Nanofiltration membrane processes for water recycling, reuse and product recovery within various industries: A review

NNR Ahmad, WL Ang, YH Teow… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membrane has been applied for the treatment of wastewater owing to its
unique features such as higher selectivity towards divalent/polyvalent ions while allowing …

An overview on non-spherical semiconductors for heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of organic water contaminants

EN Zare, S Iftekhar, Y Park, J Joseph, V Srivastava… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Because of their carcinogenicity and mutagenicity, the elimination of organic contaminants
from surface and subsurface water is a subject of environmental significance. Conventional …

Anticancer drugs in wastewater and natural environments: A review on their occurrence, environmental persistence, treatment, and ecological risks

A Castellano-Hinojosa, MJ Gallardo-Altamirano… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The consumption of anticancer drugs (also known as chemotherapy drugs or antineoplastic
drugs) has augmented over the last decades due to increased cancer incidence. Although …

Photocatalytic degradation of four emerging antibiotic contaminants and toxicity assessment in wastewater: A comprehensive study

M Sharma, D Rajput, V Kumar, I Jatain… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Excessive usage and unrestricted discharge of antibiotics in the environment lead to their
accumulation in the ecosystem due to their highly stable and non-biodegradation nature …

Insights about fungus-microalgae symbiotic system in microalgae harvesting and wastewater treatment: A review

J Wang, Q Tian, W Zeng, G Qiu, L Shen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae can provide a wide range of adsorption groups and have remarkable effects on
pollutant removal owing to the presence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), with …

Cytotoxic aquatic pollutants and their removal by nanocomposite-based sorbents

V Srivastava, EN Zare, P Makvandi, X Zheng, S Iftekhar… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Pollutants led to a drastic public health issue for human beings.•Various physical
and chemical treatment technologies of water purification reviewed.•Nanocomposite …

Threat and sustainable technological solution for antineoplastic drugs pollution: Review on a persisting global issue

A Yadav, ER Rene, MK Mandal, KK Dubey - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past 20 years, the discharge of pharmaceuticals and their presence in the aquatic
environment have been continuously increasing and this has caused serious public health …

Novel organic assisted Ag-ZnO photocatalyst for atenolol and acetaminophen photocatalytic degradation under visible radiation: performance and reaction …

B Ramasamy, J Jeyadharmarajan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
This study is on photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical residues of atenolol (ATL) and
acetaminophen (ACT) present in secondary effluent under visible light irradiation stimulated …

Pharmaceutical and antibiotic pollutant levels in wastewater and the waters of the Zarqa River, Jordan

M Shigei, A Assayed, A Hazaymeh, SS Dalahmeh - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Assamra wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is the largest treatment facility in Jordan.
Treated wastewater is discharged into the Zarqa River (ZR) and used to irrigate fodder and …

The application of membrane separation technology in the pharmaceutical industry

R Ma, J Li, P Zeng, L Duan, J Dong, Y Ma, L Yang - Membranes, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the advancement in membrane technology, membrane separation technology has
been found increasingly widespread applications in the pharmaceutical industry. It is utilized …