The review of the Water Framework Directive should improve monitoring, prioritization, assessment, and solution-oriented management of chemical contamination in European surface waters.

Towards the review of the European Union Water Framework Directive: Recommendations for more efficient assessment and management of chemical contamination in European surface water resources.

The systems approach can aid in designing effective water policies by assessing ecological and socio-economic impacts of mitigation measures.

Why, how, and how far should microbiological contamination in a coastal zone be mitigated? An application of the systems approach to the Thau lagoon (France).

Groundwater quality in Richards Bay, South Africa, is poor, and alternative drinking water sources or treatment are necessary to address contamination.

Spatial interpolation methods and geostatistics for mapping groundwater contamination in a coastal area

Differentiating pollution from contamination requires a weight of evidence assessment using appropriate lines of evidence, rather than solely relying on chemical analyses.

Determining when contamination is pollution - weight of evidence determinations for sediments and effluents.

Recent advances in assessment and remediation techniques for mercury contaminated sites have improved understanding of bioavailability and methylmercury production, allowing for more flexible and effective solutions.

The assessment and remediation of mercury contaminated sites: A review of current approaches.

Ecological and eco-cultural indicators at U.S. Department of Energy sites show consistency in types but vary in specific indicators, highlighting the need for improved monitoring and prioritization of remediation tasks.

Consistency and local adaptation in use of ecological and eco-cultural indicators: assessing risk from contamination

This review compares various pollution indices and proposes a comprehensive method for assessing soil quality in farmland, forest, and urban settings, using local and reference geochemical backgrounds.

Pollution indices as useful tools for the comprehensive evaluation of the degree of soil contamination–A review

Sediment contamination in transitional waters, such as estuaries and coastal lagoons, needs better assessment and management approaches, focusing on ecosystem services and being proactive rather than reactive when uncertainty is reduced.

Assessing and managing sediment contamination in transitional waters.

This paper presents a risk assessment methodology for managing contaminated sites, highlighting the need for mitigation measures when non-carcinogenic compounds exceed legal thresholds.

The risk assessment, a decision-making tool for the management of contaminated sites

Current evaluation methods for in situ remediation of soil and sediment contaminated with organic pollutants and heavy metals are inadequate, highlighting the need for improved assessment methods in future research.

Evaluation methods for assessing effectiveness of in situ remediation of soil and sediment contaminated with organic pollutants and heavy metals.

The current generic risk assessment model for metal contaminated sites cannot accurately predict groundwater contamination, and site-specific geochemical conditions are crucial for assessing metal spreading to groundwater.

Failure of generic risk assessment model framework to predict groundwater pollution risk at hundreds of metal contaminated sites: Implications for research needs.

Integrating decision tools can improve land contamination management decisions, but practitioners must address practical issues and broaden decision criteria.

Integrating decision tools for the sustainable management of land contamination.

Modest levels of treatment contamination exist in mental health trials, and simple trial conduct methods can minimize contamination without resorting to cluster randomisation.

A scoping review of the problems and solutions associated with contamination in trials of complex interventions in mental health

Chromium contamination in soils from municipal solid waste disposal in Assam, India, poses a higher health risk than other heavy metals, with chromium being the most polluted metal.

Speciation, contamination, ecological and human health risks assessment of heavy metals in soils dumped with municipal solid wastes.

A tiered approach to sustainability assessment, starting with qualitative assessments, can improve performance in contaminated land remediation.

The rationale for simple approaches for sustainability assessment and management in contaminated land practice.

Optimizing hydraulic pathways in artificial wetlands can reduce pesticide fluxes by 50-80%, leading to a near-complete disappearance of pesticide pollution.

Mitigation of agricultural nonpoint-source pesticide pollution in artificial wetland ecosystems

The Sediment Quality Guideline Quotient index effectively assesses heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary sediment, with only 3% highly contaminated and 47% showing moderate contamination.

Assessing heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary sediment: An index analysis approach

This study presents a new approach for estimating the average contamination level in soils contaminated by multiple metals, aiding in evaluating the effectiveness of remediation technologies and reducing costs.

Electrokinetic remediation of soils contaminated by potentially toxic metals: Dedicated analytical tools for assessing the contamination baseline in a complex scenario.

Surface water contamination poses ecological risks for fish populations, and combining biomarkers, chemical, and ecological analyses can provide valuable information on impacts of chemical pressures on fish population dynamics.

An integrative approach to assess ecological risks of surface water contamination for fish populations.

Integrating renewable energy sources into remedial system design can reduce CO2, NOx, SOx, PM, and HAP emissions up to 68% in a hypothetical contaminated site cleanup.

Environmental Footprint Assessment of a Cleanup at Hypothetical Contaminated Site

How do we assess and mitigate pollution and contamination?

These studies suggest that assessing and mitigating pollution and contamination involves improving monitoring and prioritization, using comprehensive assessment methods, and implementing effective remediation and management strategies.