Antibiotics in surface water of East and Southeast Asian countries: A focused review on contamination status, pollution sources, potential risks, and future perspectives

HQ Anh, TPQ Le, N Da Le, XX Lu, TT Duong… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides focused insights into the contamination status, sources, and ecological
risks associated with multiple classes of antibiotics in surface water from the East and …

The occurrence, distribution and degradation of antibiotics by ionizing radiation: an overview

J Wang, R Zhuan, L Chu - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have been extensively applied, making them ubiquitous in aquatic environment.
As emerging contaminants, the occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in the environment …

An assessment of hospital wastewater and biomedical waste generation, existing legislations, risk assessment, treatment processes, and scenario during COVID-19

VK Parida, D Sikarwar, A Majumder… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospitals release significant quantities of wastewater (HWW) and biomedical waste (BMW),
which hosts a wide range of contaminants that can adversely affect the environment if left …

Adsorption of norfloxacin from aqueous solution on biochar derived from spent coffee ground: Master variables and response surface method optimized adsorption …

VT Nguyen, TB Nguyen, ND Dat, BT Huu, XC Nguyen… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, biochar derived from spent coffee grounds (SCGB) was used to adsorb
norfloxacin (NOR) in water. The biochar properties were interpreted by analysis of the …

Antibiotics in the aquatic environment of Vietnam: sources, concentrations, risk and control strategy

VN Binh, N Dang, NTK Anh, PK Thai - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The presence of antibiotics in the aquatic environment is a serious concern because it may
lead to the emergence of antibiotic resistance, thus lowering the therapeutic effect of …

Ciprofloxacin removal from non-clinical environment: A critical review of current methods and future trend prospects

AK Al-Buriahi, MM Al-shaibani, RMSR Mohamed… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotics in the environment represent a significant threat to global public health.
Ciprofloxacin (CIP) is one of the second generation groups of synthetic fluoroquinolones …

Global trends in the research and development of medical/pharmaceutical wastewater treatment over the half-century

L Wang, Y Xu, T Qin, M Wu, Z Chen, Y Zhang, W Liu… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted public health and the worldwide economy.
The overstretched operation of health systems around the world is accompanied by potential …

Removal of antibiotics in sponge membrane bioreactors treating hospital wastewater: Comparison between hollow fiber and flat sheet membrane systems

TT Nguyen, XT Bui, VP Luu, PD Nguyen, W Guo… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hollow fiber (HF) and flat sheet (FS) Sponge MBRs were operated at 10–20 LMH flux
treating hospital wastewater. Simultaneous nitrification denitrification (SND) occurred …

Hospital wastewater treatment by sponge membrane bioreactor coupled with ozonation process

XT Bui, SS Chen, PD Nguyen, TT Nguyen, TB Nguyen - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Herein, a sponge membrane bioreactor (Sponge-MBR) combined with ozonation process
was performed to remove the antibiotics which frequently existed in the hospital wastewater …

Occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical pollutants in wastewater: Insights on ecotoxicity, health risk, and state–of–the-art removal

MK Nguyen, C Lin, XT Bui, MRJ Rakib, HL Nguyen… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical active compound (PhAC) residues are considered an emerging
micropollutant that enters the aquatic environment and causes harmful ecotoxicity. The …