Drug pollution in aqueous environment is posing serious global problem, threating the
safety of ecosystems and human health, and hence has attracted wide attention. Metal …

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 …

In develo** countries, the use of antibiotics has helped to reduce the mortality rate by
minimizing the deaths caused by pathogenic infections, but the costs of antibiotic …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained attention as promising materials for
aqueous-phase sorptive removal of emerging contaminants (ECs). Attributes such as large …

Wastewater effluent discharges have been considered as one of the main sources of
synthetic chemicals entering into the aquatic environment. Even though they occur at low …

This review identifies understudied areas of emerging contaminant (EC) research in
wastewaters and the environment, and recommends direction for future monitoring. Non …

This review is based on 59 papers published between 2002 and 2015, referring to about
450 treatment trains providing data regarding sludge concentrations for 169 compounds …

The occurrence of sixteen pharmaceutically active compounds in influent and effluent
wastewater and in primary, secondary and digested sludge in one-year period has been …

Approximately 70% of the terrestrial area is covered with water, but only a small water
fraction is compatible with terrestrial life forms. Due to the increment in human consumption …

Pharmaceuticals from a wide spectrum of therapeutic classes are used in human medicine
worldwide. Pharmaceutically active compounds are defined as substances used for …