Pharmaceuticals as emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment of Latin America: a review

M Valdez-Carrillo, L Abrell… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) are environmentally ubiquitous around the
world, and the countries of Latin America (LATAM) are not the exception; however there is …

A review toward contaminants of emerging concern in Brazil: Occurrence, impact and their degradation by advanced oxidation process in aquatic matrices

EO Marson, CES Paniagua, OG Júnior… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents data regarding the occurrence and treatment of Contaminants of
Emerging Concern (CECs) in Brazil in the past decade. The literature review (2011− 2021) …

Adsorption of pharmaceuticals from water and wastewater using nonconventional low-cost materials: a review

JR de Andrade, MF Oliveira, MGC da Silva… - Industrial & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Pharmaceuticals are environmental contaminants that have been widely detected in aquatic
media. In this review, the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment, its major …

An investigation into the occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in Colombian wastewater

AM Botero-Coy, D Martínez-Pachón, C Boix… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, the presence of 20 pharmaceuticals in wastewater from Colombia is
investigated. Several widely consumed compounds have been detected in wastewater …

Occurrence, control and fate of contaminants of emerging concern in environmental compartments in Brazil

MCVM Starling, CC Amorim, MMD Leão - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
This is the first review to present data obtained in Brazil over the years regarding
contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) and to contrast it with contamination in other …

Ten years-snapshot of the occurrence of emerging contaminants in drinking, surface and ground waters and wastewaters from São Paulo State, Brazil

CC Montagner, FF Sodré, RD Acayaba… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Emerging contaminants have been considered one of the main concerns for ensuring the
quality of water around the world. This work presents the results of 10 years of analyses …

Contaminantes emergentes em matrizes aquáticas do Brasil: cenário atual e aspectos analíticos, ecotoxicológicos e regulatórios

CC Montagner, C Vidal, RD Acayaba - Química nova, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Emerging contaminants occur in parts per trillion or less in aquatic matrices. The effects
related to the exposure of aquatic biota and human to them have been identified for different …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological risk assessment of pesticides in urban streams of the Brazilian Amazon

A Rico, R de Oliveira, GS de Souza Nunes, C Rizzi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of pesticides in households and peri-urban areas of the Amazon has increased
notably during the last years. Yet, the presence of these contaminants in Amazonian …

Wide-scope screening of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs and their metabolites in the Amazon River

D Fabregat-Safont, M Ibáñez, L Bijlsma, F Hernández… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Only a limited number of households in the Amazon are served by sewage collection or
treatment facilities, suggesting that there might be a significant emission of pharmaceuticals …

LC-QTOF MS screening of more than 1,000 licit and illicit drugs and their metabolites in wastewater and surface waters from the area of Bogotá, Colombia

F Hernández, M Ibáñez, AM Botero-Coy… - Analytical and …, 2015 - Springer
A large screening of around 1,000 emerging contaminants, focused on licit and illicit drugs
and their metabolites, has been made in urban wastewaters (both influent and effluent) and …