Advances in identifying and managing emerging contaminants in aquatic ecosystems: Analytical approaches, toxicity assessment, transformation pathways …

M Mofijur, MM Hasan, SF Ahmed, F Djavanroodi… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) are increasingly recognized as threats to human health and
ecosystems. This review evaluates advanced analytical methods, particularly mass …

Metformin contamination in global waters: Biotic and abiotic transformation, byproduct generation and toxicity, and evaluation as a pharmaceutical indicator

Y He, Y Zhang, F Ju - Environmental Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metformin is the first-line antidiabetic drug and one of the most prescribed medications
worldwide. Because of its ubiquitous occurrence in global waters and demonstrated …

A critical review of wastewater quality variation and in-sewer processes during conveyance in sewer systems

Y Gao, X Shi, X **, XC Wang, P ** - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
In-sewer physio-biochemical processes cause significant variations of wastewater quality
during conveyance, which affects the influent to a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and …

Analysis on the attenuation characteristics of PPCPs in surface water and their influencing factors based on a compilation of literature data

R Du, L Duan, Q Zhang, B Wang, J Huang, S Deng… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The attenuation characteristics of PPCPs play an important part in predicting their
environmental concentrations. However, considerable uncertainty remains in reported …

Enhanced decay of coronaviruses in sewers with domestic wastewater

J Shi, X Li, S Zhang, E Sharma, M Sivakumar… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent outbreaks caused by coronaviruses and their supposed potential fecal-oral
transmission highlight the need for understanding the survival of infectious coronavirus in …

[HTML][HTML] In-sewer decay and partitioning of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli and implications for their wastewater surveillance

S Zhang, J Shi, E Sharma, X Li, S Gao, X Zhou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Campylobacter jejuni and coli are two main pathogenic species inducing diarrhoeal
diseases in humans, which are responsible for the loss of 33 million lives each year. Current …

[HTML][HTML] In-sewer stability assessment of 140 pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides and their metabolites: Implications for wastewater-based …

J Wen, L Duan, B Wang, Q Dong, Y Liu, C Chen… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
The monitoring of pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PCPs), pesticides, and their
metabolites through wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) provides timely information on …

[HTML][HTML] Fate characteristics, exposure risk, and control strategy of typical antibiotics in Chinese sewerage system: A review

Z Cheng, Q Dong, Z Yuan, X Huang, Y Liu - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
In China, the sewerage system plays an essential role in antibiotic removal; however, the
fate profiles of antibiotics in sewers are not well understood, and risk identification …

Stability and WBE biomarkers possibility of 17 antiviral drugs in sewage and gravity sewers

J Wen, L Duan, B Wang, Q Dong, Y Liu, J Huang, G Yu - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a promising technique for monitoring the rapidly
increasing use of antiviral drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is essential to evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of sewer biofilms on the degradability of carbapenems in wastewater using laboratory scale bioreactors

E Sharma, M Sivakumar, C Kelso, S Zhang, J Shi… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbapenems are last-resort antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections unsuccessfully
treated by most common categories of antibiotics in humans. Most of their dosage is …