Occurrence and spatial distribution of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic environment, their characteristics, and adopted legislations

HB Hawash, AA Moneer, AA Galhoum… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) residues are known to occur widely in
the aquatic environments of industrialized and develo** countries. Considerable progress …

Antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in groundwater: A global review on dissemination, sources, interactions, environmental and human health risks

SM Zainab, M Junaid, N Xu, RN Malik - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The discovery and evolution of antibiotics for humans and animals are among the most
significant milestones of the 20th century. However, antibiotics play a significant role in the …

Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives

VK Parida, D Saidulu, A Majumder, A Srivastava… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have been a threat to the aqueous environment because of
their persistent nature and ability to adversely affect the living organisms exposed to them for …

Global review of macrolide antibiotics in the aquatic environment: Sources, occurrence, fate, ecotoxicity, and risk assessment

J Li, W Li, K Liu, Y Guo, C Ding, J Han, P Li - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The extensive use of macrolide antibiotics (MCLs) has led to their frequent detection in
aquatic environments, affecting water quality and ecological health. In this study, the …

Toxicity of the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol, diclofenac, ibuprofen and naproxen towards freshwater invertebrates …

M Parolini - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) represent one of the main
therapeutic classes of molecules contaminating aquatic ecosystems worldwide. NSAIDs are …

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 …

Far-UVC photolysis of peroxydisulfate for micropollutant degradation in water

R Yin, Y Zhang, Y Wang, J Zhao… - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Increasing radical yields to reduce UV fluence requirement for achieving targeted removal of
micropollutants in water would make UV-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) less …

Occurrence and fate of emerging pollutants in water environment and options for their removal

IC Vasilachi, DM Asiminicesei, DI Fertu, M Gavrilescu - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emerging pollutants (EPs) are chemicals known to cause major impacts on the terrestrial,
aquatic life and human health as a result of their chronic and acute toxicity. Although lots of …

An assessment of hospital wastewater and biomedical waste generation, existing legislations, risk assessment, treatment processes, and scenario during COVID-19

VK Parida, D Sikarwar, A Majumder… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospitals release significant quantities of wastewater (HWW) and biomedical waste (BMW),
which hosts a wide range of contaminants that can adversely affect the environment if left …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological risk assessment of fifty pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Chinese surface waters: a proposed multiple-level system

N Liu, X **, C Feng, Z Wang, F Wu, AC Johnson… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Interest in the risks posed by trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals and personal care
products (PPCPs) in surface waters is increasing, particularly with regard to potential effects …