Decontamination of emerging pharmaceutical pollutants using carbon-dots as robust materials

RB González-González, A Sharma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution is a critical issue that requires proper measures to maintain
environmental health in a sustainable and effective manner. The growing persistence of …

[HTML][HTML] A critical assessment of technical advances in pharmaceutical removal from wastewater–a critical review

V Kumar, SK Lakkaboyana, N Sharma… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Use of pharmaceutical products has seen a tremendous increase in the recent decades. It
has been observed that more than thirty million tons of pharmaceuticals are consumed …

Expired medication: societal, regulatory and ethical aspects of a wasted opportunity

F Alnahas, P Yeboah, L Fliedel, AY Abdin… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
A massive volume of expired medications amasses annually around the world because of
pharmaceutical overprescription, combined with overproduction. The accumulation of …

Option or necessity: Role of environmental education as transformative change agent

N Sharma, A Paço, D Upadhyay - Evaluation and Program Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a consensus around the importance of environmental education in mitigating the ill
effects of environmental problems and preserving the natural environment and promoting …

A global trend of caffeine consumption over time and related-environmental impacts

GR Quadra, JR Paranaíba, J Vilas-Boas, F Roland… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Caffeine is one of the most consumed substances, and it has been largely detected in
aquatic ecosystems. We investigated the trends in caffeine consumption over three decades …

Pharmaceutical pollution and sustainable development goals: Going the right way?

H de Oliveira Souza, R dos Santos Costa… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water and wastewater treatment plants were not developed to remove pharmaceuticals from
effluents. Consequently, pharmaceutical residues are being detected in many ecosystems …

Can high rate algal ponds be used as post-treatment of UASB reactors to remove micropollutants?

L Vassalle, MJ García-Galán, SF Aquino, RJCF Afonso… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the removal capacity of a UASB-HRAP treatment system,
combining anaerobic and microalgae-based, aerobic treatment, for eleven organic …

Nanohybrid catalysts with porous structures for environmental remediation through photocatalytic degradation of emerging pollutants

RB González-González, R Parra-Saldívar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water supplies have been seriously challenged by new emerging pollutants, which are
difficult to remove by traditional wastewater treatment. Thus, new technologies such as …

Household disposal of pharmaceuticals in low-income settings: Practices, health hazards, and research needs

W Gwenzi, TT Simbanegavi, P Rzymski - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pharmaceuticals are widely used in Africa due to the high burden of human and animal
diseases. However, a review of the current practices and pollution risks arising from the …

A multi-attribute decision-making-based site selection assessment algorithm for garbage disposal plant using interval q-rung orthopair fuzzy power Muirhead mean …

Z Yang, J Chang - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
With the increase of the global population and the improvement of people's living standards,
the output of garbage generated by human activities is also increasing day by day …