[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical wastewater as Emerging Contaminants (EC): Treatment technologies, impact on environment and human health

K Samal, S Mahapatra, MH Ali - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
A wide range of unregulated chemicals of synthetic origin or derived from natural sources,
which may be a contender for future regulations are called Emerging Contaminants (ECs) …

Worldwide cases of water pollution by emerging contaminants: a review

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, G Liu, V Balaram… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Water contamination by emerging contaminants is increasing in the context of rising
urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture production. Emerging contaminants refers to …

Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using advanced treatments. A review

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, M Fourmentin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The rise of emerging contaminants in waters challenges the scientific community and water
treatment stakeholders to design remediation techniques that are simple, practical …

Coordination chemistry of metal–organic frameworks: Detection, adsorption, and photodegradation of tetracycline antibiotics and beyond

F Ahmadijokani, H Molavi, S Tajahmadi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tetracyclines (TCs) are a large family of broad-spectrum antibiotics with one of the highest
aquatic persistence after release from humans and animals. Hence, TCs are known to …

Emerging micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems and nanotechnology-based removal alternatives: a review

N Narwal, D Katyal, N Kataria, PK Rose, SG Warkar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a significant concern about the accessibility of uncontaminated and safe drinking
water, a fundamental necessity for human beings. This concern is attributed to the toxic …

Removal of pharmaceuticals from water using sewage sludge-derived biochar: A review

I Ihsanullah, MT Khan, M Zubair, M Bilal, M Sajid - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the beneficial utilization of sewage
sludge to reduce the risks associated with sludge disposal. Besides other applications of …

Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants

OFS Khasawneh, P Palaniandy - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical compounds, such as antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), anticonvulsants, β-blocker, etc. have emerged as new classes of water pollutants …

Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance …

P Krzeminski, MC Tomei, P Karaolia… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) discharged in effluents of wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs), not specifically designed for their removal, pose serious hazards to human …

Emerging pollutants in the urban water cycle in Latin America: A review of the current literature

C Peña-Guzmán, S Ulloa-Sánchez, K Mora… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants (EP) are increasingly studied and characterized worldwide to improve
the understanding of their environmental and toxicological impacts and their occurrence and …

Occurrence, fate and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in water and wastewater treatment plants—A review

CF Couto, LC Lange, MCS Amaral - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the occurrence of Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in water
and wastewater worldwide as well as their fate, focusing on the removal by conventional …