[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical wastewater as Emerging Contaminants (EC): Treatment technologies, impact on environment and human health

K Samal, S Mahapatra, MH Ali - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
A wide range of unregulated chemicals of synthetic origin or derived from natural sources,
which may be a contender for future regulations are called Emerging Contaminants (ECs) …

[HTML][HTML] Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A critical review of their global occurrence and distribution

S Kurwadkar, J Dane, SR Kanel… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of fluorinated organic compounds of
anthropogenic origin. Due to their unique chemical properties, widespread production …

Removal of pharmaceuticals from water using sewage sludge-derived biochar: A review

I Ihsanullah, MT Khan, M Zubair, M Bilal, M Sajid - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the beneficial utilization of sewage
sludge to reduce the risks associated with sludge disposal. Besides other applications of …

Thermal treatment of sewage sludge in Germany: A review

M Schnell, T Horst, P Quicker - Journal of environmental management, 2020 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants in Germany is currently
disposed of via thermal treatment and agricultural utilization or used for landscaping …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in untreated and treated sewage sludge: Occurrence and environmental risk in the case of application on soil—A critical …

P Verlicchi, E Zambello - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
This review is based on 59 papers published between 2002 and 2015, referring to about
450 treatment trains providing data regarding sludge concentrations for 169 compounds …

A review on the use of chelating agents as an alternative to promote photo-Fenton at neutral pH: Current trends, knowledge gap and future studies

UJ Ahile, RA Wuana, AU Itodo, R Sha'Ato… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this review, we have critically examined the alternatives to conventional photo-Fenton
process such as the strategies to perform it in circumneutral pH in the so-called photo …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of pharmaceutical residues, personal care products, lifestyle chemicals, illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater and receiving surface waters of …

K Styszko, K Proctor, E Castrignanò… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This is the first study of broad range of chemical classes CECs conducted in the upper Wisla
river catchment including the biggest WWTPs in this region and surface waters. The list of …

Surfactant pollution, an emerging threat to ecosystem: Approaches for effective bacterial degradation

J Arora, A Ranjan, A Chauhan, R Biswas… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The use of surfactants in households and industries is inevitable and so is their discharge
into the environment, especially into the water bodies as effluents. Being surface‐active …

A review on remedial measures for effective separation of emerging contaminants from wastewater

R Sivaranjanee, PS Kumar - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
In the previous few decades, new foreign substances of arising concern present in soil,
water and air have acquired critical consideration because of their antagonistic effect on the …

Surfactants in aquatic and terrestrial environment: occurrence, behavior, and treatment processes

K Jardak, P Drogui, R Daghrir - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Surfactants belong to a group of chemicals that are well known for their cleaning properties.
Their excessive use as ingredients in care products (eg, shampoos, body wash) and in …