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 …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) along with illicit drugs (IDs) are newly
recognized classes of environmental pollutants and are receiving considerable attention …

To protect the ecosystem and drinking water resources in Switzerland and in the countries of
the downstream catchments, a new Swiss water protection act entered into force in 2016 …

Aquatic environments are often contaminated with complex mixtures of chemicals that may
pose a risk to ecosystems and human health. This contamination cannot be addressed with …

Removal of organic micropollutants was investigated in 15 diverse biological reactors
through short and long-term experiments. Short-term batch experiments were performed …

An integrated workflow based on liquid chromatography coupled to a quadrupole-time-of-
flight mass spectrometer (LC-QTOF-MS) was developed and applied to detect and identify …

Background: Over the past 10–15 years, a substantial amount of work has been done by the
scientific, regulatory, and business communities to elucidate the effects and risks of …

Identification of transformation products (TPs) of emerging pollutants is challenging, due to
the vast number of compounds, mostly unknown, the complexity of the matrices and their …

The increasing consumption of pharmaceuticals, alongside their limited removal in
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), have led to their ubiquitous occurrence in receiving …

'BACKGROUND This biennial review covers developments in water analysis for emerging
environmental contaminants over the period of 2009À2010. A few significant references that …