From wastewater to clean water: Recent advances on the removal of metronidazole, ciprofloxacin, and sulfamethoxazole antibiotics from water through adsorption and …

AE Gahrouei, S Vakili, A Zandifar… - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotics released into water sources pose significant risks to both human health and the
environment. This comprehensive review meticulously examines the ecotoxicological …

Recent Advances in Advanced Oxidation Processes for Degrading Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater—A Review

NN Roslan, HLH Lau, NAA Suhaimi, NNM Shahri… - Catalysts, 2024 - mdpi.com
A large variety of pharmaceutical compounds have recently been detected in wastewater
and natural water systems. This review highlighted the significance of removing …

Priority list of pharmaceutical active compounds in aquatic environments of Mexico considering their occurrence, environmental and human health risks

R Hernández-Tenorio, M Villanueva-Rodríguez… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) are detected pollutants in aquatic environments
worldwide at concentrations ranging from ng L-1 to µg L-1. Currently in Mexico, PhACs …

Ion-exchange chromatography in the assessment of environmental pollution with chlortetracycline

Ł Sikorski, A Bęś, E Karetko-Sikorska, W Truszkowski… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical substances such as drugs pose a threat to the environment. One of the
substances recorded in soil and water is chlortetracycline, an antibiotic used in veterinary …

Toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals and their mixtures to the aquatic indicators Daphnia magna and Aliivibrio fischeri

JR Montiel-Mora, M Méndez-Rivera… - Ecotoxicology, 2024 - Springer
Despite the benefits derived from the use of pharmaceuticals, these compounds are
currently considered contaminants of emerging concern because of their presence and …

Environmental risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater in nothern Vietnam

ATP Hoang, MC Do, KW Kim - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are progressively employed in both human and veterinary medicine and
increasingly recognized as environmental contaminants. This study investigated the …

Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in Latin America: case study on hazard assessment and prioritization in Costa Rica

CE Rodríguez-Rodríguez, D Ramírez-Morales… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Pharmaceuticals are considered as contaminants of emerging concern, and their
occurrence in diverse environmental matrices has been described during the last 25 years …

An enzymatically modified adsorbent derived from an agro-residue mitigates the environmental risks of toxic antibiotic mixtures

AH Nguyen, T Gunawardhana, SI Siddiqui, K Cho… - Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study developed an enzymatically modified adsorbent derived from pine bark (PBEM),
an agricultural residue feedstock, for the adsorptive removal of antibiotic contaminants …

Synergistic interactions and reaction mechanisms of biochar surface functionalities in antibiotics removal from industrial wastewater

MIS Haider, G Liu, B Yousaf, M Arif, K Aziz… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar, a carbon-rich material with a unique surface chemistry (high abundance of surface
functional groups, large surface area, and well-distributed), has shown great potential as a …

Enhanced ultrasound-assisted controllable growth assembly of MoS2/Fe3O4 materials for piezoelectric Fenton reaction degradation of sildenafil

Z Jia, Q Zeng, J Cheng - Environmental Pollution, 2025 - Elsevier
The Fenton technique is known for its high efficiency and minimal environmental impact;
however, its degradation reaction process requires a sustained acidic environment. In this …