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ReviewRSC advances2022

Major contaminants of emerging concern in soils: a perspective on potential health risks.

Naga Raju Maddela, Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan, Dhatri Kakarla, Kadiyala Venkateswarlu, Mallavarapu Megharaj

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Review in RSC advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  5. A comparative study ofPhysiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Naga Raju MaddelaDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica de Manabí Portoviejo 130105 Ecuador.
Balasubramanian RamakrishnanDivision of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi 110012 India.
Dhatri KakarlaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill NC 27599 USA.
Kadiyala VenkateswarluFormerly Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University Anantapuramu 515003 India.
Mallavarapu MegharajGlobal Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia megh.mallavarapu@newcastle.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6230-518X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil pollution by the contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) or emerging contaminants deserves attention worldwide because of their toxic health effects and the need for developing regulatory guidelines. Though the global soil burden by certain CECs is in several metric tons, the source-tracking of these contaminants in soil environments is difficult due to heterogeneity of the medium and complexities associated with the interactive mechanisms. Most CECs have higher affinities towards solid matrices for adsorption. The CECs alter not only soil functionalities but also those of plants and animals. Their toxicities are at nmol to μmol levels in cell cultures and test animals. These contaminants have a higher propensity in accumulating mostly in root-based food crops, threatening human health. Poor understanding on the fate of certain CECs in anaerobic environments and their transfer pathways in the food web limits the development of effective bioremediation strategies and restoration of the contaminated soils and endorsement of global regulatory efforts. Despite their proven toxicities to the biotic components, there are no environmental laws or guidelines for certain CECs. Moreover, the information available on the impact of soil pollution with CECs on human health is fragmentary. Therefore, we provide here a comprehensive account on five significantly important CECs,

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