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Chemical Pollutants and Its Effects on Health

Chemical pollutants are harmful chemical substances released into air, water, or soil, largely as byproducts of industrial activity, fossil-fuel combustion, agriculture, and other human processes, that degrade environmental quality and can damage human health. They include heavy metals, persistent organic compounds,…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 23× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2769-2264 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Chemical pollutants are harmful chemical substances released into air, water, or soil, largely as byproducts of industrial activity, fossil-fuel combustion, agriculture, and other human processes, that degrade environmental quality and can damage human health. They include heavy metals, persistent organic compounds, nitrogen and phosphorus loads, hydrocarbons, and a wide array of synthetic chemicals that may accumulate in ecosystems and enter the food and water supply. Their effects on health depend on the pollutant, the dose, and the duration of exposure, ranging from respiratory and cardiovascular effects to impacts on the nervous and endocrine systems, with some compounds linked to long-term and developmental harm. Water is a particularly important route of exposure, since contaminants from industrial discharge, agricultural runoff, wastewater, and degraded source water can reach drinking supplies, making water-quality monitoring central to protecting public health. Within the scope of the journal Water, which addresses water quality, contamination, and treatment, this page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to chemical contamination of water resources, including studies of physicochemical and bacteriological water quality, the effects of land use on water bodies, and wastewater treatment.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 23 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Chemical Pollutants and Its Effects on Health, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Water (ISSN 2769-2264).

Journal editorial board
Ruth Pereira · Portugal Miklas Scholz · United Kingdom Yukinori SATO · Japan

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