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Invisible crisis:eco-environmental risks and mitigation measures of emerging contaminants in agricultural soil
Received:December 10, 2025  
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KeyWord:farmland land;soil;new contaminants;environmental behavior;prevention,control and remediation
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TANG Jingchun College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China tangjch@nankai.edu.cn 
LIU Jinzheng College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China  
WANG Yanbing College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China  
ZHAO Zhihan College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China  
LIU Xinlei College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China  
WEI Haoyu College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China  
LÜ Honghong School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China honghonglyu@hebut.edu.cn 
SHI Yinghao Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China  
LI Xiaojing Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China  
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Abstract:
      With the development of agricultural intensification, inputs and accumulation of emerging contaminants(ECs)in agricultural soils have increased markedly. Because these contaminants often persist in soil matrices as microscale particles, trace level residues, or transformation products, and are shaped by multisource inputs and coupled effects, they pose potential threats and“invisible crisis”to ecosystems and human health. This manuscript systematically reviewed the key sources and input pathways of four kinds emerging pollutants in farmland, including persistent organic pollutants, microplastics, endocrine disruptors and antibiotics, and focused on the environmental behaviors of ECs in farmland, such as adsorption-desorption, migration and transformation, plant absorption, and degradation. Based on this, the comprehensive management strategies of source control, remediation and agronomic regulation of ECs were discussed. In the future, it is recommended to strengthen research on the environmental behavior, toxic effects, and risk assessment mechanisms of ECs under complex contamination scenarios, promote the development of high-efficiency and low-risk remediation technologies, and provide theoretical basis for agricultural sustainability and food safety assurance.