Anticancer drugs in wastewater and natural environments: A review on their occurrence, environmental persistence, treatment, and ecological risks

A Castellano-Hinojosa, MJ Gallardo-Altamirano… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The consumption of anticancer drugs (also known as chemotherapy drugs or antineoplastic
drugs) has augmented over the last decades due to increased cancer incidence. Although …

Pharmaceutical contamination in wastewater treatment plants: Occurrence, challenges in detection and insights on high-performance liquid chromatography as an …

K Całus-Makowska, A Grosser, A Grobelak - Desalination and Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution caused by pharmaceuticals is a significant issue among various
other challenges currently faced. The main and secondary source of these pollutants is …

A robust self-regenerating graphene-based adsorbent for pharmaceutical removal in various water environments

H Fu, L Gutierrez, S Shewfelt, Y Xiong, KA Gray - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in wastewater effluents and
natural aquatic systems threatens ecological and human health. While activated carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Antineoplastic drugs in urban wastewater: occurrence, nanofiltration treatment and toxicity screening

TIA Gouveia, MB Cristóvao, VJ Pereira, JG Crespo… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antineoplastic drugs are pharmaceuticals that have been raising concerns among the
scientific community due to:(i) their increasing prescription in the fight against the disease of …

[HTML][HTML] Research Progress in Graphene-Based Adsorbents for Wastewater Treatment: Preparation, Adsorption Properties and Mechanisms for Inorganic and Organic …

G Li, R Du, Z Cao, C Li, J Xue, X Ma, S Wang - C, 2024 - mdpi.com
Graphene-based adsorbents show great potential for application in the field of
environmental pollution treatment due to their unique two-dimensional structure, high …

Source, Occurrence, and Risk Assessment of Antineoplastic Medicines in Aquatic Environments: A Comprehensive Review

A Yadav, ER Rene, M Sharma, V Kumar… - Current Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review article focuses to fulfill the gaps in the available
literature on cancer incidence, antineoplastic drug consumption, environmental persistence …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical residues in plastic tablet containers: Impacts on recycling and the environment

N Perkola, L Äystö, M Hagström, S Kauppi, P Fjäder - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
High-density polyethylene tablet containers are potentially very suitable for recycling, but no
data are publicly available on active pharmaceutical ingredients'(API) residues in empty …

Environmental degradation of human metabolites of cyclophosphamide leads to toxic and non-biodegradable transformation products

M Suk, K Kümmerer - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study assessed the ready biodegradability of the prodrug cyclophosphamide
(CPA) and its stable human metabolites in the closed bottle test (CBT). The results of the …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling water contamination by oncologic drugs: Supported ionic liquids as sustainable adsorbents for cyclophosphamide removal

R Francisco, B Monteiro, MJ Santos, FA e Silva… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing incidence of cancer, the consumption of highly toxic oncological drugs
is continuously growing. Given the current lack of efficient technologies to remove/treat these …

Amplifying Flutamide Sensing through the Synergetic Combination of Actinidia-Derived Carbon Particles and WS2 Platelets

Y Luo, PR Kasturi, TN Barwa, E Dempsey… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of electrochemical sensors for flutamide detection is a crucial step in
biomedical research and environmental monitoring. In this study, a composite of Actinidia …