Pharmaceuticals in freshwater aquatic environments: A comparison of the African and European challenge

S Fekadu, E Alemayehu, R Dewil… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hundreds of tons of pharmaceutical compounds are annually dispensed and consumed
worldwide. Pharmaceuticals are an important class of emerging environmental …

Selected pharmaceuticals in different aquatic compartments: Part I—Source, fate and occurrence

A Pereira, L Silva, C Laranjeiro, C Lino, A Pena - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Potential risks associated with releases of human pharmaceuticals into the environment
have become an increasingly important issue in environmental health. This concern has …

[HTML][HTML] Removal efficiency for emerging contaminants in a WWTP from Madrid (Spain) after secondary and tertiary treatment and environmental impact on the …

FJ Lopez, E Pitarch, AM Botero-Coy… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can be an important contamination
source for receiving waters. In this work, a comprehensive study on the impact of a WWTP …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-residue analysis of 90 emerging contaminants in liquid and solid environmental matrices by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass …

B Petrie, J Youdan, R Barden… - … of Chromatography A, 2016 - Elsevier
Reported herein is new analytical methodology for the determination of 90 emerging
contaminants (ECs) in liquid environmental matrices (crude wastewater, final effluent and …

Future water quality monitoring—Adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management

R Altenburger, S Ait-Aissa, P Antczak… - Science of the total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Environmental quality monitoring of water resources is challenged with providing the basis
for safeguarding the environment against adverse biological effects of anthropogenic …

Global risk of pharmaceutical contamination from highly populated developing countries

MSU Rehman, N Rashid, M Ashfaq, A Saif, N Ahmad… - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Global pharmaceutical industry has relocated from the west to Asian countries to ensure
competitive advantage. This industrial relocation has posed serious threats to the …

Recent advancements and future trends in environmental analysis: Sample preparation, liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry

V Pérez-Fernández, LM Rocca, P Tomai, S Fanali… - Analytica Chimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Among the thousands of chemicals having potential to enter the environment, the NORMAN
network has identified at least 700 substances categorized into 20 classes in the European …

Advanced adsorptions of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from environmental waters in improving offline and online preconcentration techniques: An analytical …

MNH Rozaini, NF Semail, ZU Zango, JW Lim… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Humans and animals frequently utilize nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) as analgesics for various conditions. The ubiquitous use of NSAIDs has resulted in …

Bioaccumulation and bioconcentration of carbamazepine and other pharmaceuticals in fish under field and controlled laboratory experiments. Evidences of …

ME Valdés, B Huerta, DA Wunderlin, MA Bistoni… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in evaluating the presence of pharmaceutical residues and their
metabolites in aquatic biota. In this study, twenty pharmaceuticals, including carbamazepine …

New trends in the analytical determination of emerging contaminants and their transformation products in environmental waters

A Agüera, MJ Martínez Bueno… - … Science and Pollution …, 2013 - Springer
Since the so-called emerging contaminants were established as a new group of pollutants of
environmental concern, a great effort has been devoted to the knowledge of their …