Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Antibiotics in the aquatic environments: a review of the European scenario

IT Carvalho, L Santos - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of antibiotics is considered one of the most significant scientific achievements
of the 20th century, revolutionizing both human and veterinary medicine. However …

Construction of hydrophilic hypercrosslinked polymer based on natural kaempferol for highly effective extraction of 5-nitroimidazoles in environmental water, honey …

M Xu, J Wang, L Zhang, Q Wang, W Liu, Y An… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
A series of novel hydroxyl-functional hypercrosslinked polymers (named as HCPs-Kae)
were fabricated using natural and environmentally benign kaempferol as monomer via one …

Veterinary pharmaceutical residues from natural water to tap water: sales, occurrence and fate

L Charuaud, E Jarde, A Jaffrezic, MF Thomas… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Veterinary pharmaceuticals (VPs) increasingly used in animal husbandry have led to their
presence in aquatic environments–surface water (SW) or groundwater (GW)–and even in …

How to decrease pharmaceuticals in the environment? A review

M Caban, P Stepnowski - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
The global problem of the presence of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in the
environment is under investigation. Despite the increase in the knowledge of its sources …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread occurrence of emerging E-waste contaminants–Liquid crystal monomers in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, China

D Tao, Q Jin, Y Ruan, K Zhang, L Jin, Y Zhan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs), commonly used in screens of electronic devices, have
recently been identified as a group of emerging chemicals of concern associated with e …

Enhanced activation of persulfate by CuCoFe2O4@ MC/AC as a novel nanomagnetic heterogeneous catalyst with ultrasonic for metronidazole degradation

S Rajabi, A Nasiri, M Hashemi - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the degradation of Metronidazole (MNZ) using CuCoFe 2 O 4@ MC/AC catalyst
synthesized by microwave-assisted method, as an efficient activator for persulfate (PS) in the …

Rapid degradation and detoxification of metronidazole using calcium sulfite activated by CoCu two-dimensional layered bimetallic hydroxides: Performance …

X Lu, K Wang, D Wu, P Xiao - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, cobalt copper-layered double hydroxides (CoCu-LDHs) were prepared by
coprecipitation as catalysts to activate CaSO 3 for metronidazole (MNZ) degradation. This is …

Activation of sulfite by micron-scale iron-carbon composite for metronidazole degradation: Theoretical and experimental studies

Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Zhou, Y Hou, Z Sun, W Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, sulfite (S (Ⅳ)), as an alternative to persulfates, has played a crucial role in
eliminating antibiotics in wastewater, so there is an urgent need to develop a cheap …

Occurrence and ecological risk of pharmaceuticals in river surface water of Bangladesh

A Hossain, S Nakamichi, M Habibullah-Al-Mamun… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical contamination in the aquatic environment is a global issue that affects
aquatic animals, micro-organisms and human health. The occurrence and preliminary …