Removal of emerging contaminants from the environment by adsorption

EC Lima - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (EC's) are pollutants of growing concern. They are mainly organic
compounds such as: pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, hormones …

Interaction between tetracycline and microorganisms during wastewater treatment: A review

Q Liao, H Rong, M Zhao, H Luo, Z Chu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tetracycline (TC) is a commonly used human and veterinary antibiotic that is mostly
discharged into wastewater in the form of the parent compounds. At present, wastewater …

Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes spread into the environment: a review

L Rizzo, C Manaia, C Merlin, T Schwartz… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
Urban wastewater treatment plants (UWTPs) are among the main sources of antibiotics'
release into the environment. The occurrence of antibiotics may promote the selection of …

Photoelectrocatalytic inactivation mechanism of E. coli DH5α (TET) and synergistic degradation of corresponding antibiotics in water

Z Qi, G Li, M Wang, C Chen, Z Xu, T An - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence and proliferation of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs)/antibiotic-resistant
bacteria (ARB) have been currently aggravating due to the increase of antibiotic residues in …

Integron involvement in environmental spread of antibiotic resistance

T Stalder, O Barraud, M Casellas, C Dagot… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing problem and a public health issue. In
recent decades, various genetic mechanisms involved in the spread of resistance genes …

Tertiary-treated municipal wastewater is a significant point source of antibiotic resistance genes into Duluth-Superior Harbor

TM LaPara, TR Burch, PJ McNamara… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
In this study, the impact of tertiary-treated municipal wastewater on the quantity of several
antibiotic resistance determinants in Duluth-Superior Harbor was investigated by collecting …

Removal of emerging contaminants by simultaneous application of membrane ultrafiltration, activated carbon adsorption, and ultrasound irradiation

MFN Secondes, V Naddeo, V Belgiorno… - Journal of hazardous …, 2014 - Elsevier
Advanced wastewater treatment is necessary to effectively remove emerging contaminants
(ECs) with chronic toxicity, endocrine disrupting effects, and the capability to induce the …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of contaminants of emerging concern from real wastewater by an innovative hybrid membrane process–UltraSound, Adsorption, and Membrane …

V Naddeo, MFN Secondes, L Borea, SW Hasan… - Ultrasonics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The low-level presence of emerging contaminants (ECs) in the environment has raised a
great concern due to their persistence, chronic toxicological, and endocrine disrupting …

Survival of antibiotic resistant bacteria and horizontal gene transfer control antibiotic resistance gene content in anaerobic digesters

JH Miller, JT Novak, WR Knocke, A Pruden - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Understanding fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) vs. their antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) during wastewater sludge treatment is critical in order to reduce the spread of …

Analyzing the adsorptive behavior of Amoxicillin on four Zr-MOFs nanoparticles: Functional groups dependence of adsorption performance and mechanisms

L Liu, W Cui, C Lu, A Zain, W Zhang, G Shen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, four functional Zr-MOFs (UiO-66-H,–NH 2,–NO 2,-Cl) were prepared,
characterized (FESEM, XRD, BET, XPS, FT-IR) and compared to remove low-concentration …