Ibuprofen (IBP) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug released into the environment
through hospital and medical effluents, pharmaceutical wastewater and veterinary use. The …

Polluted soil and water impact the quality of food and nutrients of human and animal biota.
Soil and water are mainly polluted by effluent discharges from industries, which are broadly …

The presence of pharmaceuticals in ecosystems is a major health issue, calling for
advanced methods to clean wastewater before effluents reach rivers. Here, we review …

Over the last decade, the removal of pharmaceuticals from aquatic bodies has garnered
substantial attention from the scientific community. Ibuprofen (IBP), a non-steroidal anti …

In this work, endocarp of the species Butia capitata was employed as precursor material to
prepare a novel activated carbon with intrinsic properties to remove ketoprofen and …

The urban environment is a source and a carrier of heavy metals due to industrial waste.
The establishment of industries and the emission of contaminants are not real problems; the …

In this work, an artificial neural network (ANN) was developed to model the Pseudo-Second
Order (PSO) kinetics of orange peel-paracetamol adsorption process. The orange peel used …

In this study, the residual pods of the forest species Erythrina speciosa were carbonized with
ZnCl2 to obtain porous activated carbon and investigated for the adsorptive removal of the …

Cadmium as a highly toxic metal is released into the environment through paper production,
metal processing, phosphate fertilizers, insecticides, and treatment of wastewater. Cadmium …

Continuous discharge of ibuprofen, a pharmaceutical compound in local water systems is
becoming a budding concern as seen from data procured from the past few decades …