Which micropollutants in water environments deserve more attention globally?

Y Yang, X Zhang, J Jiang, J Han, W Li… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Increasing chemical pollution of aquatic environments is a growing concern with global
relevance. A large number of organic chemicals are termed as “micropollutants” due to their …

Occurrence and spatial distribution of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic environment, their characteristics, and adopted legislations

HB Hawash, AA Moneer, AA Galhoum… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) residues are known to occur widely in
the aquatic environments of industrialized and develo** countries. Considerable progress …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical compounds used in the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of their presence in water and treatment techniques for their elimination

CA Morales-Paredes, JM Rodríguez-Díaz… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, high consumption of antivirals, antibiotics, antiparasitics,
antiprotozoals, and glucocorticoids used in the treatment of this virus has been reported …

SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens in municipal wastewater, landfill leachate, and solid waste: A review about virus surveillance, infectivity, and inactivation

U Anand, X Li, K Sunita, S Lokhandwala… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review discusses the techniques available for detecting and inactivating of pathogens
in municipal wastewater, landfill leachate, and solid waste. In view of the current COVID-19 …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment, waste management, and energy sectors: a deeper look into the long-term impacts

BA Mohamed, IMR Fattah, B Yousaf… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic not only has caused a global health crisis but also has significant
environmental consequences. Although many studies are confirming the short-term …

Pharmaceutical waste-water treatment via advanced oxidation based integrated processes: An engineering and economic perspective

AK Thakur, R Kumar, A Kumar, R Shankar… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) in aqueous systems poses a significant
threat to ecological systems. Conventional methods are inadequate in removing these …

Patterns of pharmaceuticals use during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Athens, Greece as revealed by wastewater-based epidemiology

A Galani, N Alygizakis, R Aalizadeh, E Kastritis… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Since 2019, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
impaired public health with considerable morbidity and mortality due to the lack of vaccines …

COVID-19 drugs in aquatic systems: a review

W Gwenzi, R Selvasembian, NAO Offiong… - Environmental chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
The outbreak of the human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has induced an
unprecedented increase in the use of several old and repurposed therapeutic drugs such as …

Microplastics and other emerging contaminants in the environment after COVID-19 pandemic: The need of global reconnaissance studies

Y Picó, D Barceló - Current opinion in environmental science & health, 2023 - Elsevier
Evidence of the increase of emerging contaminants in the environment due to the COVID-19
pandemic, such as personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfectants, pharmaceuticals …

Antiviral drugs in wastewater are on the rise as emerging contaminants: A comprehensive review of spatiotemporal characteristics, removal technologies and …

R Wang, J Luo, C Li, J Chen, N Zhu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Antiviral drugs (ATVs) are widely used to treat illnesses caused by viruses. Particularly,
ATVs were consumed in such large quantities during the pandemic that high concentrations …