Emerging organic contaminants in global community drinking water sources and supply: A review of occurrence, processes and remediation

A Mukhopadhyay, S Duttagupta, A Mukherjee - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-sourced organic compounds like pesticides, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, personal
care products, food, and industrial additives are used daily, across multiple sectors, globally …

Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Decontamination of emerging pharmaceutical pollutants using carbon-dots as robust materials

RB González-González, A Sharma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution is a critical issue that requires proper measures to maintain
environmental health in a sustainable and effective manner. The growing persistence of …

A review on treatment of membrane concentrates generated from landfill leachate treatment processes

R Keyikoglu, O Karatas, H Rezania, M Kobya… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Landfill leachate (LL) is highly toxic wastewater and comprises various pollutants such as
organic compounds, biological organisms, xenobiotics, heavy metals, inorganic salts, and …

Municipal solid waste landfills: An underestimated source of pharmaceutical and personal care products in the water environment

X Yu, Q Sui, S Lyu, W Zhao, J Liu, Z Cai… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) have been the focus of increasing
concern in recent decades due to their ubiquity in the environment and potential risks. Out-of …

Hazards of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure: a systematic review of plant toxicology studies

C Xiao, L Wang, Q Zhou, X Huang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The widespread use of bisphenol A (BPA) has led to its ubiquity in the natural environment.
Thus, BPA is considered as a contaminant of emerging concern. Due to its widespread use …

Fate of bisphenol A in terrestrial and aquatic environments

J Im, FE Löffler - Environmental science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Bisphenol A (2, 2-bis [4-hydroxyphenyl] propane, BPA), the monomer used to produce
polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, is weakly estrogenic and therefore of environmental …

Municipal landfill leachates: a significant source for new and emerging pollutants

T Eggen, M Moeder, A Arukwe - Science of the Total Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Landfills have historically remained the most common methods of organized waste disposal
and still remain so in many regions of the world. Thus, they may contain wastes resulting …

Environmental chemistry of organosiloxanes

C Rücker, K Kümmerer - Chemical Reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Although around us for more than six decades, siloxanes are considered emerging
environmental contaminants. 1− 5 Emerging here means that previously they were not …

Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in domestic wastewater, available treatment technologies, and potential treatment using constructed …

OAAL Falahi, SRS Abdullah, HA Hasan… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) are primarily anthropogenic compounds found
in water at trace concentrations and mostly still ignored. Pharmaceuticals and personal care …