on energy and mass transfer dynamics. We elucidate the fundamental mechanisms and Influencing factors of biofilm formation and growth, including the critical biotic and abiotic factors.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <span>AbstractSection</span>\u0000 Results\u0000 <p>The relationship between gas-liquid transfer modes and CO2 bioconversion is critically analyzed, alongside the metabolic pathways for nitrogen, phosphorus, and emerging contaminant removal.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <span>AbstractSection</span>\u0000 Conclusions\u0000 <p>By integrating fundamental transport phenomena with nutrient recovery pathways, this review identifies key research trajectories to facilitate the industrial-scale implementation of high-efficiency microalgal biofilm systems.</p>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147642943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Bridging Innovation and Operational Reality in Industrial Wastewater Reverse Osmosis for Water Reuse","authors":"Feli Zulhendri,&nbsp;Antony Simon,&nbsp;Quang Viet Ly","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00405-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00405-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>Reverse osmosis (RO) is increasingly deployed for industrial wastewater reuse and minimal liquid discharge applications, yet persistent challenges related to fouling, membrane durability, and long-term operability continue to restrict performance. While the literature on this topic has expanded rapidly, most studies often isolate innovation in membranes, pretreatment, or modelling, with limited reconciliation of these advances in full-scale industrial constraints. This review critically examines recent industrial wastewater RO studies through an explicit innovation-versus-reality lens to assess how reported advances translate across laboratory, pilot, and full-scale contexts.</p><h3>Recent findings</h3><p>Across 36 peer-reviewed studies published between 2020 and 2025, lab-scale research predominantly emphasizes short-term performance gains, mechanistic fouling diagnostics, advanced pretreatment, and novel membrane materials and surface modifications under controlled conditions. In contrast, reality-leaning full-scale systems prioritize long term performance and operational continuity, regulatory compliance, retrofit compatibility, and manageable cleaning regimes, often at the expense of peak recovery or flux. Transition-zone studies partially bridge this gap by combining real wastewater, commercial modules, and extended operation, demonstrating that scalability and durability, rather than intrinsic performance, are the primary barriers to technology transfer.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review reveals a persistent mismatch between lab-scale RO research and industrial operating realities. Progress in industrial wastewater RO requires a paradigm shift from short-term optimization toward designs explicitly accounting for variability, lifecycle performance, and system integration. No single membrane or pretreatment strategy is universally applicable; effective implementation depends on context-specific alignment between innovation and operational feasibility. Reframing success metrics around sustained industrial viability is essential to accelerate meaningful adoption of RO technologies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147606843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Insights into the Sources, Impacts, Mechanisms and Control Strategies of Emerging Contaminants for Hydrogen Production in Dark Fermentation: A Review","authors":"Jiasheng Zhang,&nbsp;Panyue Zhang,&nbsp;Wei Fang,&nbsp;Guangming Zhang,&nbsp;Le Chen","doi":"10.1007/s40726-026-00407-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-026-00407-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Organic waste management is crucial for global sustainable development. Dark fermentation is an effective method for reutilizing organic wastes while generating hydrogen. However, some substances in organic wastes may interfere with hydrogen-producing microorganisms, thereby reducing hydrogen production. Among these substances, emerging contaminants are receiving increasing attention due to their potential risks, environmental persistence, diverse sources, and ecotoxicity, posing a potential threat to the stability and efficiency of dark fermentation. Therefore, this comprehensive review aims to discuss the impacts of emerging contaminants on hydrogen production in dark fermentation, and corresponding mechanisms and control strategies.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>The sources of emerging contaminants in organic wastes are summarized. The effects of emerging contaminants on dark fermentative hydrogen production are systematically and critically summarized. Most of emerging contaminants inhibit hydrogen production. The mechanisms of emerging contaminants affecting hydrogen production in dark fermentation are discussed from perspectives of microbial physiological response, community structure, and metabolic pathways. Additionally, control strategies to alleviate the inhibitory effects of emerging contaminants on dark fermentation are summarized.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review contributes to understanding how these emerging contaminants affect microbial systems, which is essential to safeguard the metabolic efficiency and operational stability. Future research directions are proposed for dark fermentation of organic wastes containing emerging contaminants.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147607011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}