Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Treatment technologies for emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plants: A review

PR Rout, TC Zhang, P Bhunia, RY Surampalli - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The “emerging contaminants”(ECs) are predominantly unregulated anthropogenic
chemicals that occur in air, soil, water, food, and human/animal tissues in trace …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment

AJ Ebele, MAE Abdallah, S Harrad - Emerging contaminants, 2017 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are a unique group of emerging
environmental contaminants, due to their inherent ability to induce physiological effects in …

Advanced oxidation process-mediated removal of pharmaceuticals from water: A review

D Kanakaraju, BD Glass, M Oelgemöller - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals, which are frequently detected in natural and wastewater bodies as well as
drinking water have attracted considerable attention, because they do not readily …

Pharmaceuticals in the environment—Global occurrences and perspectives

T Aus der Beek, FA Weber, A Bergmann… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Pharmaceuticals are known to occur widely in the environment of industrialized countries. In
develo** countries, more monitoring results have recently become available, but a …

Ecotoxicology of human pharmaceuticals

K Fent, AA Weston, D Caminada - Aquatic toxicology, 2006 - Elsevier
Low levels of human medicines (pharmaceuticals) have been detected in many countries in
sewage treatment plant (STP) effluents, surface waters, seawaters, groundwater and some …

The Green ChemisTREE: 20 years after taking root with the 12 principles

HC Erythropel, JB Zimmerman, TM de Winter… - Green chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of Green Chemistry has seen many scientific discoveries and inventions during the
20 years since the 12 Principles were first published. Inspired by tree diagrams that illustrate …

Emerging organic contaminants in global community drinking water sources and supply: A review of occurrence, processes and remediation

A Mukhopadhyay, S Duttagupta, A Mukherjee - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-sourced organic compounds like pesticides, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, personal
care products, food, and industrial additives are used daily, across multiple sectors, globally …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): a review on environmental contamination in China

JL Liu, MH Wong - Environment international, 2013 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) which contain diverse organic
groups, such as antibiotics, hormones, antimicrobial agents, synthetic musks, etc., have …

Review on fate and mechanism of removal of pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater using biological approach

B Tiwari, B Sellamuthu, Y Ouarda, P Drogui… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to research advancement and discoveries in the field of medical science, maintains and
provides better human health and safer life, which lead to high demand for production of …