A critical scientific and policy opinion on reuse and reclamation of contaminated wastewater for agriculture and other purposes
Contaminants of emerging concern and other chemicals are widespread in the environment. While their effects are ambiguous, a wealth of literature now illustrates their ability to induce various effects at concentrations/doses smaller than the toxicological threshold, leading to hormetic biphasic responses. Such responses are increasingly understood, can be positive or negative, and present an issue for wastewater reuse and reclamation for agriculture and other purposes. Considerable efforts have been placed by stakeholders at multiple levels to address the issue of low-dose effects, but there is more that can be done. To effectively address the low-dose issue, treatment/remediation sites for pollutant elimination should be improved, the number and amounts of chemicals released to the environment should be better controlled/prevented, and citizen-science approach with the involvement of NGOs and other organizations should be employed to expand the coverage of assessing pollution and its effects. This Opinion paper summarizes the main challenges introduced by the continuous discovery of emerging contaminants in the environment and the low-dose effects, discusses what has been done by stakeholders to address low-dose effects, and proposes a path forward.
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dig-idaea-es-10261-2958112024-05-16T20:53:52Z A critical scientific and policy opinion on reuse and reclamation of contaminated wastewater for agriculture and other purposes Agathokleous, Evgenios Barceló, Damià Calabrese, Edward J. 0000-0002-0058-4857 Pollution impact Contaminant effect Dose-response relationship Ecological risk assessment Low-dose stress Contaminants of emerging concern and other chemicals are widespread in the environment. While their effects are ambiguous, a wealth of literature now illustrates their ability to induce various effects at concentrations/doses smaller than the toxicological threshold, leading to hormetic biphasic responses. Such responses are increasingly understood, can be positive or negative, and present an issue for wastewater reuse and reclamation for agriculture and other purposes. Considerable efforts have been placed by stakeholders at multiple levels to address the issue of low-dose effects, but there is more that can be done. To effectively address the low-dose issue, treatment/remediation sites for pollutant elimination should be improved, the number and amounts of chemicals released to the environment should be better controlled/prevented, and citizen-science approach with the involvement of NGOs and other organizations should be employed to expand the coverage of assessing pollution and its effects. This Opinion paper summarizes the main challenges introduced by the continuous discovery of emerging contaminants in the environment and the low-dose effects, discusses what has been done by stakeholders to address low-dose effects, and proposes a path forward. E.A. acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 4210070867), the Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, China (Grant No. 003080), and the Jiangsu Distinguished Professor Program of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. E.J.C. acknowledges longtime support from the US Air Force (Grant No. AFOSR FA9550–13-1–0047) and ExxonMobil Foundation (Grant No. S18200000000256). The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute for governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing policies or endorsement, either expressed or implied. Sponsors had no involvement in study design, collection, analysis, interpretation, writing and decision to and where to submit for publication consideration. Peer reviewed 2023-02-24T07:02:52Z 2023-02-24T07:02:52Z 2023-04-01 artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11 (2): 109352 (2023) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/295811 10.1016/j.jece.2023.109352 2-s2.0-85147730066 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85147730066 en Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering Postprint https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.109352 Sí embargo_20250401 Elsevier |
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Contaminants of emerging concern and other chemicals are widespread in the environment. While their effects are ambiguous, a wealth of literature now illustrates their ability to induce various effects at concentrations/doses smaller than the toxicological threshold, leading to hormetic biphasic responses. Such responses are increasingly understood, can be positive or negative, and present an issue for wastewater reuse and reclamation for agriculture and other purposes. Considerable efforts have been placed by stakeholders at multiple levels to address the issue of low-dose effects, but there is more that can be done. To effectively address the low-dose issue, treatment/remediation sites for pollutant elimination should be improved, the number and amounts of chemicals released to the environment should be better controlled/prevented, and citizen-science approach with the involvement of NGOs and other organizations should be employed to expand the coverage of assessing pollution and its effects. This Opinion paper summarizes the main challenges introduced by the continuous discovery of emerging contaminants in the environment and the low-dose effects, discusses what has been done by stakeholders to address low-dose effects, and proposes a path forward. |
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