Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Sustainable adsorbents for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater: A review

V Vinayagam, S Murugan, R Kumaresan, M Narayanan… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the previous three decades, the worldwide use of pharmaceuticals has surged by more
than 2.5 times. Although being considered essential to save many lives, pharmaceuticals …

Tetracycline adsorption onto activated carbons produced by KOH activation of tyre pyrolysis char

R Acosta, V Fierro, AM De Yuso, D Nabarlatz… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Tyre pyrolysis char (TPC), produced when manufacturing pyrolysis oil from waste tyre, was
used as raw material to prepare activated carbons (ACs) by KOH activation. KOH to TPC …

Metal-organic frameworks for the adsorptive removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs): Comparison to activated carbon

N Prasetya, IG Wenten, M Franzreb, C Wöll - Coordination chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the past few years, there has been growing concern about the presence of various
pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in water systems. Although their …

Adsorptive removal of naproxen and clofibric acid from water using metal-organic frameworks

Z Hasan, J Jeon, SH Jhung - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Adsorptive removal of naproxen and clofibric acid, two typical PPCPs (pharmaceuticals and
personal care products), has been studied using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the …

Adsorption of naproxen and clofibric acid over a metal–organic framework MIL-101 functionalized with acidic and basic groups

Z Hasan, EJ Choi, SH Jhung - Chemical engineering journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Adsorption of naproxen and clofibric acid, two typical (pharmaceuticals and personal care
products) PPCPs has been studied with virgin and modified MIL-101s, one of the typical …

The removal of endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceutically activated compounds and cyanobacterial toxins during drinking water preparation using activated …

LF Delgado, P Charles, K Glucina, C Morlay - Science of the total …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of recent scientific research on the removal by activated
carbon (AC) in drinking water (DW) treatment of 1) two classes of currently unregulated trace …

Organic xenobiotics removal in constructed wetlands, with emphasis on the importance of the support matrix

AV Dordio, AJP Carvalho - Journal of Hazardous materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are increasingly popular as an efficient and economical
alternative to conventional wastewater treatment processes for removal, among other …

Adsorption of emerging pollutants on activated carbon

Z Jeirani, CH Niu, J Soltan - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2017 - degruyter.com
Many emerging pollutants (also known as micro-pollutants) including pesticides,
pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), and endocrine disrupting chemicals …

The adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds from aqueous solutions onto activated carbons

V Rakić, V Rac, M Krmar, O Otman, A Auroux - Journal of hazardous …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, the adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds–salicylic acid,
acetylsalicylic acid, atenolol and diclofenac-Na onto activated carbons has been studied …