Analytical and System Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Analyses, Toxicology and Food Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Avenida do Cafe s/n°, 14040-903 Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, Reus, Catalonia, Spain.
Analytical and System Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Analyses, Toxicology and Food Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Avenida do Cafe s/n°, 14040-903 Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Nov 20;848:157774. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157774. Epub 2022 Aug 3.
The increase and indiscriminate use of personal care products, food products, fertilizers, pesticides, and health products, among others, have resulted/are resulting in extensive environmental contamination. Most of these products contain traces of widespread chemicals, usually known as emerging pollutants (EPs) or pollutants of emerging concern (PEC). The Latin American (LA) region comprises 20 countries with different social and cultural aspects, with 81 % of the population living in urban areas. The LA region has some countries on the top list of users/consumers of EPs, from pesticides and fertilizers to personal care products. However, there is a gap in information related to the distribution of EPs in the environment of this region, with very few existing review texts exploring this issue. Therefore, this present paper advances this approach. An exhaustive literature review, with the selection of 176 documents, provided unique up-to-date information on the presence/distribution of 17 classes of legacy or emerging pollutants in different food and environmental matrices (soil, sediment, water, and air). The study shows that the wide distribution and recorded levels of these pollutants in the continental environment are potential risks to human health, mainly through food and drinking water ingestion. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are pollutants of deep public concern since they show carcinogenic properties. Several classes of pollutants, like endocrine disruptors, have caused harmful effects on humans and the environment. Besides that, pharmaceutical products and pesticides are compounds of high consumption worldwide, being environmental contamination a real and ongoing possibility. Finally, gaps and future research needs are deeply pointed out.
个人护理产品、食品、肥料、农药和保健品等的增加和滥用导致广泛的环境污染。这些产品大多含有广泛的化学物质，通常被称为新兴污染物 (EPs) 或新关注的污染物 (PEC)。拉丁美洲 (LA) 地区由 20 个具有不同社会和文化方面的国家组成，其中 81%的人口居住在城市地区。该地区的一些国家是 EP 和个人护理产品等的用户/消费者的前几名。然而，关于该地区环境中 EPs 分布的信息存在差距，很少有现有的评论文章探讨这个问题。因此，本文探讨了这一问题。通过全面的文献综述，选择了 176 篇文献，提供了关于 17 类传统或新兴污染物在不同食品和环境基质（土壤、沉积物、水和空气）中存在/分布的独特最新信息。研究表明，这些污染物在大陆环境中的广泛分布和记录水平对人类健康构成潜在风险，主要是通过食物和饮用水摄入。多环芳烃是公众非常关注的污染物，因为它们具有致癌特性。内分泌干扰物等几类污染物对人类和环境造成了有害影响。此外，药品和农药是全球消费的高消耗化合物，环境污染是真实且持续存在的可能性。最后，还深入指出了差距和未来的研究需求。
