Metformin contamination in global waters: Biotic and abiotic transformation, byproduct generation and toxicity, and evaluation as a pharmaceutical indicator

Y He, Y Zhang, F Ju - Environmental Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metformin is the first-line antidiabetic drug and one of the most prescribed medications
worldwide. Because of its ubiquitous occurrence in global waters and demonstrated …

Mini review on the roles of nitrate/nitrite in advanced oxidation processes: Radicals transformation and products formation

Y Wu, L Bu, X Duan, S Zhu, M Kong, N Zhu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are ideal alternative to remove contaminants of
emerging concern (CECs). Nitrate and nitrite commonly co-exist with CECs in surface water …

In-situ growing of metal-organic frameworks on three-dimensional iron network as an efficient adsorbent for antibiotics removal

W Li, J Cao, W Xiong, Z Yang, S Sun, M Jia… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Considering the low recyclability of powder adsorbents, an efficient method is needed to
fabricate a novel three-dimensional (3D) adsorbents. Take advantage of the 3D iron network …

Highly efficient removal of organic contaminant with wide concentration range by a novel self-cleaning hydrogel: Mechanism, degradation pathway and DFT …

Y Du, H Che, P Wang, J Chen, Y Ao - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel carbon nitride based self-cleaning hydrogel photocatalyst (KI-PCN gel, potassium
and iodine co-doped carbon nitride confined in alginate) has been successfully constructed …

New methods for identification of disinfection byproducts of toxicological relevance: Progress and future directions

NJP Wawryk, CB Craven, LKJ Blackstock… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) represent a ubiquitous source of chemical exposure in
disinfected water. While over 700 DBPs have been identified, the drivers of toxicity remain …

Water analysis: emerging contaminants and current issues

SD Richardson, TA Ternes - Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
This biennial review covers developments in water analysis for emerging environmental
contaminants (ECs) over the period of September 2019–September 2021. Analytical …

Spatiotemporal Variability in N-Nitrosodimethylamine Precursor Levels in a Watershed Impacted by Agricultural Activities and Municipal Wastewater Discharges and …

J Li, WA Arnold, RM Hozalski - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Crow River, a tributary of the Mississippi River in Minnesota, USA, that is impacted by
agricultural activities and municipal wastewater discharges, was sampled approximately …

Bimetallic MOFs loaded cellulose as an environment friendly bioadsorbent for highly efficient tetracycline removal

A Liu, J Liu, S He, J Zhang, W Shao - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the increasingly serious antibiotic-related pollution, it is crucial to develop novel
green bioadsorbents to effectively remove antibiotics from aqueous solutions. In this study …

Impact of changes in biofilm composition response following chlorine and chloramine disinfection on nitrogenous disinfection byproduct formation and toxicity risk in …

S Zheng, T Lin, H Chen, X Zhang, F Jiang - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In practical drinking water treatment, chlorine and chloramine disinfection exhibit different
mechanisms that affect biofilm growth. This study focused on the influence of biofilm …

Effects of biological activated carbon filter running time on disinfection by-product precursor removal

F Wang, J Pan, Y Hu, J Zhou, H Wang, X Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biological activated carbon (BAC) filtration is usually considered to be able to decrease
formation potentials (FPs) of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water treatment …