Anticancer drugs in wastewater and natural environments: A review on their occurrence, environmental persistence, treatment, and ecological risks

A Castellano-Hinojosa, MJ Gallardo-Altamirano… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The consumption of anticancer drugs (also known as chemotherapy drugs or antineoplastic
drugs) has augmented over the last decades due to increased cancer incidence. Although …

Occurrence, environmental impact and fate of pharmaceuticals in groundwater and surface water: a critical review

IO Sanusi, GO Olutona, IG Wawata… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In many nations and locations, groundwater serves as the population's primary drinking
water supply. However, pharmaceuticals found in groundwater and surface waters may …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of biochar from iron-free and iron-containing microalgal biomass for the removal of pharmaceuticals from water

KJ Nakarmi, E Daneshvar, G Eshaq, L Puro… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The contamination of natural water bodies with pharmaceutical compounds has raised
significant concerns about ecological and public health safety. In this study, biochars were …

Pharmaceutical residues in the ecosystem: Antibiotic resistance, health impacts, and removal techniques

AH Khan, HA Aziz, P Palaniandy, M Naushad, E Cevik… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Hospital wastewater has emerged as a major category of environmental pollutants over the
past two decades, but its prevalence in freshwater is less well documented than other types …

Low bandgap high entropy alloy for visible light-assisted photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutically active compounds: Performance assessment and mechanistic …

S Das, M Sanjay, ARS Gautam, R Behera… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The incessant accumulation of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in various
environmental compartments represents a global menace. Herein, an equimolar high …

Nontarget screening based on molecular networking strategy to identify transformation products of citalopram and sertraline in wastewater

G Wu, X Wang, X Zhang, H Ren, Y Wang, Q Yu, S Wei… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Citalopram (CIT) and sertraline (SER) are highly consumed antidepressants worldwide and
have been extensively detected in wastewater. Due to the incomplete mineralization …

BiVO4-Driven photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical in Slurry Bubble Column Reactor: Influencing factors and toxicological profiling

MO Qamar, K Balu, YH Ahn - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
As the pursuit for sustainable and effective solutions to address environmental pollution
intensifies, a comprehensive approach in photocatalysis has become a subject of increasing …

Stable isotope-assisted mass spectrometry reveals in vivo distribution, metabolism, and excretion of tire rubber-derived 6PPD-quinone in mice

J Zhang, G Cao, W Wang, H Qiao, Y Chen… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-Q) has been identified as a ubiquitous contaminant in the
surrounding locality, including air particles, roadside soils, dust, and water. Recently, the …

Toxicity evolution and control for the UV/H2O2 degradation of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds: SDZ and PMM

X Zhang, J Guo, Y Huang, G Lu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to achieve toxicity control of sulfadiazine (SDZ) and pirimiphos-methyl
(PMM) via the UV/H 2 O 2 process by optimizing the reaction parameters. The results show …

Copper nanoparticles encapsulated in reduced graphene oxide electrode (CuxrGO1-x) for the electrochemical quantification of metformin in water

YJ Shih, YQ Su, WH Chen, SK Lin, YC He… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrochemical oxidation of anti-diabetic metformin (MTF) drug was studied on glassy
carbon electrode (GCE) prepared by electroplating of copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs) on …