Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives

VK Parida, D Saidulu, A Majumder, A Srivastava… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have been a threat to the aqueous environment because of
their persistent nature and ability to adversely affect the living organisms exposed to them for …

Occurrences and removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in drinking water and water/sewage treatment plants: A review

Y Yang, YS Ok, KH Kim, EE Kwon, YF Tsang - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, many of micropollutants have been widely detected because of continuous
input of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) into the environment and …

[HTML][HTML] A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future monitoring

B Petrie, R Barden, B Kasprzyk-Hordern - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
This review identifies understudied areas of emerging contaminant (EC) research in
wastewaters and the environment, and recommends direction for future monitoring. Non …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and their metabolites in sewage sludge and soil: A review on their distribution and environmental risk assessment

C Mejias, J Martín, JL Santos, I Aparicio… - Trends in Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recycling and recovery of organic matter and nutrients from sewage sludge for
application in agricultural soils is gaining interest, while the presence of pharmaceutically …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in untreated and treated sewage sludge: Occurrence and environmental risk in the case of application on soil—A critical …

P Verlicchi, E Zambello - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
This review is based on 59 papers published between 2002 and 2015, referring to about
450 treatment trains providing data regarding sludge concentrations for 169 compounds …

Occurrence and removal of transformation products of PPCPs and illicit drugs in wastewaters: a review

EN Evgenidou, IK Konstantinou… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) along with illicit drugs (IDs) are newly
recognized classes of environmental pollutants and are receiving considerable attention …

Root uptake of pharmaceuticals and personal care product ingredients

EL Miller, SL Nason, KG Karthikeyan… - … Science & Technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Crops irrigated with reclaimed wastewater or grown in biosolids-amended soils may take up
pharmaceuticals and personal care product ingredients (PPCPs) through their roots. The …

Treatment of micropollutants in municipal wastewater: ozone or powdered activated carbon?

J Margot, C Kienle, A Magnet, M Weil, L Rossi… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
Many organic micropollutants present in wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals and
pesticides, are poorly removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). To …

Plant uptake of pharmaceutical and personal care products from recycled water and biosolids: a review

X Wu, LK Dodgen, JL Conkle, J Gan - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation is growing in arid and semi-arid
regions, while increasing amounts of biosolids are being applied to fields to improve …

Adsorptive removal of PPCPs from aqueous solution using carbon-based composites: A review

T Wang, J He, J Lu, Y Zhou, Z Wang, Y Zhou - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Far-ranging and improper uses of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)
over the last few decades have led to severe water contamination that imposes serious …