[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environmental waters: African and Asian perspectives

NJ Waleng, PN Nomngongo - Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental ubiquity of pharmaceuticals has stimulated a lot of societal and global
concerns. The occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment differs from country to …

Emerging contaminants in the water bodies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A critical review

M Ouda, D Kadadou, B Swaidan, A Al-Othman… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many emerging contaminants (ECs) are not currently removed by conventional water
treatment methods and consequently, often reach the aquatic environment. In the absence …

Overview of African water resources contamination by contaminants of emerging concern

Z Shehu, GWA Nyakairu, E Tebandeke… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review look at several classes of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in
conventional and non-conventional water resources across the African continent's five …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater reuse and pharmaceutical pollution in agriculture: Uptake, transport, accumulation and metabolism of pharmaceutical pollutants within plants

MK Mosharaf, RL Gomes, S Cook, MS Alam… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceutical pollutants in water sources has become a growing concern
due to its potential impacts on human health and other organisms. The physicochemical …

Analysis, occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in African water resources: A current status

LM Madikizela, S Ncube, L Chimuka - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are organic compounds used in medicines for alleviation of pain. Since
2017, there has been a steady increase on the availability of information on contamination of …

Occurrence and distribution of steroid hormones (estrogen) and other contaminants of emerging concern in a south indian water body

A Unnikrishan, NK Khalid, MP Rayaroth, S Thomas… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Steroid hormones (SHs) are among the important classes of Contaminants of Emerging
Concern (CECs) whose detection in aquatic environments is vital due to their potential …

The occurrence of cyanobacteria blooms in freshwater ecosystems and their link with hydro-meteorological and environmental variations in Tanzania

ON Kimambo, JR Gumbo, H Chikoore - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are photosynthetic bacteria that under favorable
environmental conditions produce secondary metabolites (cyanotoxins) which are harmful to …

Occurrence, removal and risk assessment of steroid hormones in two wastewater stabilization pond systems in Morogoro, Tanzania

K Damkjaer, JJ Weisser, SC Msigala, R Mdegela… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the occurrence and removal of 10 steroid hormones (4
androgens, 3 progestagens and 3 estrogens) in two WSP systems, Mafisa and Mzumbe in …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation of ferric oxide-aluminium oxide carbon nanofiber nanocomposites for ultrasound-assisted dispersive magnetic solid phase extraction of 17-beta …

MW Lekota, A Mpupa, KM Dimpe… - Emerging …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, Fe 3 O 4-Al 2 O 3@ CNFs nanocomposite was synthesised and used as a
nanosorbent in the ultrasound-assisted dispersive magnetic solid phase extraction (UA …

Selected emerging contaminants in water: Global occurrence, existing treatment technologies, regulations and associated risk

V Meena, D Swami, A Chandel, N Joshi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) in aquatic environments have recently attracted the attention
of researchers due to their ubiquitous occurrence and the potential risk they may pose to life …