Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to
completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are an emerging category of toxicity that adversely
impacts humans and the environment's well-being. Diseases like cancer, cardiovascular …

Various organic pollutants so-called emerging pollutants (EPs), including active residues
from pharmaceuticals, pesticides, surfactants, hormones, and personal care products, are …

The global rise in urbanization and industrial activity has led to the production and
incorporation of foreign contaminant molecules into ecosystems, distorting them and …

Wastewater effluent discharges have been considered as one of the main sources of
synthetic chemicals entering into the aquatic environment. Even though they occur at low …

Abstract Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) are the techniques employed for oxidation
of various organic contaminants in polluted water with the objective of making it suitable for …

Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), which find their way easily into the water
sources, are emerging as a major concern for drinking water quality and aquatic species …

Enzymatic conversion of micropollutants into less-toxic derivatives is an important
bioremediation strategy. This paper aims to critically review the progress in water and …

Natural estrogens such as estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), and the synthetic
one, 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), are excreted by humans and animals and enter into …

White-rot fungi (WRF) and their lignin modifying enzymes (LME) can degrade a wide range
of trace organic contaminants (TrOC), which are suspected to cause adverse health effects …