Pharmaceuticals in freshwater aquatic environments: A comparison of the African and European challenge

S Fekadu, E Alemayehu, R Dewil… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hundreds of tons of pharmaceutical compounds are annually dispensed and consumed
worldwide. Pharmaceuticals are an important class of emerging environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): a review on environmental contamination in China

JL Liu, MH Wong - Environment international, 2013 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) which contain diverse organic
groups, such as antibiotics, hormones, antimicrobial agents, synthetic musks, etc., have …

Micropollutants in treated wastewater

J Rogowska, M Cieszynska-Semenowicz, W Ratajczyk… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Compounds such as pharmaceuticals, or personal care products are only partially removed
in wastewater treatment processes. Large number of these compounds and their …

Occurrence and removal of transformation products of PPCPs and illicit drugs in wastewaters: a review

EN Evgenidou, IK Konstantinou… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) along with illicit drugs (IDs) are newly
recognized classes of environmental pollutants and are receiving considerable attention …

Removal of emerging pharmaceutical contaminants by adsorption in a fixed-bed column: a review

MJ Ahmed, BH Hameed - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical pollutants substantially affect the environment; thus, their treatments have
been the focus of many studies. In this article, the fixed-bed adsorption of pharmaceuticals …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in waters: occurrence, toxicity, and risk

L Cizmas, VK Sharma, CM Gray… - Environmental chemistry …, 2015 - Springer
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP) are compounds with special physical
and chemical properties that address the care of animal and human health. PPCP have …

Mechanistic interaction of ciprofloxacin on zeolite modified seaweed (Sargassum crassifolium) derived biochar: Kinetics, isotherm and thermodynamics

T Atugoda, C Gunawardane, M Ahmad, M Vithanage - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Modification of biochar for efficient removal of antibiotics from water could be a valuable
approach in the environmental applications. In this study, a brown seaweed (Sargassum …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals, perfluorosurfactants, and other organic wastewater compounds in public drinking water wells in a shallow sand and gravel aquifer

LA Schaider, RA Rudel, JM Ackerman… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Approximately 40% of US residents rely on groundwater as a source of drinking water.
Groundwater, especially unconfined sand and gravel aquifers, is vulnerable to …

[HTML][HTML] Sources, presence and potential effects of contaminants of emerging concern in the marine environments of the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, Australia

FJ Kroon, KLE Berry, DL Brinkman, R Kookana… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Current policy and management for marine water quality in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in
north-eastern Australia primarily focusses on sediment, nutrients and pesticides derived …

Assessing the concentrations and risks of toxicity from the antibiotics ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and erythromycin in European rivers

AC Johnson, V Keller, E Dumont, JP Sumpter - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the potential concentrations of four antibiotics: ciprofloxacin (CIP),
sulfamethoxazole (SUF), trimethoprim (TRI) and erythromycin (ERY) throughout the rivers of …