Emerging contaminants, such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, personal care products,
hormones, and artificial sweeteners, are recognized as new classes of water contaminants …

Abstract In recent years, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) have surfaced as
a novel class of pollutants due to their incomplete degradation in wastewater treatment …

This study provided the first comprehensive data on the occurrence and removal of twenty-
five target emerging contaminants (ECs) in a full-scale water reclamation plant (WRP) in the …

Diffuse sources of pollution such as sewer leakages, sewer overflows, illicit discharges and
stormwater runoff affect the urban surface water quality but often remain unknown …

Abstract Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) are ubiquitous in soil and water system
and have become a great issue of environmental and public health concern since the …

In the last few decades, the presence of pharmaceutical products in the environment is
known under the name of emerging contaminants. These substances can enter the aquatic …

A method was optimized for derivatization, separation, detection and quantification of
salicylic acid, acetylsalicylic acid, nalidixic acid, ibuprofen, phenacetin, naproxen …

Quantitative pharmaceutical analysis is nowadays frequently executed using mass
spectrometry. Electrospray ionization coupled to a (hybrid) triple quadrupole mass …

The presence of 17 pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) belonging to
various therapeutic categories was investigated in two hospital wastewater treatment plants …

Acetaminophen is a very widely used pharmaceutical, consequently it has been detected in
the water system. Reliable and robust analytical techniques are thus needed for the …