Microplastics and other emerging contaminants in the environment after COVID-19 pandemic: The need of global reconnaissance studies

Y Picó, D Barceló - Current opinion in environmental science & health, 2023 - Elsevier
Evidence of the increase of emerging contaminants in the environment due to the COVID-19
pandemic, such as personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfectants, pharmaceuticals …

Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: resilience and sustainability–a review

A Ekanayake, AU Rajapaksha, C Hewawasam… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of novel respiratory disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has
become a public health emergency worldwide and perturbed the global economy and …

Wastewater treatment and fouling control in an electro algae-activated sludge membrane bioreactor

MVA Corpuz, L Borea, V Senatore… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of addition of algae to activated sludge as active biomass in membrane
bioreactors (MBRs) and electro-MBRs (e-MBRs) for wastewater remediation was examined …

Biosensors for the detection of disease outbreaks through wastewater-based epidemiology

MG Jiménez-Rodríguez, F Silva-Lance… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) is a novel community-wide monitoring tool
that provides comprehensive real-time data of the public and environmental health status …

Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 measurements in wastewater

ME Sharkey, N Kumar, AMA Mantero, KM Babler… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Standardized protocols for wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) for the RNA of SARS-CoV-
2, the virus responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic, are being developed and …

[HTML][HTML] The presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in different freshwater environments in urban settings determined by RT-qPCR: implications for water safety

J Mahlknecht, DAP Reyes, E Ramos, LM Reyes… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study is the first focused on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in different freshwater
environments in an urban setting. Groundwater and surface water reservoirs for drinking …

Will the COVID-19 pandemic end with the Delta and Omicron variants?

C Wang, J Han - Environmental chemistry letters, 2022 - Springer
Two years after the first known outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the
cumulative number of confirmed cases of infections has exceeded 260 million worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Solar desalination/purification (solar stills, humidification-dehumidification, solar disinfection) in high altitude during COVID19: Insights of gastrointestinal …

SM Parsa, F Norozpour, AH Elsheikh… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
From the starting of the pandemic different transmission routes of the pathogen was brought
into the spotlight by researchers from different disciplines. This matter in high-altitudes was …

A review on disinfection methods for inactivation of waterborne viruses

AA Lanrewaju, AM Enitan-Folami, S Sabiu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Water contamination is a global health problem, and the need for safe water is ever-growing
due to the public health implications of unsafe water. Contaminated water could contain …

Wastewater-based epidemiology for community monitoring of SARS-CoV-2: progress and challenges

T Kumblathan, Y Liu, GK Uppal, SE Hrudey… - ACS Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is useful for the surveillance of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in communities, complementing clinical …