Due to the extensive use and incomplete removal, pharmaceutical and personal care
products (PPCPs) are introduced into the water continuously. It has been proved that the …

Many of the products and drugs used commonly contain chemical components which may
persist through sewage treatment works (STW) and eventually enter the aquatic …

Pharmaceuticals are known to occur widely in the environment of industrialized countries. In
developing countries, more monitoring results have recently become available, but a …

The strategy of using existing drugs originally developed for one disease to treat other
indications has found success across medical fields. Such drug repurposing promises faster …

Undesirable solar energy absorption, poor charge transfer efficiency, and sluggish metallic
ions redox cycle are three pressing problems, restricting the application of photocatalysis …

Anticancer drugs are a group of therapeutic agents used to enhance cell death in targeted
cell types of neoplasia. Because of frequent use and eventual discharge, they have been …

Abstract The 1st Watch List (WL) for substances in surface waters under the Environmental
Quality Standards Directive (EQSD-Directive 2013/39/EU) was established by Commission …

There are growing concerns about the increasing trends of emerging micropollutants in the
environment due to their potential negative impacts on natural ecosystems and humans …

The consumption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has been widely
increasing, yet up to 90–95% of PPCPs consumed by human are excreted unmetabolized …

Among the various emerging contaminants, pharmaceuticals (PhACs) seem to have
adverse effects on the quality of water. Even the smallest concentration of PhACs in ground …