Removal of organic micropollutants using advanced membrane-based water and wastewater treatment: A review

NK Khanzada, MU Farid, JA Kharraz, J Choi… - Journal of membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rising consumption of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and endocrine
disruptive compounds for healthcare purposes and improving living standards has resulted …

Removal of emerging organic micropollutants via modified-reverse osmosis/nanofiltration membranes: a review

YS Khoo, PS Goh, WJ Lau, AF Ismail, MS Abdullah… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Hazardous micropollutants (MPs) such as pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs),
pesticides and personal care products (PCPs) have emerged as a critical concern …

A comprehensive review on micropollutants removal using carbon nanotubes-based adsorbents and membranes

FSA Khan, NM Mubarak, M Khalid, YH Tan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals, steroids, personal care products, and disruptive endocrine substances are
increasingly being used for healthcare objectives and to improve living conditions, resulting …

Environmental relevant concentrations of benzophenone-3 induced developmental neurotoxicity in zebrafish

J Tao, C Bai, Y Chen, H Zhou, Y Liu, Q Shi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Benzophenone-3 (BP3 or oxybenzone) is an organic UV filter that has been widely
used in personal care products. Its frequent detection in the environment and humans as …

Triclosan: Antimicrobial mechanisms, antibiotics interactions, clinical applications, and human health

P Shrestha, Y Zhang, WJ Chen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The large-scale applications of Triclosan in industrial and household products have created
many health and environmental concerns. Despite the fears of its drug-resistance and other …

Cerebral concentration and toxicity of endocrine disrupting chemicals: The implication of blood-brain interfaces

A Denuzière, JF Ghersi-Egea - Neurotoxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) act on peripheral endocrine organs or interfere with
general endocrine pathways. Several EDCs alter the central regulation of neuroendocrine …

Possible obesogenic effects of bisphenols accumulation in the human brain

P Charisiadis, XD Andrianou, TP Van Der Meer… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Evidence of bisphenols' obesogenic effects on humans is mixed and inconsistent. We aimed
to explore the presence of bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol F (BPF) and chlorinated BPA …

Benzophenones in the environment: occurrence, fate and sample preparation in the analysis

AA Gavrila, IS Dasteridis, AA Tzimas, TG Chatzimitakos… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ubiquitous presence of emerging contaminants in the environment is an issue of great
concern. Notably, for some of them, no established regulation exists. Benzophenones are …

UV-filter pollution: current concerns and future prospects

LLR De Miranda, KE Harvey, A Ahmed… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2021 - Springer
UV-filters are widely used in cosmetics and personal care products to protect users' skin
from redamage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. Globally, an estimated …

Sexual differentiation of the human hypothalamus: Relationship to gender identity and sexual orientation

DF Swaab, SEC Wolff, AM Bao - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
Gender identity (an individual's perception of being male or female) and sexual orientation
(heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality) are programmed into our brain during early …