A review on hospital wastewater treatment: A special emphasis on occurrence and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds, resistant microorganisms, and …

A Majumder, AK Gupta, PS Ghosal, M Varma - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The hospital wastewater imposes a potent threat to the security of human health concerning
its high vulnerability towards the outbreak of several diseases. Furthermore, the outbreak of …

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 …

Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance …

P Krzeminski, MC Tomei, P Karaolia… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) discharged in effluents of wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs), not specifically designed for their removal, pose serious hazards to human …

Application of advanced oxidation processes followed by different treatment technologies for hospital wastewater treatment

AH Khan, NA Khan, S Ahmed, A Dhingra… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hospital effluents are the sources for complex high percentage of micropollutants and till
date no specific treatment have been investigated for the removal of pollutants. These …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals in water as emerging pollutants for river health: A critical review under Indian conditions

N Ranjan, PK Singh, NS Maurya - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
The wastewaters from pharmaceutical manufacturing units, hospitals, and domestic sewage
contaminated with excretal matters of medicine users are the prime sources of …

A review on performance of constructed wetlands in tropical and cold climate: Insights of mechanism, role of influencing factors, and system modification in low …

M Varma, AK Gupta, PS Ghosal, A Majumder - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are one of the most promising and sustainable alternatives for
wastewater treatment that are being successfully implemented in several countries …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into current physical, chemical and hybrid technologies used for the treatment of wastewater contaminated with pharmaceuticals

H Ghazal, E Koumaki, J Hoslett, S Malamis… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this article is to review the current physical, chemical and hybrid
technologies practices employed in the removal of pharmaceuticals from liquid effluents …

Application of phytotechnology in alleviating pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in wastewater: Source, impacts, treatment, mechanisms, fate, and …

IA Al-Baldawi, AA Mohammed, ZH Mutar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are over-consumed daily, and are
transported along several pathways, including municipal and industrial wastewater to the …

Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in domestic wastewater, available treatment technologies, and potential treatment using constructed …

OAAL Falahi, SRS Abdullah, HA Hasan… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) are primarily anthropogenic compounds found
in water at trace concentrations and mostly still ignored. Pharmaceuticals and personal care …

Metformin as an emerging concern in wastewater: Occurrence, analysis and treatment methods

A Balakrishnan, M Sillanpää, MM Jacob… - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Metformin is a wonder drug used as an anti-hypoglycemic medication; it is also used as a
cancer suppression medicament. Metformin is a first line of drug choice used by doctors for …