Remediation of emerging pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) as micropollutants in
wastewater is of foremost importance as they can cause extremely detrimental effects on life …

Traces of pharmaceuticals of various classes have been reported as emerging pollutants,
and they continue to be detected in aquatic environments. The steady growth of …

Small streams are crucial but vulnerable elements of ecological networks. To better
understand the occurrence of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in streams, this …

The sorption of organic contaminants in soils and sediment is a crucial factor affecting their
mobility in the vadose zone environment. The Freundlich sorption isotherms were evaluated …

With growing concerns regarding the ecological and human risks of organic micropollutants
(OMPs) in water, much effort has been devoted worldwide to establishing quality standards …

In this paper, a new green pH-sensitive EDTA crosslinked HEC (cellulose-based hydrogel
(swelling rate~ 1005%)) adsorbent was successfully elaborated. The synthesis of HEC …

This review focuses on the behaviour of four psychoactive compounds (carbamazepine,
tramadol, sertraline and citalopram) in the environment. The review presents how they may …

Treated and untreated wastewater is often used for agricultural irrigation and, despite the
many benefits of this practice, it poses the risk of biologically active chemical pollutants …

The antidiabetic drug metformin and antiepileptic drug lamotrigine are contaminants of
emerging concern that have been detected in biowaste-derived amendments and in the …

Waste-derived organics introduced to soils along with pharmaceutical active compounds
(PhAC) are a crude mixture of compounds occurring in various size and polarity fractions …