Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants

OFS Khasawneh, P Palaniandy - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical compounds, such as antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), anticonvulsants, β-blocker, etc. have emerged as new classes of water pollutants …

[HTML][HTML] Medicating the environment? A critical review on the risks of carbamazepine, diclofenac and ibuprofen to aquatic organisms

NSP Batucan, LA Tremblay, GL Northcott… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are an important class of micropollutants within the freshwater
environment. There is sufficient evidence of their impacts on exposed biota to warrant further …

Application of duckweed (Lemna sp.) and water fern (Azolla sp.) in the removal of pharmaceutical residues in water: State of art focus on antibiotics

I Maldonado, EGM Terrazas, FZ Vilca - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, antibiotic residues in the environment have increased, affecting
components of biological communities, from bacteria to plants and animals. Different …

Covalent organic frameworks-based smart materials for mitigation of pharmaceutical pollutants from aqueous solution

JS Gan, XB Li, K Rizwan, M Adeel, M Bilal, T Rasheed… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are an emergent group of crystalline porous materials
that have gained incredible interest in recent years. With foreseeable controllable …

[HTML][HTML] Levels and effects of antidepressant drugs to aquatic organisms

DG Moreira, A Aires, M de Lourdes Pereira… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of antidepressants has been increasing globally, resulting in their presence in the
aquatic environment, mainly by municipal wastewaters. This fact has aroused concern in the …

Improving the efficiency of wastewater treatment plants: Bio-removal of heavy-metals and pharmaceuticals by Azolla filiculoides and Lemna minuta

E Bianchi, A Biancalani, C Berardi, A Antal… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the removal of Fe (III), Cr (VI), Al (III), diclofenac, and
levofloxacin from treated wastewater in the presence of the free-floating plants Azolla …

Covalent organic frameworks: Pioneering remediation solutions for organic pollutants

RA Rakkesh, TB Naveen, D Durgalakshmi… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) have emerged as a promising class of
crystalline porous materials with customizable structures, high surface areas, and tunable …

Time- and dose-dependent biological effects of a sub-chronic exposure to realistic doses of salicylic acid in the gills of mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

G De Marco, S Afsa, M Galati, G Guerriero… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Among nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) commonly found in seawater and
wastewater, salicylic acid (SA) represents one of the most persistent and hazardous …

Uptake, occurrence, and effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics in plants and edible crops

LM Madikizela, TL Botha, I Kamika… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The plant uptake of pharmaceuticals that include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) and analgesics from contaminated environment has benefits and drawbacks …

Evaluation of ketoprofen toxicity in two freshwater species: Effects on biochemical, physiological and population endpoints

GD Alkimin, AMVM Soares, C Barata, B Nunes - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Among the most used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ketoprofen (KTF)
assumes an important position. Nevertheless, its ecotoxicological effects in non-target …