Increased use of quaternary ammonium compounds during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and beyond: consideration of environmental implications

PI Hora, SG Pati, PJ McNamara… - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are active ingredients in over 200 disinfectants
currently recommended by the US EPA for use to inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) …

Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plants from different geographical regions-a review

NH Tran, M Reinhard, KYH Gin - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants, such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, personal care products,
hormones, and artificial sweeteners, are recognized as new classes of water contaminants …

Occurrences and removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in drinking water and water/sewage treatment plants: A review

Y Yang, YS Ok, KH Kim, EE Kwon, YF Tsang - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, many of micropollutants have been widely detected because of continuous
input of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) into the environment and …

Occurrence, fate and transformation of emerging contaminants in water: An overarching review of the field

J Wilkinson, PS Hooda, J Barker, S Barton… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Many of the products and drugs used commonly contain chemical components which may
persist through sewage treatment works (STW) and eventually enter the aquatic …

Treatment processes to eliminate potential environmental hazards and restore agronomic value of sewage sludge: A review

SA Hoang, N Bolan, AMP Madhubashani… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land application of sewage sludge is increasingly used as an alternative to landfilling and
incineration owing to a considerable content of carbon and essential plant nutrients in …

Review of antimicrobial resistance in the environment and its relevance to environmental regulators

AC Singer, H Shaw, V Rhodes, A Hart - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global
spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and …

The presence of contaminations in sewage sludge–The current situation

K Fijalkowski, A Rorat, A Grobelak… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge/biosolids are by-wastes of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment.
As sources of nutrients (C, N, P) they are widely used in intensive farming where large …

Photodegradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water treatment using carbonaceous-TiO2 composites: A critical review of recent literature

D Awfa, M Ateia, M Fujii, MS Johnson, C Yoshimura - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
The high concentrations of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP) that found
in water in many locations are of concern. Among the available water treatment methods …

Transfer of heavy metals through terrestrial food webs: a review

JE Gall, RS Boyd, N Rajakaruna - Environmental monitoring and …, 2015 - Springer
Heavy metals are released into the environment by both anthropogenic and natural sources.
Highly reactive and often toxic at low concentrations, they may enter soils and groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and their metabolites in sewage sludge and soil: A review on their distribution and environmental risk assessment

C Mejias, J Martín, JL Santos, I Aparicio… - Trends in Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recycling and recovery of organic matter and nutrients from sewage sludge for
application in agricultural soils is gaining interest, while the presence of pharmaceutically …