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 …

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 …

Urban stormwater: An overlooked pathway of extensive mixed contaminants to surface and groundwaters in the United States

JR Masoner, DW Kolpin, IM Cozzarelli… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Increasing global reliance on stormwater control measures to reduce discharge to surface
water, increase groundwater recharge, and minimize contaminant delivery to receiving …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of 218 organic contaminants in groundwater derived from the world's largest untreated wastewater irrigation system: Mezquital Valley, Mexico

LE Lesser, A Mora, C Moreau, J Mahlknecht… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mezquital Valley system is the world's oldest and largest example with regard
to use of untreated wastewater for agricultural irrigation. Because of the artificial high …

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 …

Sulfate radical technologies as tertiary treatment for the removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater

M Brienza, IA Katsoyiannis - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Water scarcity and water pollution is a worldwide problem and has driven research into eco-
friendly and low-energy cost efficient remediation. The reuse of wastewater for non-potable …

Pesticide mixtures in soil: a global outlook

FHM Tang, F Maggi - Environmental Research Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In modern agriculture, pesticides are used in combinations to protect crops. The co-
existence of multiple pesticides in soil can threaten the soil biodiversity that maintains …

Occurrence, toxic effects and removal of metformin in the aquatic environments in the world: Recent trends and perspectives

GA Elizalde-Velázquez, LM Gómez-Oliván - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Metformin (MET) is the most common drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but also it is used
as an anticancer agent and as a treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome. This drug is not …

Monitoring of 943 organic micropollutants in wastewater from municipal wastewater treatment plants with secondary and advanced treatment processes

J Wang, Z Tian, Y Huo, M Yang, X Zheng… - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
To perform a systematic survey on the occurrence and removal of micropollutants during
municipal wastewater treatment, 943 semi-volatile organic chemicals in 32 wastewater …

Evaluation of caffeine adsorption by MgAl-LDH/biochar composite

PV dos Santos Lins, DC Henrique, AH Ide… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
In the present work, the composite MgAl-LDH/biochar using activated carbon from bovine
bone as support for the layered double hydroxide particles was successfully synthesised …