1.
|
WWTP, Landfill leachate, Surface water
|
Personal Care Products
|
Cosmetics,
UV Filters
|
Mexico
|
Wang et al.,2024; Shahid et al.,2014; Nadia et al.,2022
|
2. |
Domestic and industrial wastewater |
Industrial chemicals |
Plasticizers, Microplastics (MPs) |
Portugal |
Shahid et al.,2014; Nadia
et al.,2022 |
3.
|
Agricultural runoffs, Sewage treatment plants, Sediments, Soil, Surface
water
|
Herbicides/ Pesticides
|
Methiocarb, Perchlorate, Dicofol, Oxadiazon
|
Mexico
|
Nadia et al., 2022;
Wang et al.,2024
|
4. |
Hospital and Industrial wastewater, Surface water, WWTP |
Pharmaceuticals |
anti-inflammatory medicines, antidepressant,
antibiotics : Diazepam, ciprofloxacin |
Columbia |
Shahid et al.,2014;
Nadia et al.,2022 |
5. |
Landfills, WWTPs, Sewage, Urban runoff |
Persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) |
PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs, PBDEs |
China |
Nguyen et
al.,2020; Bolagay et al.,2021 |
6. |
Drinking and surface water, Sediments, Soil, Secondary sludge |
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) |
Estrone, Steroid hormones: PAEs,
Bisphenols |
India |
Wang et al.,2024; Wee and Aris.,2021 |
7.
|
Mining and minerals processing industrial waste water
|
Surfactants
|
Ionic and non ionic surfactants. Tweens (Polysorbates) and sodium lauryl
sulphate
|
Japan
|
Shahid et al.,2014;
Murakami et al.,2011
|
8. |
Recycling plants, Hospital waste water, Petroleum refineries |
Rare
earth elements (REEs) |
15 lanthanide group elements |
China, Brazil,
Spain |
Gwenzi et al.,2018 |
9.
|
Nuclear power plants, Pacific ocean
|
Radionuclides/ Nuclear waste
|
H-3, Sr-90, Cs-137,
I-129, Tc-99
|
Japan
|
Wang et al.,2024
|
10.
|
Accidental spillages, rainwater runoff
|
Nanoparticles
|
CNPs, AgNPs, Carbon dots
|
US
|
Wang et al.,2024;
25
|
11
|
Agriculture, Livestock, Farming and Hospitals waste water
|
Antibiotic- resistant micro- organisms
|
Azithromycin,
Sulfamethoxazole
|
US
|
Wang et al.,2024;
Vasallo et al.,2021
25
|
12.
|
Wetlands, Lakes, Reservoirs, Streams, Rivers
|
Algal toxins
|
Cytotoxins, Microcystin
|
Australia
|
Quer et al.,2024;
Oliveira et al.,2021
|
13
|
Contaminates/ effected/ endemic areas
|
Bioterrorism
|
Biological weapons (Anthrax, Salmonella typhimurium)
|
US
|
Green MBChB et al.,2019
Oliveira et al.,2021
|
14.
|
Research lab effluents
|
Other biological contaminants
|
Virus, Protein, Different types of RNA
|
China
|
Wang et al.,2024;
Crini et al.,2022
|