Toxics (Aug 2024)

Ecotoxicological Effects of Emerging Contaminants on Aquatic Species

  • Thiago Lopes Rocha,
  • Luís Manuel Félix,
  • Davi Farias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12080567
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 8
p. 567

Abstract

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Emerging contaminants (ECs), also known as contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), are defined as synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals or biological agents that are not commonly monitored in the environment but have the potential to enter the environment and cause known or supposed adverse ecological and human health effects [...]

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