Fate and toxicity of emerging pollutants, their metabolites and transformation products in the aquatic environment

M La Farre, S Pérez, L Kantiani, D Barceló - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2008 - Elsevier
There has been a great effort to study the fate, the occurrence and the ecotoxicology of
emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment. Recently, several articles have focused on …

Effective assessment of biopolymer-based multifunctional sorbents for the remediation of environmentally hazardous contaminants from aqueous solutions

S Nawaz, A Tabassum, S Muslim, T Nasreen… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Persistent contaminants in wastewater effluent pose a significant threat to aquatic life and
are one of the most significant environmental concerns of our time. Although there are a …

[HTML][HTML] Contaminantes emergentes em matrizes aquáticas do Brasil: cenário atual e aspectos analíticos, ecotoxicológicos e regulatórios

CC Montagner, C Vidal, RD Acayaba - Química nova, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Emerging contaminants occur in parts per trillion or less in aquatic matrices. The effects
related to the exposure of aquatic biota and human to them have been identified for different …

Exposure and effects assessment of persistent organohalogen contaminants in arctic wildlife and fish

RJ Letcher, JO Bustnes, R Dietz, BM Jenssen… - Science of the Total …, 2010 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass an array of anthropogenic organic and
elemental substances and their degradation and metabolic byproducts that have been found …

Environmental toxicology and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater

BI Escher, R Baumgartner, M Koller, K Treyer, J Lienert… - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, we evaluated the ecotoxicological potential of the 100 pharmaceuticals
expected to occur in highest quantities in the wastewater of a general hospital and a …

Distribution, fate and risk assessment of antibiotics in sewage treatment plants in Hong Kong, South China

HW Leung, TB Minh, MB Murphy, JCW Lam… - Environment …, 2012 - Elsevier
Occurrence, removal, consumption and environmental risks of sixteen antibiotics were
investigated in several sewage treatment plants (STPs) featuring different treatment levels in …

Anticancer drugs in surface waters: what can we say about the occurrence and environmental significance of cytotoxic, cytostatic and endocrine therapy drugs?

JP Besse, JF Latour, J Garric - Environment international, 2012 - Elsevier
This study considers the implications and research needs arising from anticancer (also
referred to as antineoplastic) drugs being released into the aquatic environment, for the …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals, perfluorosurfactants, and other organic wastewater compounds in public drinking water wells in a shallow sand and gravel aquifer

LA Schaider, RA Rudel, JM Ackerman… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Approximately 40% of US residents rely on groundwater as a source of drinking water.
Groundwater, especially unconfined sand and gravel aquifers, is vulnerable to …

Occurrence of steroid estrogens, endocrine-disrupting phenols, and acid pharmaceutical residues in urban riverine water of the Pearl River Delta, South China

X Peng, Y Yu, C Tang, J Tan, Q Huang… - Science of the total …, 2008 - Elsevier
A scoping study was conducted to investigate the residues of nineteen pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (PPCPs), including 4 natural and 3 synthetic steroid estrogens, 7 …

Developmental exposure of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to bisphenol-S impairs subsequent reproduction potential and hormonal balance in adults

M Naderi, MYL Wong, F Gholami - Aquatic toxicology, 2014 - Elsevier
In the recent years, there has been a growing concern about the production and use of
bisphenol-A substitute, namely bisphenol-S (BPS). Due to its novel nature, there have been …