Recent developments in physical, biological, chemical, and hybrid treatment techniques for removing emerging contaminants from wastewater

SF Ahmed, M Mofijur, S Nuzhat, AT Chowdhury… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) in wastewater have recently attracted the attention of
researchers as they pose significant risks to human health and wildlife. This paper presents …

Wastewater treatment and emerging contaminants: Bibliometric analysis

Y Chen, M Lin, D Zhuang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, emerging contaminants have been found in the wastewater, surface water,
and even drinking water, which should be treated to ensure the safety of our living …

Source, fate, transport and modelling of selected emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment: Current status and future perspectives

X Tong, S Mohapatra, J Zhang, NH Tran, L You, Y He… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence of emerging contaminants (ECs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal
care products (PPCPs), perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and …

Recent progress in mineralization of emerging contaminants by advanced oxidation process: A review

SP Shanmugavel, G Kumar, M Gunasekaran - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants are chemicals generated due to the usage of pesticide, endocrine
disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products and are liberated into …

Occurrences and removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products from aquatic systems using advanced treatment-A review

AK Priya, L Gnanasekaran, S Rajendran, J Qin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals, personal care items, steroid hormones, and agrochemicals are among the
synthetic and indigenous products that make up micropollutants, also known as emerging …

Impact of textile dyes on human health and bioremediation of textile industry effluent using microorganisms: current status and future prospects

S Sudarshan, S Harikrishnan… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Environmental contamination brought on by the discharge of wastewater from textile
industries is a growing concern on a global scale. Textile industries produce a huge quantity …

Laccase: A potential biocatalyst for pollutant degradation

CD Dong, A Tiwari, GS Anisha, CW Chen, A Singh… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the continual march to a predominantly urbanized civilization, anthropogenic activities
have increased scrupulously, industrialization have occurred, economic growth has …

An assessment of hospital wastewater and biomedical waste generation, existing legislations, risk assessment, treatment processes, and scenario during COVID-19

VK Parida, D Sikarwar, A Majumder… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospitals release significant quantities of wastewater (HWW) and biomedical waste (BMW),
which hosts a wide range of contaminants that can adversely affect the environment if left …

Copper sulfides based photocatalysts for degradation of environmental pollution hazards: A review on the recent catalyst design concepts and future perspectives

A Sudhaik, P Raizada, S Rangabhashiyam… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amongst various metal chalcogenides, CuS (copper sulfides) have been widely explored in
past years due to its semiconducting behavior and non-toxic nature. CuS owns remarkable …

Carbon-based adsorbents as proficient tools for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution: a state of art-review emphasizing recent progress and prospects

N Mahesh, S Balakumar, S Shyamalagowri… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon-centric adsorbents (CCA) are diverse forms, from simple biochar (BC) to graphene
derivatives, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and activated carbon (AC), which have been vastly …