Occurrence and spatial distribution of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic environment, their characteristics, and adopted legislations

HB Hawash, AA Moneer, AA Galhoum… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) residues are known to occur widely in
the aquatic environments of industrialized and developing countries. Considerable progress …

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 …

Toxic effects of NSAIDs in non-target species: a review from the perspective of the aquatic environment

K Świacka, A Michnowska, J Maculewicz… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment, both in marine and freshwater
reservoirs, is a major concern of global environmental protection. Among the drugs that are …

Emerging contaminants in the water bodies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A critical review

M Ouda, D Kadadou, B Swaidan, A Al-Othman… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many emerging contaminants (ECs) are not currently removed by conventional water
treatment methods and consequently, often reach the aquatic environment. In the absence …

Global groundwater vulnerability for Pharmaceutical and Personal care products (PPCPs): The scenario of second decade of 21st century

R Silori, V Shrivastava, A Singh, P Sharma… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global production of PPCPs have increased by multiple folds promoting excessive
exposure of its metabolites to humans via different aquatic systems. The higher residence …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of wastewater generation and management in sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

MA Onu, OO Ayeleru, B Oboirien… - Environmental Challenges, 2023 - Elsevier
The continuous growth in population and industrial development has prompted wastewater
(WW) generation in enormous volume with resultant effects on the quality of water in sub …

Nanoengineered metal-organic framework for adsorptive and photocatalytic mitigation of pharmaceuticals and pesticide from wastewater

N Mumtaz, A Javaid, M Imran, S Latif, N Hussain… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapidly expanding water pollution has transformed into significant dangers around the
world. In recent years, the pharmaceutical and agriculture field attained enormous progress …

Wastewater-derived organic contaminants in fresh produce: Dietary exposure and human health concerns

EB Mordechay, T Sinai, T Berman, R Dichtiar… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Irrigation with reclaimed wastewater is a growing practice aimed at conserving freshwater
sources, especially in arid and semiarid regions. Despite the apparent advantages to water …

Construction of porous biochar decorated with NiS for the removal of ciprofloxacin antibiotic from pharmaceutical wastewaters

AB Azzam, YA Tokhy, M Farida, AA Younes - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
The employment of residual biomass to produce promising sorbents with highly adsorption
characteristics and their successful application for the removal of antibiotics from wastewater …

Assessing the potential of a membrane bioreactor and granular activated carbon process for wastewater reuse–A full-scale WWTP operated over one year in Scania …

M Takman, O Svahn, C Paul, M Cimbritz… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) with ultrafiltration, followed by granular activated
carbon (GAC), was examined to determine the potential of reusing treated water as a source …