Wastewater, waste, and water-based epidemiology (WWW-BE): A novel hypothesis and decision-support tool to unravel COVID-19 in low-income settings?

W Gwenzi - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional wastewater-based epidemiology (W-BE) relying on SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection
in wastewater is attractive for understanding COVID-19. Yet traditional W-BE based on …

SARS-CoV-2 at the human-animal interface: A review

EA Farag, MM Islam, K Enan, ARM El-Hussein… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Since its emergence in China in December 2019, COVID-19 remains the recent leading
disease of concern drawing the public health attention globally. The disease is known of …

Suspect screening of wastewaters to trace anti-COVID-19 drugs: Potential adverse effects on aquatic environment

F Cappelli, O Longoni, J Rigato, M Rusconi… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the first period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the lack of specific therapeutic
treatments led to the provisional use of a number of drugs, with a continuous review of …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive micropollutant characterization of wastewater during Covid-19 crisis in 2020: Suspect screening and environmental risk prioritization strategy

N Lopez-Herguedas, M Irazola, I Alvarez-Mora… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Micropollutants monitoring in wastewater can serve as a picture of what is consuming
society and how it can impact the aquatic environment. In this work, a suspect screening …

Woven-fiber microfiltration (WFMF) and ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV LEDs) for treating wastewater and septic tank effluent

SE Beck, P Suwan, T Rathnayeke, TMH Nguyen… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Decentralized wastewater treatment systems enable wastewater to be treated at the source
for cleaner discharge into the environment, protecting public health while allowing for reuse …

Environmental impact assessment of plastic waste during the outbreak of COVID-19 and integrated strategies for its control and mitigation

S Al Qahtani, F Al Wuhayb, H Manaa… - Reviews on …, 2022 - degruyter.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many positive shifts have been observed in the ecosystem,
with a significant decrease in the greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. On the other …

Persistent pollution of genetic materials in a typical laboratory environment

X Li, C Liu, D Wang, J Deng, Y Guo, Y Shen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
From the onset of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, there are concerns regarding
the disease spread and environmental pollution of biohazard since studies on genetic …

Wastewater treatment risks and challenges for public health and the environment during the Covid‐19 pandemic: a review

P Kokkinos, D Venieri… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), viral transport, fate, disinfection and …

Effective stabilization of electrochemically prepared ecological oxidizing agent—ferrate (VI)—by encapsulation in zeolite and its application to water containing SARS …

E Mališová, A Guštafík, M Tamáš… - Water Environment …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Improper and insufficient treatment of infectious hospital wastewater could seriously
endanger public health and the environment. Ferrate (VI), a strong oxidizing, disinfecting …

Access to water and COVID-19: a regression discontinuity analysis for the peri-urban areas of metropolitan Lima, Peru

A Gómez-Lobo, M Gutiérrez, S Huamaní… - Water …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected
through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of metropolitan Lima and applied to …