A review on emerging pollutants in the water environment: Existences, health effects and treatment processes

NZ Arman, S Salmiati, A Aris, MR Salim, TH Nazifa… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emerging pollutants (EPs), also known as micropollutants, have been a major issue for the
global population in recent years as a result of the potential threats they bring to the …

A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes

PY Nguyen, G Carvalho, MAM Reis, A Oehmen - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater effluent discharges have been considered as one of the main sources of
synthetic chemicals entering into the aquatic environment. Even though they occur at low …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental impact of estrogens on human, animal and plant life: A critical review

M Adeel, X Song, Y Wang, D Francis, Y Yang - Environment international, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Since the inception of global industrialization, steroidal estrogens have become
an emerging and serious concern. Worldwide, steroid estrogens including estrone, estradiol …

Bioprocessing for elimination antibiotics and hormones from swine wastewater

DL Cheng, HH Ngo, WS Guo, YW Liu, JL Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Antibiotics and hormones in swine wastewater have become a critical concern worldwide
due to the severe threats to human health and the eco-environment. Removal of most …

Water contamination by endocrine disruptors: Impacts, microbiological aspects and trends for environmental protection

CLS Vilela, JP Bassin, RS Peixoto - Environmental pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
Hormone active agents constitute a dangerous class of pollutants. Among them, those
agents that mimic the action of estrogens on target cells and are part of the group of …

Twelve natural estrogens and ten bisphenol analogues in eight drinking water treatment plants: analytical method, their occurrence and risk evaluation

Z Tang, Z Liu, H Wang, Y Wan, Z Dang, P Guo, Y Song… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Bisphenol analogues (BPs) and natural estrogens (NEs) as two important groups of
endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) in drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) have …

Occurrence, fate and risk assessment of BPA and its substituents in wastewater treatment plant: A review

Y Hu, Q Zhu, X Yan, C Liao, G Jiang - Environmental Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Several bisphenol analogues (BPs) are gradually replacing bisphenol A (BPA) in many
fields, following strict restrictions on the production and use of BPA. The presence of …

Endocrine disrupting compounds in drinking water supply system and human health risk implication

SY Wee, AZ Aris - Environment international, 2017 - Elsevier
To date, experimental and epidemiological evidence of endocrine disrupting compounds
(EDCs) adversely affecting human and animal populations has been widely debated …

Occurrence, removal and risk evaluation of ibuprofen and acetaminophen in municipal wastewater treatment plants: A critical review

Z Liu, Q Ma, L Dai, Z Dang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Ibuprofen and acetaminophen as two anti-fever agents have been widely used in human.
Due to lack of full understanding, this work firstly summarized their occurrence and fate in …