Recent advances in remediation strategies for mitigating the impacts of emerging pollutants in water and ensuring environmental sustainability

KRPM Noorani, G Flora, S Surendarnath… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The proliferation of emerging pollutants (EPs), encompassing a range of substances such as
phthalates, phenolics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, personal care products, surfactants, and …

[HTML][HTML] From monitoring to treatment, how to improve water quality: The pharmaceuticals case

D Papagiannaki, MH Belay, NPF Gonçalves… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is the most serious problem threatening global water resources. The release
of both natural and anthropogenic factors in the aquatic environment is affecting the quality …

Microalgae-based removal of pollutants from wastewaters: Occurrence, toxicity and circular economy

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, K Bhatt, H Simsek - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The natural and anthropogenic sources of water bodies are contaminated with diverse
categories of pollutants such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, heavy metals …

Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices

L McDougall, L Thomson, S Brand, A Wagstaff… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is proposed that microplastics discharged from wastewater treatment plants act as a vector
of pharmaceuticals. In this study, adsorption of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene …

Occurrence and removal rate of typical pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in an urban wastewater treatment plant in Bei**g, China

J Liu, S Ge, P Shao, J Wang, Y Liu, W Wei, C He… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence and removal rate of 52 typical pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) were investigated in a wastewater treatment plant in Bei**g, China. Thirty-three …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants of emerging concern in Admiralty Bay as a result of untreated wastewater discharge: Status and possible …

M Szopińska, J Potapowicz, K Jankowska… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering how the impact of human activity in Antarctica is growing, the aim of this study
was to conduct the first assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the existence and ecological hazards of trace organic pollutants in wastewater treatment plant effluents across China

J Liu, F Yang, Y Cai, G Lu, Y Li, M Li, L Fan… - Eco-Environment & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of trace organic pollutants in the effluent of wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) poses considerable risks to aquatic organisms and human health. A large-scale …

Assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in Riyadh wastewater treatment plants, Saudi Arabia: Mass loadings, seasonal variations, removal efficiency and …

OA Alharbi, E Jarvis, A Galani, NS Thomaidis… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite increasing interest in pharmaceutical emissions worldwide, studies of
environmental contamination with pharmaceuticals arising from wastewater discharges in …

Multi-class determination of pharmaceuticals as emerging contaminants in wastewater from Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia using eco-friendly SPE-UHPLC-MS/MS …

A Mostafa, H Shaaban, A Alqarni, R Al-Ansari… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in wastewater, which might be released to different water
environments causing contamination might lead to health hazards. Therefore, sensitive …

Screening of pesticides and emerging contaminants in eighteen Greek lakes by using target and non-target HRMS approaches: Occurrence and ecological risk …

K Anagnostopoulpou, C Nannou, VG Aschonitis… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lakes, albeit ecosystems of vital importance, are insufficiently investigated with respect to
the degradation of water quality due to the organic micropollutants load. As regards Greece …