Effect of synthetic surfactants on the environment and the potential for substitution by biosurfactants

P Johnson, A Trybala, V Starov, VJ Pinfield - Advances in colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of the use of synthetic surfactants are discussed in this work
such as their high levels of toxicity and low biodegradability. These materials destroy aquatic …

Surfactants in water and wastewater (greywater): environmental toxicity and treatment options

G Jena, K Dutta, A Daverey - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactant, an emerging pollutant present in greywater, raises the toxicity levels in the water
body. Soap, detergent, and personal care items add surfactant to greywater. Due to …

Analytical approach on surface active agents in the environment and challenges

R Kurrey, M Mahilang, MK Deb, K Shrivas - Trends in Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Surface active agents (SAAs) are a class of compounds, which is used in variety of products
such as detergents, fabric softeners, soaps, paints, adhesives, inks and anti-fogs. After the …

Glyphosate versus glyphosate based ionic liquids: Effect of cation on glyphosate biodegradation, soxA and phnJ genes abundance and microbial populations …

W Wilms, A Parus, J Homa, M Batycka, M Niemczak… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The applicability of herbicidal ionic liquids (HILs) as an alternative form of herbicides is
currently evaluated. Yet, the available research is lacking information on the behaviour of …

Processing Guar Gum into polyester fabric based promising mixed matrix membrane for water treatment

M Mofradi, H Karimi, K Dashtian, M Ghaedi - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
A reactive and mechano-chemically stable support was prepared from Ag-nanoparticles
decorated polyester fabric which was subsequently coated by a casting solution containing …

Determination of sterols and steroid hormones in surface water and wastewater using liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass …

ZD Jauković, SD Grujić, IVM Bujagić, MD Laušević - Microchemical Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
The development and optimization of an analytical method for simultaneous extraction,
determination and reliable confirmation of twenty steroids from different classes …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic surfactants in Swiss sewage sludges: Analytical challenges, concentrations and per capita loads

L Schinkel, PA Lara-Martín, W Giger, J Hollender… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactants are high-production-volume chemicals that are among the most abundant
organic pollutants in municipal wastewater. In this study, sewage sludge samples of 36 …

[HTML][HTML] How to accurately assess surfactant biodegradation-impact of sorption on the validity of results

D Cierniak, M Woźniak-Karczewska, A Parus… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Surfactants not only are widely used in biotechnological processes but also constitute
significant contaminants of the modern world. Among many reports, there is a shortage of …

Traceability of gushing water in the MiddleRoute of the South-to-North Water Diversion (Beijing section) through the river area

K Bi, Y Wang, Z Li, S Gao, H Zou, L Li - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
To trace the origin of the gushing water in the riverine area of the Beijing section of The
Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project, a dataset was established …

Liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-Orbitrap high resolution mass spectrometry based method for target analysis and suspect screening of non-ionic …

X Luo, L Zhang, Z Niu, X Ye, Z Tang, S Xia - Journal of Chromatography A, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, we describe a high-throughput and sensitive method for textiles analysis, using
liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-Orbitrap high resolution mass spectrometry …