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Environ Toxicol Pharmacol

Title:		Emerging pollutants in Nigeria: A systematic review
Author(s):		Egbuna C; Amadi CN; Patrick-Iwuanyanwu KC; Ezzat SM; Awuchi CG; Ugonwa PO; Orisakwe OE;
Address:		"Africa Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli Campus, Anambra State -431124, Nigeria. Department of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Port-Harcourt, PMB, 5323 Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Africa Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), Giza 12451, Egypt. School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli Campus, Anambra State -431124, Nigeria. Africa Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; Department of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Port-Harcourt, PMB, 5323 Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Electronic address: orish.orisakwe@uniport.edu.ng"
Journal Title:		Environ Toxicol Pharmacol
Year:		2021
Volume:		20210320
Issue:
Page Number:		103638 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.etap.2021.103638
ISSN/ISBN:		1872-7077 (Electronic) 1382-6689 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Emerging pollutants represent a group of synthetic or naturally occurring compounds that are not normally monitored within the environment but can enter into the environment and cause different adverse ecological and health effects. This systematic review identified the various emerging pollutants in Nigeria. The following databases, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Google Scholar, and African Journals OnLine (AJOL) were searched to identify studies on pollutants of emerging concerns in Nigeria. A total of 933 articles were identified out of which 30 articles were selected to be eligible for the study. Over 250 emerging pollutants were identified and divided into 9 major groups which are personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, mycotoxins, radionuclides and electromagnetic radiations (Gamma radiation) and other pollutants of emerging concerns such as microbes, microplastics, and particulate matter. These pollutants are found in water bodies and underground waters, soils and sediments, biological systems, and ambient air at different concentrations with seasonal variations. Some of these pollutants act as endocrine disruptors, beta-adrenergic receptors agonist blockers, oxidative stress inducers and can cause genetic alterations in DNA and epigenetic reprogramming through global DNA methylation, gene-specific CpG methylation and microRNA expression. Emerging pollutants of public health concern in Nigeria are on the increase and are threat to both ecological and human health"
Keywords:		Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollutants/*analysis Nigeria Emerging pollutants in Nigeria Industrial chemicals Niger Delta Personal care products Pesticides Pharmaceuticals Sub-Saharan Africa Volatile organic solvents;
Notes:		"MedlineEgbuna, Chukwuebuka Amadi, Cecilia N Patrick-Iwuanyanwu, Kingsley C Ezzat, Shahira M Awuchi, Chinaza Godswill Ugonwa, Peter Okechukwu Orisakwe, Orish E eng Systematic Review Netherlands 2021/03/25 Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2021 Jul; 85:103638. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2021.103638. Epub 2021 Mar 20"