The pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are emerging pollutants which
might pose potential hazards to environment and health. These pollutants are becoming …

More than 50% of pharmaceuticals in current use are chiral compounds. Enantiomers of the
same pharmaceutical have identical physicochemical properties, but may exhibit differences …

Various contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) have been detected in different
ecosystems, posing a threat to living organisms and the environment. Pharmaceuticals are …

Diclofenac (DCF) is a widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical which is
detected in the environment at concentrations which can pose a threat to living organisms. In …

Over the last decades, the production and consumption of pharmaceuticals and health care
products grew manifold, allowing an increase in life expectancy and a better life quality for …

Carbamazepine and diclofenac have been pointed out as important markers for
environmental pollution by pharmaceuticals. This study reports on the isolation of bacterial …

At present, there is a serious concern about the alarming number of recalcitrant
contaminants that can negatively affect biodiversity threatening the ecological status of …

Ibuprofen (IBP) is a widely used drug of environmental concern as emerging contaminant
due to its low elimination rates by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), leading to the …

Recently, the influence behavior of new pollutants in the environment has been widely
concerned. However, the effect of antidepressants widely detected in excess sludge (ES) on …

Bacterial isolates with the capacity to remove paracetamol were selected from an activated
sludge sample collected in an oxidation ditch of a wastewater treatment plant. Among these …