[HTML][HTML] A review of emerging micro-pollutants in hospital wastewater: environmental fate and remediation options

OJ Ajala, JO Tijani, RB Salau, AS Abdulkareem… - Results in …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Emerging pollutants and their removal using visible-light responsive photocatalysis–a comprehensive review

S Ahmed, FSA Khan, NM Mubarak, M Khalid… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants (EP) are the group of contaminants newly detected in aquatic
environments around the globe. Conventional water purification systems are less efficient in …

[HTML][HTML] Critical review of technologies for the on-site treatment of hospital wastewater: From conventional to combined advanced processes

MI Pariente, Y Segura, S Álvarez-Torrellas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review aims to assess different technologies for the on-site treatment of hospital
wastewater (HWW) to remove pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) as sustances of emerging …

How to decrease pharmaceuticals in the environment? A review

M Caban, P Stepnowski - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
The global problem of the presence of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in the
environment is under investigation. Despite the increase in the knowledge of its sources …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into current physical, chemical and hybrid technologies used for the treatment of wastewater contaminated with pharmaceuticals

H Ghazal, E Koumaki, J Hoslett, S Malamis… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this article is to review the current physical, chemical and hybrid
technologies practices employed in the removal of pharmaceuticals from liquid effluents …

Insights into biofilm carriers for biological wastewater treatment processes: Current state-of-the-art, challenges, and opportunities

Y Zhao, D Liu, W Huang, Y Yang, M Ji, LD Nghiem… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biofilm carriers play an important role in attached growth systems for wastewater treatment
processes. This study systematically summarizes the traditional and novel biofilm carriers …

Hospital wastewater—source of specific micropollutants, antibiotic-resistant microorganisms, viruses, and their elimination

T Mackuľak, K Cverenkárová, A Vojs Staňová, M Fehér… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Municipal wastewaters can generally provide real-time information on drug consumption,
the incidence of specific diseases, or establish exposure to certain agents and determine …

Electrochemical treatment of wastewater to remove contaminants from the production and disposal of plastics: a review

BN Malinović, J Markelj, A Žgajnar Gotvajn… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Wastewater is major source of contaminants originating from the production, usage, and
disposal of plastic materials. Due to their poor biodegradability of these contaminants in …

Photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of dexamethasone using WO3 and ZrO2 nanoparticles: Optimization of operational parameters and kinetic studies

A Ghenaatgar, RMA Tehrani, A Khadir - Journal of Water Process …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical compounds are one the main pollutant of the environment. In the present
study, photocatalytic processes using zirconium dioxide (ZrO 2) and tungsten trioxide (WO 3) …

[HTML][HTML] Extraction of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater with eutectic solvents and terpenoids: Computational, experimental, and simulation studies

D Rodríguez-Llorente, E Hernández… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceuticals in wastewater, mainly in hospital wastewater, is a serious
environmental concern, as they are not removed by conventional processes in wastewater …