Treatment technologies for emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plants: A review

PR Rout, TC Zhang, P Bhunia, RY Surampalli - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The “emerging contaminants”(ECs) are predominantly unregulated anthropogenic
chemicals that occur in air, soil, water, food, and human/animal tissues in trace …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater contamination pathways of phthalates and bisphenol A: origin, characteristics, transport, and fate–a review

J Dueñas-Moreno, A Mora, P Cervantes-Avilés… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) or phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA) are emerging organic
contaminants (EOCs) that may harm biota and human health. Humans can be exposed to …

Ecotoxicological effects, environmental fate and risks of pharmaceutical and personal care products in the water environment: a review

H Wang, H Xi, L Xu, M Jin, W Zhao, H Liu - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the extensive use and incomplete removal, pharmaceutical and personal care
products (PPCPs) are introduced into the water continuously. It has been proved that the …

Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants

OFS Khasawneh, P Palaniandy - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical compounds, such as antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), anticonvulsants, β-blocker, etc. have emerged as new classes of water pollutants …

Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in water environment: a review

A Gogoi, P Mazumder, VK Tyagi… - Groundwater for …, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs), such as personal care products (PCPs), endocrine disrupting
compounds (EDCs), pharmaceuticals (PhACs) and their transformation products, whose …

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 …

Tricks and tracks in removal of emerging contaminants from the wastewater through hybrid treatment systems: a review

K Dhangar, M Kumar - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, many biological and physicochemical treatment technologies have been
investigated for the removal of the emerging contaminants (ECs) from the wastewater matrix …

[HTML][HTML] A review on pharmaceuticals removal from waters by single and combined biological, membrane filtration and ultrasound systems

P Alfonso-Muniozguren, EA Serna-Galvis… - Ultrasonics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) such as pharmaceuticals commonly found in
urban and industrial wastewater are a potential threat to human health and have negative …

Progress in the biological and chemical treatment technologies for emerging contaminant removal from wastewater: a critical review

MB Ahmed, JL Zhou, HH Ngo, W Guo… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the removal of emerging contaminants (ECs) by biological, chemical
and hybrid technologies in effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Results …

Review on fate and mechanism of removal of pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater using biological approach

B Tiwari, B Sellamuthu, Y Ouarda, P Drogui… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to research advancement and discoveries in the field of medical science, maintains and
provides better human health and safer life, which lead to high demand for production of …