"Old" and "new" contaminants and their management: learning from the past, looking to the future

Gibson, Gillian, Cundy, Andrew, Kafwamfwa, Nswana and Stewart, Alex ORCID: 0000-0002-4931-5340 (2023) "Old" and "new" contaminants and their management: learning from the past, looking to the future. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH, 45 (4). pp. 1091-1105.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-01042-6

Abstract

Within the 50 year lifetime of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH), we have seen a number of contaminants transfer from being the wonder chemical of their day through to becoming current contaminants of concern. This is also true for a variety of emerging contaminants such as plastic microbeads, pharmaceutical residues, and fire retardant chemicals, amongst others. This thought piece discusses the risk associated with a range of these emerging contaminants, their global nature, how existing models and frameworks can be applied to deal with their impacts, and research and management gaps and challenges.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Emerging contaminants, Human health, Risk, Plastics, Pharmaceutical residues, Antimicrobial resistance
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2022 07:43
Last Modified:	27 May 2023 13:26
DOI:	10.1007/s10653-021-01042-6
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-01042-6
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3154048