Pharmaceutical compounds, such as antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), anticonvulsants, β-blocker, etc. have emerged as new classes of water pollutants …

Background Since the inception of global industrialization, steroidal estrogens have become
an emerging and serious concern. Worldwide, steroid estrogens including estrone, estradiol …

The separation behavior of a variety of emerging contaminants, including nine antibiotics
and six estrogens commonly reported in natural environment, by four commercial …

Among the plethora of chemicals released into the environment, much attention is paid to
endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). Natural estrogens, such as estrone (E1), 17β …

Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) have pernicious effects on all kinds of life
forms because of their toxicological effects and are found profoundly in various wastewater …

This work presents data regarding the occurrence and treatment of Contaminants of
Emerging Concern (CECs) in Brazil in the past decade. The literature review (2011− 2021) …

This is the first review to present data obtained in Brazil over the years regarding
contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) and to contrast it with contamination in other …

Steroid hormones are micropollutants that contaminate the water worldwide and exhibit a
significant threat to human health and the environment even at low concentrations. Steroid …

Pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) are environmentally ubiquitous around the
world, and the countries of Latin America (LATAM) are not the exception; however there is …

Emerging contaminants occur in parts per trillion or less in aquatic matrices. The effects
related to the exposure of aquatic biota and human to them have been identified for different …