Utilization of a Novel Immunofluorescence Instrument Prototype for the Determination of the Herbicide Glyphosate

Article Environmental Sciences

Quantifiable urine glyphosate levels detected in 99% of the French population, with higher values in men, in younger people, and in farmers

Daniel Grau et al.

Summary: France is the first pesticide-consuming country in Europe, with widespread contamination of glyphosate in the French population associated with factors such as gender, age, occupation, and dietary habits.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH (2022)

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Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): Environmental and public health risks

Asu Ziylan-Yavas et al.

Summary: Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are substances used for medical care, cosmetics, hygiene, and health care purposes. They are of considerable public concern due to their high production and consumption rates and rapid discharge into the environment without control. This comprehensive review summarizes the occurrence, fate, and potential environmental and health risks of PPCPs in aquatic and terrestrial environments, as well as the most promising advanced technologies for their elimination from wastewater treatment effluents and water.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (2022)

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Article Engineering, Environmental

Occurrence, toxicity impacts and mitigation of emerging micropollutants in the aquatic environments: Recent tendencies and perspectives

Pankaj Bhatt et al.

Summary: Rampant industrial development, urbanization, and population growth have led to a large number of emerging micropollutants, which pose significant toxic effects on human health and aquatic entities and present a major challenge for the scientific community. Various physicochemical and biological methods have been implemented to mitigate their impact on the environment, with microbial metabolism playing a crucial role in transforming toxic pollutants into environmentally acceptable forms.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2022)

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Review Chemistry, Analytical

The monitoring of pesticides in water matrices and the analytical criticalities: A review

Claudia Campanale et al.

Summary: This review examines the European legislative context on water protection concerning pesticide residues monitoring, discusses National Action Plans and strategies in European countries, and illustrates the development of analytical methodologies and criticalities connected to determine pesticide residues in water matrices. Details about sampling strategies, analytical feasibility, official methods, degradation products and behavior in the environment for a subset of 160 pesticides are provided in the review.

TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Article Food Science & Technology

Development of an Immunofluorescence Assay Module for Determination of the Mycotoxin Zearalenone in Water

Borbala Gemes et al.

Summary: Project Aquafluosense is focused on developing prototypes for a fluorescence-based instrumentation setup for in situ measurements of various water quality parameters, with a specific emphasis on detecting emerging pollutants like ZON. The ELFIA method developed in this project shows high sensitivity in detecting environmental xenobiotics, with the 96-well microplate-based fluorescence instrument being capable of detecting ZON in a concentration range of 0.09-400 ng/mL. This method demonstrates efficacy in combined in situ applications for determining important water quality parameters through induced fluorimetry.

TOXINS (2021)

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Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health