Solid-phase extraction of organic compounds: A critical review (Part I)

A Andrade-Eiroa, M Canle, V Leroy-Cancellieri… - TrAC Trends in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Solid-phase extraction (SPE) is the most widely used method for the extraction, changing of
solvents, cleanup, concentration, and fractionation of organic compounds from a number of …

Impacts of emerging organic contaminants on freshwater resources: review of recent occurrences, sources, fate and effects

A Pal, KYH Gin, AYC Lin, M Reinhard - Science of the total environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization and frequent disposal of wastewater to surface water cause widespread
contamination of freshwater supplies with emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals …

Occurrence and removal of antibiotics, hormones and several other pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants of the largest industrial city of Korea

SK Behera, HW Kim, JE Oh, HS Park - Science of the total environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Occurrence and removal efficiencies of 20 pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) including antibiotics, hormones, and several other miscellaneous pharmaceuticals …

Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants at the Spanish Mediterranean area of Valencia

E Gracia-Lor, JV Sancho, R Serrano, F Hernández - Chemosphere, 2012 - Elsevier
A survey on the presence of pharmaceuticals in urban wastewater of a Spanish
Mediterranean area (Castellon province) was carried out. The scope of the study included a …

Occurrence and distribution of pharmaceuticals in wastewater from households, livestock farms, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufactures

WJ Sim, JW Lee, ES Lee, SK Shin, SR Hwang, JE Oh - Chemosphere, 2011 - Elsevier
Twenty-four pharmaceuticals were measured in wastewater from 12 municipal wastewater
treatment plants (M-WWTPs), four livestock WWTPs (L-WWTPs), four hospital WWTPs (H …

Screening of pharmaceuticals and hormones at the regional scale, in surface and groundwaters intended to human consumption

E Vulliet, C Cren-Olivé - Environmental pollution, 2011 - Elsevier
As part of a regional screening to evaluate the risk, for the health of populations, to certain
classes of emerging substances, several families of pharmaceuticals and hormones were …

Determination of 81 pharmaceutical drugs by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry with hybrid triple quadrupole–linear ion trap in …

M Petrović, B Škrbić, J Živančev… - Science of the total …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of the work was to study the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in waste, surface,
underground, and drinking water samples collected in Serbia. A multi-residue method for the …

Occurrence and fate of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants and rivers in Korea

WJ Sim, JW Lee, JE Oh - Environmental pollution, 2010 - Elsevier
We measured 25 pharmaceuticals in ten municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs),
one hospital WWTP and five rivers in Korea. In the municipal WWTP influents …

Analysis and occurrence of endocrine-disrupting compounds and estrogenic activity in the surface waters of Central Spain

S Esteban, M Gorga, M Petrovic… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are chemical compounds with the ability to alter
the hormonal systems of organisms. Such compounds are used in several industrial and …

Occurrence of emerging contaminants in Brazilian drinking waters: a sewage-to-tap issue

FF Sodré, MAF Locatelli, WF Jardim - Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2010 - Springer
The goal of this work was to investigate the occurrence of emerging contaminants in drinking
water of the city of Campinas, Brazil. Tap water samples were analyzed using SPE-GC-MS …