Water contamination and human health risks in Pakistan: a review

M Fida, P Li, Y Wang, SMK Alam, A Nsabimana - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is one of the most significant hazards to human health on the world
scale. Drinking water quality in Pakistan is decreasing gradually due to alarming population …

Drinking water sources as hotspots of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs): Occurrence, spread, and mitigation strategies

S Li, BS Ondon, SH Ho, Q Zhou, F Li - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread use of antibiotics has rapidly increased the prevalence of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria (ARB) and their associated antibiotics resistance genes (ARGs), posing a …

[HTML][HTML] New trajectories of technologies for the removal of pollutants and emerging contaminants in the environment

M Coccia, E Bontempi - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Modern society has increasingly a diffusion of pollutants and emerging contaminants (eg,
different types of chemicals and endocrine disruptors in pharmaceuticals, pesticides …

Green synthesis of Ag2O nanoparticles using Punica granatum leaf extract for sulfamethoxazole antibiotic adsorption: characterization, experimental study, modeling …

N El Messaoudi, A El Mouden, Y Fernine… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Silver oxide (Ag2O) nanoparticles (NPs) were generated by synthesizing green leaf extract
of Punica granatum, and afterwards they were used as adsorbent to remove the antibiotic …

Antimicrobials and antibiotic resistance genes in water bodies: pollution, risk, and control

AK Singh, R Kaur, S Verma, S Singh - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The manuscript endeavors to provide a perspective on the role of water bodies in the spread
of antimicrobial (antibiotic) resistance (AMR), antimicrobial resistant bacteria (ARB), and …

Recent approaches for downplaying antibiotic resistance: molecular mechanisms

S Ahmed, MZ Ahmed, S Rafique… - BioMed Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a ubiquitous public health menace. AMR emergence
causes complications in treating infections contributing to an upsurge in the mortality rate …

COVID-19's environmental impacts: Challenges and implications for the future

L Ang, E Hernández-Rodríguez, V Cyriaque… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Strict measures have curbed the spread of COVID-19, but waste generation and movement
limitations have had an unintended impact on the environment over the past 3 years (2020 …

Inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital wastewater by ozone-based advanced water treatment processes

T Azuma, M Usui, T Hayashi - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continue on a global scale.
The impacts of wastewater on the environment and human health have been identified, and …

Synthesis of multifunctional rGO/g-C3N4/FeTiO3 ternary nanocomposites for photocatalyst, antibacterial, and ecotoxicity assessment of zebrafish embryo model

A Priyadharsan, C Kamaraj, R Ranjith… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The wastewater from the dye and pharmaceutical industries antibiotics has caused serious
environmental and health problems for humans and other species. For the development of …

The need for One Health systems-thinking approaches to understand multiscale dissemination of antimicrobial resistance

KE Arnold, G Laing, BJ McMahon… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Although the effects of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are most obvious at clinical treatment
failure, AMR evolution, transmission, and dispersal happen largely in environmental …