First nationwide investigation and environmental risk assessment of 72 pharmaceuticals and personal care products from Sri Lankan surface waterways

KS Guruge, P Goswami, R Tanoue, K Nomiyama… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are known as an emerging class of
water contaminants due to their potential adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems. In this …

Human health and ecological risk assessment of 98 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) detected in Indian surface and wastewaters

A Sengar, A Vijayanandan - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The release of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental
waters has become an urgent issue due to their pseudo-persistent traits. The present study …

Occurrence and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in surface waters of the Middle East and North Africa: A review

N Mheidli, A Malli, F Mansour, M Al-Hindi - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical compounds in surface water are perceived as contaminants of emerging
concern due to their impacts on the aquatic environment and human health. The risk …

Occurrence and ecological risk of pharmaceuticals in river surface water of Bangladesh

A Hossain, S Nakamichi, M Habibullah-Al-Mamun… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical contamination in the aquatic environment is a global issue that affects
aquatic animals, micro-organisms and human health. The occurrence and preliminary …

Occurrence, spatial variation and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in urban wastewater, canal surface water, and their sediments: A …

M Ashfaq, Y Li, MSU Rehman, M Zubair… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the lack of wastewater treatment facility in Pakistan, the wastewater is directly
discharged via urban drains, which might cause a high load of contaminants of emerging …

Seasonal occurrence and risk assessment of pharmaceutical and personal care products in Bengaluru rivers and lakes, India

CM Gopal, K Bhat, BR Ramaswamy, V Kumar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water samples were collected from 35 locations in the Arkavathi river, its tributaries and
lakes spread across the Bengaluru metropolitan area in Southern India during monsoon …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the aquatic environment in China: a review

Q Bu, B Wang, J Huang, S Deng, G Yu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have been detected as contaminants
of emerging concern ubiquitously in the aquatic environment in China and worldwide. A …

Pharmaceuticals residues in selected tropical surface water bodies from Selangor (Malaysia): Occurrence and potential risk assessments

SM Praveena, SNM Shaifuddin, S Sukiman… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated the occurrence of nine pharmaceuticals (amoxicillin, caffeine,
chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, dexamethasone, diclofenac, nitrofurazone …

Major pharmaceutical residues in wastewater treatment plants and receiving waters in Bangkok, Thailand, and associated ecological risks

S Tewari, R Jindal, YL Kho, S Eo, K Choi - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals have been frequently detected in aquatic environment worldwide and
suspected for potential ecological consequences. However, occurrences, sources and …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water, sediments, aquatic organisms, and fish feeds in the Pearl River Delta: Occurrence, distribution, potential …

H Xie, H Hao, N Xu, X Liang, D Gao, Y Xu… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the occurrence, distribution, and potential sources of 34
pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in water, sediments, aquatic …