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05/06/2026

💧 New review: Analysis and Risks of Emerging Contaminants and Microplastics in Natural and Treated Waters and Human Health

Authors: Dr. Maryam Mallek & Prof. Damià Barceló

Learn about the latest analytical strategies and potential health risks of ECs and MPs in water 🌊

🔗 https://www.mdpi.com/3900706

Emerging contaminants (ECs) and microplastics (MPs) are increasingly detected in surface waters, wastewaters, and drinking water, often as complex mixtures, transformation products, and particle-associated burdens that challenge routine monitoring. This critical review examines current analytical st...

04/06/2026

♻️🏟️ What do we know about the potential release of chemicals from crumb rubber infill materials used in artificial turf?

This review by Dr. Giulia Squillacioti et al. examines current evidence regarding the bioaccessibility and availability of VOCs, PAHs, phthalates, metal(loid)s, and other substances associated with tyre-derived infill materials. The authors discuss existing findings and emphasize the need for further bioavailability and epidemiological studies to better understand potential health implications.

📖 Read the article: https://www.mdpi.com/3527428

03/06/2026

🧬 Not all pesticide formulations behave the same way.

Dr. Károly Nagy et al. examined the effects of two commercial lambda-cyhalothrin formulations on human liver cells and found notable differences in their cytotoxic and genotoxic responses.

📖 Formulation Matters: Differential Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Effects of Lambda-Cyhalothrin Pesticide Formulations on Human Hepatocellular Cells

🔗 https://www.mdpi.com/3912668

02/06/2026

🧪 What makes Caenorhabditis elegans a useful model for studying endocrine disruptors?

This review by Dr. Soňa Kucharíková et al. summarizes current knowledge on bisphenol toxicity and highlights how C. elegans can support early hazard identification and mechanistic screening of bisphenol analogues.

📖 A Review of the Literature on the Endocrine Disruptor Activity Testing of Bisphenols in Caenorhabditis elegans

🔗 https://www.mdpi.com/3665722

02/06/2026

♻️ Welcome to Session 1. Environmental Toxicity, Bioaccumulation, and Remediation Strategies at ! 🌍

Environmental pollutants such as heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and emerging contaminants continue to threaten ecosystems and human health. This session brings together researchers to investigate how pollutants affect organisms, accumulate through food webs, and influence environmental sustainability. Featuring 36 presentations (7 oral and 29 poster presentations), the session highlights cutting-edge research on environmental toxicity, pollutant fate and bioaccumulation, emerging contaminants, ecological risk assessment, and innovative remediation technologies. Discussions will also explore sustainable pollution management, ESG integration, and strategies to reduce pollutant release into the environment.

📅 Conference Dates: 22-23 June 2026, Online, CEST

📝 Register for FREE by 15 June 2026: https://bit.ly/3NDn5KS
🔗 For more information: https://bit.ly/44UxlTH
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01/06/2026

🌟 Highly Cited Article

📄 Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Male Infertility: Mechanisms, Risks, and Regulatory Challenges

by Dr. Anastasios Potiris et al.

This highly cited review evaluates current evidence linking endocrine-disrupting chemicals to male reproductive dysfunction and discusses important challenges in exposure assessment, toxicological evaluation, and regulatory decision-making.

Read the article: https://shorturl.at/r4eMt

29/05/2026

📈 Highly cited paper in JoX MDPI

🌱 “Stability Dynamics of Plant-Based Extracellular Vesicles Drug Delivery”

Dr. Ashish Kumar Agrawal et al. provide a comprehensive overview of the preservation and storage of plant-based extracellular vesicles and discuss their promise in therapeutic drug delivery.

🔬 Read the full article: https://shorturl.at/wfdwa

Plant-based extracellular vesicles (PBEVs) have been recognized for their wide range of applications in drug delivery however, the extent of their medicinal applicability depends on how well they are preserved and stored. Assessing their physicochemical properties, such as size, particle concentrati...

28/05/2026

🌱 Could Caucasian endemic medicinal plants provide new natural antioxidant and antibacterial compounds?

Dr. Giovanni N. Roviello et al. explored the biological activities of Sempervivum transcaucasicum and Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii extracts, including antioxidant potential, antibacterial activity against E. coli, and molecular docking insights into possible mechanisms of action.

🔬 Read the full study: https://www.mdpi.com/3389720

Antioxidants derived from plant extracts have attracted considerable attention due to their potential in mitigating oxidative damage through free radical scavenging mechanisms. Although 700 species have been used for centuries in Georgian traditional medicine, the chemical composition and antioxidan...

28/05/2026

📈 One of the highly cited articles in JoX MDPI

🌊🧪 “Ecotoxicological Effects of Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Nickel Nanoparticles on Aquatic Organisms from Three Trophic Levels: Insights from Oxidative Stress Biomarkers” highlights the biochemical and oxidative stress responses of aquatic organisms exposed to nickel nanoparticles.

By Professor Alberto Teodorico Correia et al.

📄 Read more: https://shorturl.at/oKNYp

This study investigated the ecotoxicological impacts of environmentally relevant concentrations (0.05, 0.50, and 5.00 mg/L) of nickel nanoparticles (Ni-NPs) by assessing oxidative stress biomarkers. The worm Hediste diversicolor, the bivalve Mytilus spp., and the fish Sparus aurata were chronically....

27/05/2026

📈 One of the highly cited articles in JoX MDPI

🐧🌍 “Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on Reproductive Biology of Aquatic Fauna: Penguins as Sentinel Species” explores the ecological and reproductive risks associated with pharmaceutical and endocrine-disrupting chemical contamination in aquatic environments.

By Prof. Grace Emily Okuthe, Dr. Edith Dube & Dr. Patrick Siyambulela Mafunda

📄 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yarjbpub

The escalating global contamination of aquatic ecosystems by pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) stemming from diverse anthropogenic sources represents a critical and pervasive threat to planetary Earth. These contaminants exhibit bioaccumulative properties in long-lived organi...