A review on heavy metal pollution, toxicity and remedial measures: Current trends and future perspectives

KH Vardhan, PS Kumar, RC Panda - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

Adsorption of ciprofloxacin from water: a comprehensive review

CA Igwegbe, SN Oba, CO Aniagor, AG Adeniyi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the adsorption of Ciprofloxacin (CIP) from water in studies over the last decade
was reviewed. The purpose of this review is to analyse the vast body of literature on the …

A review on hospital wastewater treatment: A special emphasis on occurrence and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds, resistant microorganisms, and …

A Majumder, AK Gupta, PS Ghosal, M Varma - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The hospital wastewater imposes a potent threat to the security of human health concerning
its high vulnerability towards the outbreak of several diseases. Furthermore, the outbreak of …

Occurrences and removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products from aquatic systems using advanced treatment-A review

AK Priya, L Gnanasekaran, S Rajendran, J Qin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals, personal care items, steroid hormones, and agrochemicals are among the
synthetic and indigenous products that make up micropollutants, also known as emerging …

Surface water pollution by pharmaceuticals and an alternative of removal by low-cost adsorbents: A review

HB Quesada, ATA Baptista, LF Cusioli, D Seibert… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Micropollutants, also called emerging contaminants, consist of an extensive group of
synthetic and natural substances, including pharmaceuticals, personal care products …

MXenes and MXene-based materials for removal of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater: Critical review

M Tawalbeh, S Mohammed, A Al-Othman, M Yusuf… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in the global population and its ever-rising standards of living are
imposing a huge burden on global resources. Apart from the rising energy needs, the …

Removal of emerging contaminants from the environment by adsorption

EC Lima - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (EC's) are pollutants of growing concern. They are mainly organic
compounds such as: pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, hormones …

Removal of hazardous dyes, toxic metal ions and organic pollutants from wastewater by using porous hyper-cross-linked polymeric materials: A review of recent …

A Waheed, N Baig, N Ullah, W Falath - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality plays a central role in the well-being of all the living organisms on planet Earth.
The ever-increasing human population and consequently increasing industrialization …

Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin using Zn-doped Cu2O particles: analysis of degradation pathways and intermediates

X Yu, J Zhang, J Zhang, J Niu, J Zhao, Y Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, the occurrence of ciprofloxacin in the water environment has raised serious
concerns. For utilizing the sunlight for degradation of ciprofloxacin it is important to develop …

Recent advances in applications of activated carbon from biowaste for wastewater treatment: a short review

S Wong, N Ngadi, IM Inuwa, O Hassan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid population growth and the resultant pollution of freshwater sources are expected to
create water stress conditions on the world in the near future. Adsorption technique is a …