Source, fate, transport and modelling of selected emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment: Current status and future perspectives

X Tong, S Mohapatra, J Zhang, NH Tran, L You, Y He… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence of emerging contaminants (ECs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal
care products (PPCPs), perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and …

A review of personal care products in the aquatic environment: environmental concentrations and toxicity

JM Brausch, GM Rand - Chemosphere, 2011 - Elsevier
Considerable research has been conducted examining occurrence and effects of human
use pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment; however, relatively little research has been …

Toxicity and remediation of pharmaceuticals and pesticides using metal oxides and carbon nanomaterials

Z Fallah, EN Zare, M Ghomi, F Ahmadijokani, M Amini… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The worldwide development of agriculture and industry has resulted in contamination of
water bodies by pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other xenobiotics. Even at trace levels of …

Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals, hormones, personal care products, and endocrine disrupters in a full-scale water reclamation plant

NH Tran, KYH Gin - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
This study provided the first comprehensive data on the occurrence and removal of twenty-
five target emerging contaminants (ECs) in a full-scale water reclamation plant (WRP) in the …

Ecotoxicological assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products using predictive toxicology approaches

S Kar, H Sanderson, K Roy, E Benfenati… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and personal care products (PCPs) is
growing day by day all over the world. Thus, these materials have appeared as …

Is there a risk associated with the insect repellent DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) commonly found in aquatic environments?

SD Costanzo, AJ Watkinson, EJ Murby… - Science of the Total …, 2007 - Elsevier
DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) is the active ingredient of most commercial insect
repellents. This compound has commonly been detected in aquatic water samples from …

Bioremediation of pesticides: an eco-friendly approach for environment sustainability

A Sehrawat, M Phour, R Kumar, SS Sindhu - Microbial Rejuvenation of …, 2021 - Springer
Various pesticides including organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamate, pyrethroids,
chloronicotinyl etc., are used in agriculture for protection against plant diseases and insects …

Potential of biological agents in decontamination of agricultural soil

MK Javaid, M Ashiq, M Tahir - Scientifica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Pesticides are widely used for the control of weeds, diseases, and pests of cultivated plants
all over the world, mainly since the period after the Second World War. The use of pesticides …

Critical assessment of the ubiquitous occurrence and fate of the insect repellent N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide in water

S Merel, SA Snyder - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
The insect repellent diethyltoluamide (DEET) is among the most frequently detected organic
chemical contaminants in water across a wide range of geographies from around the world …

Fungal diversity and its role in mycoremediation

A Shourie, U Vijayalakshmi - Geomicrobiology Journal, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mycoremediation is deemed as a very effective method of pollutant removal considering the
versatility of fungi in terms of their ecology, nutritional modes, adaptability, morphology …