This paper provides the first review of the occurrence of 161 emerging organic compounds
(EOCs) in Italian surface water and groundwater. The reported EOCs belong to the groups of …

Biodegradation and biotransformation of contaminants in groundwater commonly occurs
naturally. However, natural biodegradation rates can be slow leading to elongated …

Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a major threat to human health. Millions
of people across the world are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water with …

Data on herbicide pollution in groundwater are rather scarce; monitoring data are based on
single investigation, focussing on limited area and on few compounds of interest. The large …

The degradation of an organophosphorus pesticide, fenamiphos, by different species of five
green algae and five cyanobacteria was studied. All the species tested were able to …

Two bacteria identified as Pseudomonas putida and Acinetobacter rhizosphaerae able to
rapidly degrade the organophosphate (OP) fenamiphos (FEN) were isolated. Denaturating …

The rapidly growing industrialization along with an increasing population has resulted in the
accumulation of a wide variety of chemicals. Thus, the frequency and widespread use of …

The recent poisoning of thousands of people through exposure to arsenic, asbestos (Naidu
et al. 1996) and benzene has highlighted the massive challenge that contaminants pose risk …

In recent years, the application of pesticide biodegradation in remediation of pesticide-
contaminated matrices moved from remediating bulk soil to remediating and mitigating …

This chapter gives an introduction on emerging organic contaminants, defined as chemicals
that occur in water resources and pose a potential environmental risk, although currently it …