Animal behaviour is remarkably sensitive to disruption by chemical pollution, with
widespread implications for ecological and evolutionary processes in contaminated wildlife …

Monitoring of chemicals in the aquatic environment by chemical analysis alone cannot
completely assess and predict the effects of chemicals on aquatic species and ecosystems …

For decades, we have known that chemicals affect human and wildlife behavior. Moreover,
due to recent technological and computational advances, scientists are now increasingly …

Cigarette butts, one of the most littered items globally, present a unique challenge to
ecosystems due to their ubiquity, persistence, and potential for harm. Over 35 studies have …

Chemical pollution is among the fastest-growing agents of global change. Synthetic
chemicals with diverse modes-of-action are being detected in the tissues of wildlife and …

Illicit drug abuse presents pervasive adverse consequences for human societies around the
world. Illicit drug consumption also plays an unexpected role in contamination of aquatic …

Among all contaminants of emerging interest, drugs are the ones that give rise to the
greatest concern. Any of the multiple stages of the drug's life cycle (production, consumption …

The occurrence of 130 pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in sediments collected
from 70 sampling sites in the Odra River estuary (SW Baltic Sea) was investigated. The …

Despite advances in toxicity testing and the development of new approach methodologies
(NAMs) for hazard assessment, the ecological risk assessment (ERA) framework for …

Sublethal effects are becoming more relevant in ecotoxicological test methods due to their
higher sensitivity compared to lethal endpoints and their preventive nature. Such a …