The “Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard” was implemented for water pollutant discharge in China’s pesticide industry, which has no control requirements for particular wastewater pollutants in ...

Large-scale migration in China is anticipated to reshape pollutant discharge patterns due to urban–rural differences in water use and treatment, yet its impacts remain insufficiently quantified.

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the ...

Emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and industrial chemicals are increasingly detected in water systems worldwide, raising concerns about long-term risks to ecosystems and ...