Emerging Environmental Contaminants: Sources, Effects on Biodiversity and Humans, Remediation, and Conservation Implications

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dc.contributor.authorOjija, Fredrick
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-06T08:02:27Z
dc.date.available2024-09-06T08:02:27Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractEcosystems, biodiversity, and the human population all depend on a quality or uncontaminated envir onment. Quality environment provides people and wildlife access to nutrition, medications, dietary sup plements, and other ecosystem services. The conservation of biodiversity—that is, species richness, abundance, heredities, and diversity—as well as the control of climate change are facilitated by such an uncontaminated environment. However, these advantages are jeopardized by newly emerging envir onmental chemical contaminants (EECCs) brought on by increased industrialization and urbanization. In developing countries, inadequate or poor environmental policies, infrastructure, and national standards concerning the usage, recycling, remediation, control, and management of EECCs hasten their effects. EECCs in these countries negatively affect biodiversity, ecological services and functions, and human health. This review reveals that the most deprived or vulnerable local communities in developing coun tries are those residing near mining or industrial areas and cultivating their crops and vegetables on contaminated soils, as is wildlife that forages or drinks in EECC-contaminated water bodies. Yet, people in these countries have limited knowledge about EECCs, their threats to human well-being, ecosystem safety, and the environment, as well as remediation technologies. Besides, efforts to efficiently control, combat, regulate, and monitor EECCs are limited. Thus, the review aims to increase public knowledge concerning EECCs in developing countries and present a comprehensive overview of the current status of EECCs. It also explores the sources and advancements in remediation techniques and the threats of EECCs to humans, ecosystems, and biodiversity.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis article was published by Sage
dc.identifier.other10.1177/00368504241253720
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.must.ac.tz/handle/123456789/167
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage
dc.titleEmerging Environmental Contaminants: Sources, Effects on Biodiversity and Humans, Remediation, and Conservation Implications
dc.typeArticle
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