{"id":1929,"date":"2023-02-22T18:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/?page_id=1929"},"modified":"2023-04-17T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T09:14:45","slug":"emerging-pollutants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/our-focus\/emerging-pollutants\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Pollutants"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1929\" class=\"elementor elementor-1929\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-170d1f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"170d1f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a85397 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0a85397\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a512537 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"a512537\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-breadcrumbs jet-blocks\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__wrap\"><div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/\" class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__item-link is-home\" rel=\"home\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0329015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0329015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emerging Pollutants<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04442b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04442b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><p>Earth is really an ocean planet! Not only the ocean covers the majority of Earth surface, as it his home to the most life forms. However human activity is its greatest threat. All we do on land has a profound effect on the ocean from chemical and other environmental pollutants to debris. Plastics, for example, one of the greatest challenges at this time. It is crucial to better understand the impact of emerging pollutants to promote a healthy and sustainable ocean.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"resource-item-container fiximgcontainer\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"resource-item-container fiximgcontainer\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e0108 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45e0108\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f9cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35f9cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-11.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2058\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-11.png 668w, https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-11-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-11-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65fe35a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"65fe35a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388f8f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"388f8f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cima.ualg.pt\/cimaualg\/index.php\/en\/bebianno-maria-joao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maria Jo\u00e3o Bebianno<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fb1ec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fb1ec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA)<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e18b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8e18b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-831e0c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"831e0c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chemicals are essential components of modern society and highly influence everyday life and well-being. Their production increased over the years and some of these compounds mobilized by human activities find their way to the marine environment.<\/p><p>The marine environment has been threatened for more than 50 years with chemical compounds that constitute a risk to the health of the ocean and the cumulative impacts have accelerated over the years. One of these groups of compounds are the contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) that include pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), fragrances, plasticizers, hormones, alternative brominated flame retardants (aBFR) used in consumer products and building materials, antifoulants nanoparticles, perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS) (used for over 60 years in industrial coatings and as stain repellants), chlorinated paraffins, benzotriazoles (used in washing and cleaning products), siloxanes (used in industrial, biomedical and cosmetic applications and anticorrosion agents), algal toxins and various trace elements as rare earths. Some of them that occur naturally or manmade are suspected to be toxic, persistent or bioaccumulate to living organisms and humans.<\/p><p>The presence of CECs in the marine environment is a cause of concern. They reach the marine environment via wastewater inputs and atmospheric transport but there is a knowledge gap on their occurrence, concentration, distribution, and toxicity in the marine environment. The information is limited and only available for some local areas or specific coastal ecosystems. For example, PPCPs have increasingly been detected at low levels in surface waters and some are already known to have a negative impact on marine life. So, the interest and data of PPCPs in the ocean is growing. The most frequently investigated and detected PPCPs in the marine environment are antibiotics (erythromycin, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim), antiepileptic (carbamazepine), caffeine, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (ibuprofen, ketoprofen), analgesics (acetaminophen) and atenolol and gemfibrozil are among the most frequently detected cardiovascular drugs. The majority of data of PPCPs in the marine environment are from North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Sea and the Asian Pacific and recently from coastal sites in the Arctic and Antarctic but there is hardly any information in the Southern Hemisphere. Even so, PPCPs are present in all areas of the ocean with higher levels in areas directly impacted by anthropogenic activities but levels in the sediments are very scarce. Besides pharmaceutical compounds very few data are available for personal care products. The most relevant includes musk fragrances, disinfectants (triclosan) and some UV-filters (benzophenone 3 and octocrylene) used in sunscreens and food additives and even fewer for the other CECs. Because of the lack of information on fate, toxicological and ecotoxicological data to evaluate the risks to the environment there is not yet regulations on CECs to protect the marine environment or human health. Therefore, there is a need to establish monitoring programs to identify their presence, concentration, distribution, and toxicity trends in the marine environment for the most commons CECs to assess their impact on marine biodiversity and human health and take measures to maintain the marine environment clean.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-038d318 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"038d318\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83e4234 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83e4234\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bcc6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bcc6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ficheiro_Emerging_Contaminants-1024x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8604\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ficheiro_Emerging_Contaminants-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ficheiro_Emerging_Contaminants-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ficheiro_Emerging_Contaminants-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ficheiro_Emerging_Contaminants.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5c3ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a5c3ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Pharmaceutical compounds in the water of South Coast of Portugal (Gonzalez-Rey et al., 2015)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb93ea2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb93ea2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab227a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cab227a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p><p>Picot Groz, M., Martinez Bueno, M.J., Rosain, D., Fenet, H., Casellas, C., Pereira, C., Maria, V., Bebianno, M.J., Gomez, E. Detection of emerging contaminants (UVfilters, UV stabilizers and musks) in marine mussels from Portuguese coast byQuEChERS extraction and GC\u2013MS\/MS. Science of The Total Environment 493 4(2014): 162-169. 10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2014.05.062<\/p><p>Gonzalez-Rey, M., Tapie, N., Le Menach, K., D\u00e9vier, M-H., Budzinski, H., Bebianno, M. J. Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds and pesticides in aquatic systems. Marine Pollution Bulletin 96 7(2015): 384-400. 10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2015.04.029<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135f957 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"135f957\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-881b423 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"881b423\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d089bd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d089bd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2756fef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2756fef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Initiatives\n<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94b458c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94b458c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"slider_head\" class=\"publications_container\"><p>No initiatives to show.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd4202d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd4202d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f2f160 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f2f160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications\n<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fbc17b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fbc17b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"slider_headb\" class=\"publications_container\"><p>No publications to show.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Earth is really an ocean planet! 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