Environmental Science and Pollution Research最新文献

{"title":"The mitigating effects of Rhizophagus irregularis on Haloxyfop-R-Omethylester-induced harmful biochemical effects in Helianthus annuus.","authors":"Zeinab Dehghan, Jalil Khara","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37810-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37810-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herbicides, including Super Gallant (Haloxyfop-R-Omethylester), play a vital role in chemical weed control but can have detrimental effects on plant physiology and biochemistry. This study investigated the impact of Super Gallant-induced stress and the protective effects of Rhizophagus irregularis (previously known as Glomus intraradices) on the proline, protein, soluble sugar, and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents in the shoots and roots of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). The activities of antioxidant enzymes, including ascorbate peroxidase (APX), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), catalase (CAT), and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase), were also assessed. The results revealed that AM fungi mitigated the adverse effects of Super Gallant by enhancing the antioxidant system and increasing the accumulation of proline and soluble sugars, thereby improving the plant's defense mechanisms. ACCase activity was elevated in AM-inoculated plants, and soluble protein accumulation was observed as an adaptive response under chemical stress. However, MDA levels, a marker of oxidative damage, increased with higher herbicide concentrations, indicating limitations in the protective role of AM fungi under certain conditions. This study highlights the critical role of AM fungi in enhancing the physiological responses of sunflower to chemical stress and demonstrates that AM fungi can serve as a sustainable strategy for managing chemical stress in agricultural systems. These findings provide a foundation for future research aimed at optimizing the use of AM fungi and other biotic agents to address environmental stress challenges effectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147831542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Experimental dissolution of road dust in simulated environmental and biological fluids.","authors":"Ahmad Kamal Mubarok, Reto Gieré","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37727-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37727-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Road dust from six sites in Philadelphia (PA, USA) was subjected to time-series dissolution experiments using the EPA 3050B method, synthetic rainwater, simulated gastric fluid, and Gamble's solution (simulated lung fluid) in order to study environmental availability and bioaccessibility of selected metals (Al, Fe, V, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb). In general, the results showed that increasing acidity led to enhanced metal release, and that larger amounts of a given element were leached from the fine (< 75 µm) than the coarse (< 841 µm) size fraction of the same sample. Moreover, the higher the initial bulk metal content in the road dust, the higher the amount extracted. In simulated gastric fluid, many elements showed classic logarithmic concentration vs. time trends. In synthetic rainwater, only a few elements at some sites displayed such a pattern; rather, several metals exhibited a maximum concentration before the endpoint of the experiments, which is probably due to re-precipitation. In Gamble's solution, some samples released Al, V, Cu, and Zn, whereby distinct leaching behaviors of Al and V point to the presence of minor Al- and V-phases at some of the sites. The wide variability in concentration-time trends of the released metals as well as in their potential environmental availability, their environmental availability, and their bioaccessibility is most likely due to mineralogical differences between the sites. These differences document that it is problematic to draw general conclusions about possible environmental and health impacts of road dust, unless the speciation of potentially toxic elements is known. Our study further suggests that the maximum element-extraction rates may help in evaluating the effects of speciation on leaching behavior and duration as well as on potentially associated health risks subsequent to unintentional ingestion or inhalation of road-dust particles.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147832089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Retraction Note: Influence of COVID-19 on the poultry production and environment.","authors":"Hafez M Hafez, Youssef A Attia, Fulvia Bovera, Mohamed E Abd El-Hack, Asmaa F Khafaga, Maria Cristina de Oliveira","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37787-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37787-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147831462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Application of advanced oxidation processes for remediation of rubber industry wastewater: a comprehensive review.","authors":"Zafran Ullah, Zhen-Yu Tian, Collin G Joseph, Sabine Neusatz Guilhen, Siow Hwa Teo, Jualang Azlan Gansau, Rosalam Sarbatly, Kartini Alias, Pretibaa Subhramaniyun, Muhammad Naeem Khan, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37796-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37796-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rubber is an industrial material valued worldwide for its remarkable elasticity and versatility. It has become an essential material among the several various sectors, contributing to technological progress and improving the quality of everyday life. In the twenty-first century, increasing global awareness over rubber pollution has highlighted the significant attention towards the ecological footprint and sustainability challenges associated with rubber materials. The manufacturing of rubber is known to produce effluents that are difficult to treat with existing technologies. These effluents are known to have a high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD) alongside organic toxic pollutants. However, the new advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for treating such wastewater have shown promise alongside AOPs that produce high amounts of hydroxyl radicals. This paper analyzes other prominent techniques such as Fenton and photo-Fenton, photocatalysis, ozonation, and electrochemical oxidation, aimed at treating rubber industry effluents. These techniques are found to be highly effective against resistant pollutants and aid in increasing biodegradation efficiency. The Fenton processes, alongside AOP technologies, pose some operational challenges and are not advanced enough to have cost-effective and efficient solutions. The combination of AOPs with biological processes and other recent studies have been shown to be effective, but more research needs to be done on their economic viability. We have also emphasized the important role of hybrid synergistic systems and AI in improving the effectiveness of AOPs for achieving better waste management practices in the rubber industry.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147831959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Photocatalytic degradation of trace ciprofloxacin using LED light strips coated with a MOF-composite.","authors":"Divya Dixit, Thomas Boving, Sudipta Sarkar","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37800-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37800-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to explore the photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin (CIP)-a fluoroquinolone-using a bench-top photoreactor equipped with energy-efficient UV LED (395 nm) light strips coated with a catalyst. The photocatalyst coating was synthesized by integrating a novel copper-based metal-organic framework (MOF) with titanium dioxide nanoparticles to activate both pollutant adsorption and photodegradation processes. Batch experiments were conducted to evaluate the catalyst's (TiO₂/HKUST-1) efficiency in degrading fluoroquinolone-type antibiotics as a function of the initial CIP concentration, catalyst concentration in the coating material, irradiation time, and system geochemistry, including temperature. The longevity of the catalyst, including potential leaching of metal ions from the catalyst coating, was examined under dynamic, flow-through conditions in the baffled reactor. The generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), initiated by the TiO₂/HKUST-1 composite, degraded CIP (C₀ = 100 µg L^-1) by > 95% within 15 min. These results, including an assessment of the reactor's energy use, demonstrate that the catalyst coating on LED light strips enhances treatment efficiency by improving light absorption, facilitating efficient charge separation, and increasing the accessibility of active sites on the catalyst. This approach, with further optimization, could have practical and scalable applications in the decentralized (i.e., household-scale) treatment of aqueous-phase fluoroquinolone antibiotics.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147831300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Engineering Co₃O₄ nanosheets with abundant oxygen vacancies and Co²⁺ as an efficient activator of PMS for degradation of methylene blue.","authors":"Chengying Luo, Junli Sun, Daiping He, Xulin Qiu, Renwei Zheng, Qingsong Liu, Ping Jiang","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37801-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37801-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advanced oxidation processes based on sulfate radical have emerged as an attractive technology in organic dye wastewater treatment. In this work, Co₃O₄ nanosheets with abundant oxygen vacancies and Co²⁺ (r-Co₃O₄) were prepared by a simple precipitation method, followed by a calcination treatment under a hydrogen atmosphere. r-Co₃O₄ shows excellent performance in activating PMS for methylene blue (MB) degradation; 98.8% of MB was degraded in the system at an initial pH 7.00, 75 mg L^-1 catalyst with 100 mg L^-1 peroxymonosulfate, and 15 mg L^-1 MB for 30 min, yielding a high kinetic constant of 1.172 min^-1, which was 2.4-fold higher than that of the Co₃O₄ (0.489 min^-1) calcined under air atmosphere (p-Co₃O₄). More significantly, r-Co₃O₄ shows excellent stability for MB degradation. After four consecutive cycles, the degradation of MB remained above 96.8% under the same reaction conditions. The high specific surface area, large pore size, high Co²⁺ content, and abundant oxygen vacancies might account for the superior performance of r-Co₃O₄ in provoking PMS activation and the subsequent MB degradation. ¹O₂ and SO₄^-· were identified as the main radical species responsible for MB degradation. This work presents an efficient Co₃O₄ catalyst and a new insight for design of Co₃O₄-based heterogeneous catalysts as activators to activate PMS for dye degradation.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147832077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Buoyant calcium stearate modified sorbent based on Rhizoclonium hookeri derived activated carbon for facile oil spill clean-up.","authors":"Saima Rehman, Esraa M Bakhsh, Sher Bahadar Khan, Md Sohrab Hossain, Mehreen Zada, Nouman Khan, Shahid Ali Khan, Saima Sohni","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37802-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37802-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of marine algae-derived oil sorbents is an emerging field with potential to offer a promising solution to mitigate catastrophic impact of oil spills. Herein, a highly buoyant, hydrophobic and magnetically separable oil sorbent \"calcium stearate-modified magnetic activated carbon\" (CS@MAC) was fabricated by anchoring magnetite over algal biocarbon derived from Rhizoclonium hookeri and by subsequent surface coating with calcium stearate. Characterization studies using FTIR, SEM, XRD, and TG evidenced that surface modifications of algal biomass were effective in bringing concomitant changes in its properties, rendering it suitable for oil spill clean-up applications. SEM results verified even distribution of magnetite spheres (~50 nm) over biocarbon's surface, and the presence of CS in the resultant sorbent was established by FTIR and TG, which leads to buoyancy and hydrophobicity. Our engineered CS@MAC demonstrated excellent oil sequestration efficiency exceeding 90% and fast kinetics (30 min) using a low dose in synthetic sea water matrices. Compared with magnetic biochar and magnetic activated carbon, the CS@MAC not only reached up to a higher oil uptake efficiency but also remained buoyant, validating its suitability for oil spill clean-up. Furthermore, CS@MAC demonstrated robust performance with removal efficiency of 93% in 1st to 74% in 5th cycle, indicating its potential for practical applications. These combined findings show that our designed sorbent is an eco-friendly, affordable, and buoyant material with improved hydrophobicity, signifying a viable solution for facile oil spill clean-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147831984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Metagenomic insights into microbial community, antibiotic resistance genes, and virulence factor in Saryu River water, India.","authors":"Sadanand Maurya, Awadhesh Kumar Shukla, Bhaskar Reddy, Amit Kishore Singh, Vipin Kumar Singh, Manikant Tripathi","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37806-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37806-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A river confluence is an important ecosystem to investigate the microbial community and functional profile. Even after the enormous applications of trace elements and antibiotics, their release into the environment causes pollution and selective pressure that facilitate the proliferation and dissemination of resistance genes against antibiotics, metals and biocides among bacterial communities. Metagenomic exploration plays a pivotal role in deciphering riverine ecosystems and offers valuable insights for the mitigation of pollution and the dissemination of resistance genes. Monitoring microbial diversity could aid in identifying various prokaryotes, pathogens, and pollutants, including dyes and their associated resistance genes. Therefore, we aimed to elucidate the occurrence of resistance genes and virulence factors in the microbial community of Saryu River water using high-throughput metagenomics coupled with bioinformatic analyses. The highly dominant antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) types identified were rifampin, tetracycline, macrolide, polymyxin and rifampicin multidrug/efflux. ARGs such as rpoB2, Txr, adeF, tetB(P), and acrB were found to be abundant in Saryu River water. Among the detected MRG subtypes, namely, ruvB and arsB, the most abundant are in water. Further, the biocides against which the resistance was identified were ethidium bromide, triclosan, sodium dodecyl sulfate, etc. Among the virulence factors, tufa, htpB (adherence), Gmd (immune-modulation), cheD (motility), and clpV1 (effector-delivery-system) were found to be highly prevalent. Taxonomic classification revealed that Cyanobateriota, followed by Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria) and Bacteroidota were the dominant phyla in the river water. Microcystis was the most dominant genus, followed by Desulfomicrobium and Dechloromonas. The present study shows that antibiotics and metals are the major sources of resistance genes development and dissemination in the environment.. Further, this is a preliminary study based on a single composite sample, representing a \"snapshot\" at a specific time and location. The present study highlights the persistence of ARGs, MRGs, biocides, and virulence factors in Saryu River water and provides valuable baseline data for risk assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147832192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Comparative study of trace metal accumulation in native and invasive plant species.","authors":"Małgorzata Dambiec, Ludmiła Polechońska, Agnieszka Klink","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37807-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37807-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Global ecosystems are rapidly changing under human pressures such as land-use change, degradation, and trace metal pollution. These conditions often favor invasive plants, yet the links between invasiveness and metal contamination remain insufficiently understood. This study aimed to compare the biogeochemical responses of a native species (Tanacetum vulgare) and an invasive species (Solidago gigantea). Specifically, their capacity for metal uptake and translocation was investigated to assess whether certain traits may facilitate the performance of invasive plants in contaminated sites. Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Fe, and Mn were determined in soils and in the roots and aboveground organs of both species sampled in areas with and without industrial impact. The results showed that both species are capable of inhabiting anthropogenically altered and metal-contaminated sites. Importantly, they both exhibited reduced uptake of metals in polluted soils, indicating the utilization of a metal-excluder strategy. T. vulgare was more likely to restrict metal uptake at the root level, whereas S. gigantea appeared to limit metal translocation to aboveground parts. Moreover, S. gigantea contained significantly lower levels of Cd, Ni, and Pb in its organs than T. vulgare, suggesting greater efficiency in avoiding metal accumulation. These findings support the classification of both species as excluders and highlight the adaptive capacity of invasive species in disturbed environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147832110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Mosquito larvicide and adulticide impacts on adult western honey bees (Apis mellifera) in in vitro cage studies.","authors":"Léna Barascou, James D Ellis, Cameron Jack","doi":"10.1007/s11356-026-37783-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37783-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The widespread use of mosquitocides raises concerns about unintended effects on non-target beneficial insects, particularly western honey bees (Apis mellifera). We assessed the acute and chronic toxicities of four active ingredients (chlorpyrifos, naled, prallethrin, and sumithrin) and their commercial formulations [the adulticides MMII® (chlorpyrifos), Dibrom® (naled), Duet® (prallethrin, sumithrin), and the larvicide Vectobac12AS® (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis)] to adult worker honey bees under laboratory conditions. For acute and chronic oral exposure, naled was the most toxic active ingredient (LD₅₀ = 0.00027 µg/bee, LC₅₀ = 0.012 µg/mL, respectively), while Dibrom® was the most toxic formulated product (LD₅₀ = 0.294 µg/bee, LC₅₀ = 1.529 µg/mL, respectively). For acute contact, MMII® (LD₅₀ = 0.036 µg/bee) and Dibrom® (LD₅₀ = 0.059 µg/bee) caused the greatest toxicity. Dibrom® presented the greatest risk to honey bees when delivered chronically via oral exposure. In contrast, Duet® and Vectobac12AS® exhibited low toxicity and risk to adult bees across all exposure routes. We also assessed sublethal effects of mosquitocide exposure on adult honey bees, but no consistent patterns emerged. Overall, these results highlight the need for integrated risk assessments combining lethal and sublethal endpoints to enhance prediction of the ecological risks posed by mosquito control products to honey bee health.</p>","PeriodicalId":545,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science and Pollution Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147832245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}