[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical pollution in aquatic environments: a concise review of environmental impacts and bioremediation systems

M Ortúzar, M Esterhuizen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The presence of emerging contaminants in the environment, such as pharmaceuticals, is a
growing global concern. The excessive use of medication globally, together with the …

Critical knowledge gaps and research priorities in global soil salinity

JW Hopmans, AS Qureshi, I Kisekka, R Munns… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Approximately 1 billion ha of the global land surface is currently salt-affected, representing
about 7% of the earth's land surface. Whereas most of it results from natural geochemical …

Adsorption of azo dyes and Naproxen by few-layer MXene immobilized with dialdehyde starch nanoparticles: Adsorption properties and statistical physics modeling

X Wang, A Zhang, M Chen, MK Seliem… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel Eco-friendly composite materials (DSP-M) were organized by combining few-layer
MXene with the hydrophilic biomaterial dialdehyde starch nanoparticles (DASNP) and …

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 …

A review of wastewater irrigation: Environmental implications

A Singh - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
The UN'SDG6 thrusts the reuse of treated wastewater to ensure the availability of water for
all. The use of treated wastewater for crop irrigation is a feasible option as the agriculture …

Generation of oxidative radicals by advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in wastewater treatment: a mechanistic, environmental and economic review

S Feijoo, X Yu, M Kamali, L Appels, R Dewil - Reviews in Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
In light of the rising presence of contaminants of emerging concern in water streams, in
recent decades, advanced oxidation processes have received significant research interest …

A review of wastewater treatment technologies for the degradation of pharmaceutically active compounds: Carbamazepine as a case study

S Feijoo, M Kamali, R Dewil - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential toxicological effects of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in natural
water bodies have received considerable critical attention over the past years, encouraging …

A review on removing pharmaceutical contaminants from wastewater by constructed wetlands: design, performance and mechanism

Y Li, G Zhu, WJ Ng, SK Tan - Science of the Total Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the current state of research activities on the
application of constructed wetlands for removing pharmaceutical contaminants from …

Occurrence and spatial distribution of 158 pharmaceuticals, drugs of abuse and related metabolites in offshore seawater

NA Alygizakis, P Gago-Ferrero, VL Borova… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The occurrence and spatial distribution of 158 pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse were
studied in seawater of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Saronikos Gulf and Elefsis Bay in …

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 …