Toxicity and remediation of pharmaceuticals and pesticides using metal oxides and carbon nanomaterials

Z Fallah, EN Zare, M Ghomi, F Ahmadijokani, M Amini… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The worldwide development of agriculture and industry has resulted in contamination of
water bodies by pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other xenobiotics. Even at trace levels of …

Recent progress on the remediation of metronidazole antibiotic as emerging contaminant from water environments using sustainable adsorbents: a review

S Ghosh, O Falyouna, H Onyeaka, A Malloum… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
This current review discusses the eco-toxicological effect of metronidazole (MNZ) in the
environment, characterization of MNZ adsorbents, mechanism of adsorption of MNZ from …

Nanomaterials as a sustainable choice for treating wastewater

SF Ahmed, M Mofijur, B Ahmed, T Mehnaz… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater containing toxic substances is a major threat to the health of both aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems. In order to treat wastewater, nanomaterials are currently being …

An achieved strategy for magnetic biochar for removal of tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones: adsorption and mechanism studies

X Zhang, D Zhen, F Liu, R Chen, Q Peng… - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, poplar wood biochar modified with Fe 3 O 4 (MPBC) was prepared using
poplar wood as carbon source applied to remove tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones. The …

Carbonaceous materials as effective adsorbents and catalysts for the removal of emerging contaminants from water

J Scaria, A Gopinath, N Ranjith, V Ravindran… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The elimination of emerging contaminants (ECs) from aquatic environment has become a
worldwide concern due to their widespread occurrence and consequent detrimental effects …

Nanomaterials for sustainable remediation of chemical contaminants in water and soil

R Mukhopadhyay, B Sarkar, E Khan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Rapid growth in population, industry, urbanization and intensive agriculture have led to soil
and water pollution by various contaminants. Nanoremediation has become one of the most …

A review of treatment techniques applied for selective removal of emerging pollutant-trimethoprim from aqueous systems

FM Mpatani, AA Aryee, AN Kani, R Han, Z Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are among the emerging pollutants that pose hazardous effects to the aquatic
environment and human health if not properly controlled. Trimethoprim (TMP) is one of the …

Graphene oxide crosslinked chitosan composites for enhanced adsorption of cationic dye from aqueous solutions

ML Tran, TT Van Tran, RS Juang… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Backgrounds In this study, we combined chitosan (CS)–considered a green adsorbent, and
graphene oxide (GO)–an excellent adsorbent, to synthesize CS/GO composites with …

[HTML][HTML] Trimethoprim removal from wastewater: Adsorption and electro-oxidation comparative case study

S Chianese, A Fenti, J Blotevogel, D Musmarra… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Trimethoprim (TMP) is among the emerging pollutants that cause harmful effects on the
aquatic environment and human health if not accurately controlled. This antibiotic is one of …

Acetaminophen and trimethoprim batch and fixed-bed sorption on MgO/Al2O3-modified rice husk biochar

AK Chaubey, M Patel, CU Pittman, D Mohan - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals' ubiquitous presence in surface and groundwater from their increased
consumption and inefficient conventional wastewater treatment removal, poses a threat to …