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 …

Degradation of organic UV filters in the water environment: A concise review on the mechanism, toxicity, and technologies

J Sun, ER Rene, D Tao, Y Lu, Q **, JCH Lam… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Organic ultraviolet filters (OUVFs) have been used globally for the past 20 years. Given that
OUVFs can be quickly released from sunscreens applied on human skins, they have been …

Abatement of sulfadiazine in water under a modified ultrafiltration membrane (PVDF-PVP-TiO2-dopamine) filtration-photocatalysis system

A Zhou, R Jia, Y Wang, S Sun, X **n, M Wang… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The technique of coupling photocatalysis and membrane filtration was applied to the
abatement of sulfonamide antibiotics in water. TiO 2 photocatalyst has been aroused …

Persistence, temporal and spatial profiles of ultraviolet absorbents and phenolic personal care products in riverine and estuarine sediment of the Pearl River …

X Peng, S **ong, W Ou, Z Wang, J Tan, J **… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
A variety of personal care products have been classified as emerging contaminants (ECs).
Occurrence, fate, spatial and vertical profiles of 13 ultraviolet absorbents, triclocarban (TCC) …

Pharmaceuticals wastewater treatment via different advanced oxidation processes: Reaction mechanism, operational factors, toxicities, and cost evaluation–A review

J Iqbal, NS Shah, JA Khan, M Naushad… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals comprises different drugs used for treating different infections in human
being and animals. The huge quantities of pharmaceuticals used are found to discharge into …

Environmental behavior of sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, and their metabolites

M Biošić, M Mitrevski, S Babić - Environmental science and pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Sulfonamides are one of the most frequently used antibiotics worldwide. Therefore,
processes that determine their fate in the environment are of great interest. In the present …

Unraveling the Molecular Structure of Zeolite–Octyl Methoxycinnamate Hybrid UV Filters: A Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Approach

M Fischer, R Fantini, R Arletti, J Brauer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this contribution, we tried to shed light on the molecular structure of octyl
methoxycinnamate (octinoxate, OMC) adsorbed in NaX zeolite, which represents a …

Identification of Transformation Products of Organic UV Filters by Photooxidation and Their Differential Estrogenicity Assessment

Y Lu, MK Chow, J Sun, D Tao, Q **… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic ultraviolet filters (OUVFs) are extensively released into aquatic environments, where
they undergo complex phototransformation. However, there is little knowledge regarding …

UV-filter pollution: current concerns and future prospects

LLR de Miranda, KE Harvey, A Ahmed… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2021 - Springer
UV-filters are widely used in cosmetics and personal care products to protect users' skin
from redamage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. Globally, an estimated …

Mechanistic insights into UV photolysis of carbamazepine and caffeine: Active species, reaction sites, and toxicity evolution

H Liu, Y Meng, J Li, X Wang, T Zhang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The pseudo-persistence of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) in the
aqueous environment may pose potential risks to human health and ecosystems. The UV …