Surface water pollution by pharmaceuticals and an alternative of removal by low-cost adsorbents: A review

HB Quesada, ATA Baptista, LF Cusioli, D Seibert… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Micropollutants, also called emerging contaminants, consist of an extensive group of
synthetic and natural substances, including pharmaceuticals, personal care products …

Review of risk from potential emerging contaminants in UK groundwater

M Stuart, D Lapworth, E Crane, A Hart - Science of the Total Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of the types of emerging organic groundwater contaminants
(EGCs) which are beginning to be found in the UK. EGCs are compounds being found in …

Pharmaceutical residues in environmental waters and wastewater: current state of knowledge and future research

D Fatta-Kassinos, S Meric, A Nikolaou - Analytical and bioanalytical …, 2011 - Springer
Pollution from pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment is now recognized as an
environmental concern in many countries. This has led to the creation of an extensive area …

Emerging organic contaminants in surface water and groundwater: a first overview of the situation in Italy

R Meffe, I de Bustamante - Science of the Total Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper provides the first review of the occurrence of 161 emerging organic compounds
(EOCs) in Italian surface water and groundwater. The reported EOCs belong to the groups of …

The removal of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors and illicit drugs during wastewater treatment and its impact on the quality of receiving …

B Kasprzyk-Hordern, RM Dinsdale, AJ Guwy - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
A 5-month monitoring program was undertaken in South Wales in the UK to determine the
fate of 55 pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors and illicit drugs …

Ten years-snapshot of the occurrence of emerging contaminants in drinking, surface and ground waters and wastewaters from São Paulo State, Brazil

CC Montagner, FF Sodré, RD Acayaba… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Emerging contaminants have been considered one of the main concerns for ensuring the
quality of water around the world. This work presents the results of 10 years of analyses …

Characterisation and bioremediation of wastewater: a review exploring bioremediation as a sustainable technique for pharmaceutical wastewater

A Shah, M Shah - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2020 - Elsevier
The waste that Pharmaceutical industries produce has hazardous implications on the
environment and public health if disposed without being treated. Pharmaceutical Industry …

Occurrence, transportation, monitoring and treatment of emerging micro-pollutants in waste water—A review from global views

JQ Jiang, Z Zhou, VK Sharma - Microchemical Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper collects data from worldwide research groups and aims to critically review and
analyse the advances of knowledge development in the area of occurrence, transportation …

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 …

The occurrence of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors and illicit drugs in surface water in South Wales, UK

B Kasprzyk-Hordern, RM Dinsdale, AJ Guwy - Water research, 2008 - Elsevier
The presence and fate of 56 pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors
and illicit drugs (PPCPs) were investigated in the South Wales region of the UK. Two …