The widespread and injudicious usage of antibiotics to contain pathogenic microbial
infections, coupled with inadequate treatment of wastes containing non-metabolized …

Hospitals played vital role in the maintenance and sustenance of human health. However,
hospital activities generate high volume of toxic solid and liquid containing diverse …

The presence of pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) in aqueous systems poses a significant
threat to ecological systems. Conventional methods are inadequate in removing these …

In this study, 56 effluent samples from 52 European wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
were investigated for the occurrence of 499 emerging chemicals (ECs) and their associated …

Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) such as pharmaceuticals commonly found in
urban and industrial wastewater are a potential threat to human health and have negative …

Pharmaceutical compounds are ubiquitous pollutants detected in concentrations ranging
from ng L− 1 to µg L− 1 in aquatic environments worldwide. Hence, assessment of the …

The potential toxicological effects of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in natural
water bodies have received considerable critical attention over the past years, encouraging …

The persistent nature and low biodegradability of a large number of trace organic
contaminants (TrOCs) reduce effectiveness of their removal by conventional wastewater …

The main objective of this review is to provide up to date, brief, irrefutable, organized data on
the conducted experiments on a range of emerging recalcitrant compounds such as …

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 …