Antibiotics have been extensively applied, making them ubiquitous in aquatic environment.
As emerging contaminants, the occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in the environment …

Pharmaceuticals are an important class of micropollutants within the freshwater
environment. There is sufficient evidence of their impacts on exposed biota to warrant further …

Surface water from 38 streams nationwide was assessed using 14 target-organic methods
(719 compounds). Designed-bioactive anthropogenic contaminants (biocides …

High levels of persistent contaminants such as microplastics (MPs) and trace organic
compounds (TrOCs) in the aquatic environment have become a major threat on the …

We systematically investigated the occurrence and distribution of 93 pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (PPCPs) and 5 artificial sweeteners (ASs) in surface water and …

The presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has become a global
concern, as it poses a threat to the environment, especially to the aquatic ecosystem. This …

Owing to the substantial consumption of caffeinated food, beverages, and medicines
worldwide, caffeine is considered the most representative pharmaceutically active …

The widespread use of pharmaceuticals by human populations results in their sustained
discharge to surface waters via wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, 16 …

The riparian zone (RZ) is an important region connecting surface water and groundwater,
and it has widely been acknowledged for its pollutant buffering capacity. However, the …

The extensive anthropogenic activities and their potential impacts during the Anthropocene
have led to a research focus on the sedimentary record. In the present study, the occurrence …