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“Star” pollutants in environmental science research and their recent situation

  • CHENG Rong ,
  • SHI Lei ,
  • ZHENG Xiang
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  • School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

Received date: 2018-12-23

  Revised date: 2019-01-25

  Online published: 2019-09-25

Abstract

The environmental pollution has become one of the most important factors affecting the human health. As an emerging interdisciplinary research field, the research of the environmental health has been booming in recent years. Based on the research results published in the top international academic journals or those with important influence in 2018, this paper reviews the research progress related to the "star" pollutants that have attracted most attention in the environmental science research. The important research results of antibiotics, superbacteria, plastics, drugs, persistent organic pollutants, pesticides and engineered nanomaterials are reviewed, which may provide a reference for the control and the management of the emerging pollutants that affect the human health.

Cite this article

CHENG Rong , SHI Lei , ZHENG Xiang . “Star” pollutants in environmental science research and their recent situation[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2019 , 37(17) : 50 -64 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2019.17.011

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