Human health and ecological risk assessment of 98 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) detected in Indian surface and wastewaters

A Sengar, A Vijayanandan - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The release of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental
waters has become an urgent issue due to their pseudo-persistent traits. The present study …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Removal efficiency for emerging contaminants in a WWTP from Madrid (Spain) after secondary and tertiary treatment and environmental impact on the …

FJ Lopez, E Pitarch, AM Botero-Coy… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can be an important contamination
source for receiving waters. In this work, a comprehensive study on the impact of a WWTP …

Presence of pharmaceuticals and their metabolites in wild-living aquatic organisms–current state of knowledge

K Świacka, J Maculewicz, D Kowalska, M Caban… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last decades an increasing number of studies has been published concerning
contamination of aquatic ecosystems with pharmaceuticals. Yet, the distribution of these …

An overview of antibiotics as emerging contaminants: Occurrence in bivalves as biomonitoring organisms

E Baralla, MP Demontis, F Dessì, MV Varoni - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In recent years, the use of antibiotics has increased worldwide in both
human and veterinary fields. This led to them accumulating in the environment to such an …

Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in seafood from two Brazilian coastal areas: Implication for human risk assessment

FV Mello, SC Cunha, FHS Fogaça, MB Alonso… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals (PhACs) are considered emerging contaminants with potential
accumulation in aquatic organisms. Thus, seafood consumption may cause long-term effects …

[HTML][HTML] Mixtures of environmental pharmaceuticals in marine organisms: Mechanistic evidence of carbamazepine and valsartan effects on Mytilus galloprovincialis

M Mezzelani, L Peruzza, G d'Errico, M Milan… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unravelling the adverse outcomes of pharmaceuticals mixture represents a research priority
to characterize the risk for marine ecosystems. The present study investigated, for the first …

[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 …

Occurrence and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in surface waters of the Middle East and North Africa: A review

N Mheidli, A Malli, F Mansour, M Al-Hindi - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical compounds in surface water are perceived as contaminants of emerging
concern due to their impacts on the aquatic environment and human health. The risk …

Pharmaceuticals and their metabolites in the marine environment: sources, analytical methods and occurrence

LM Madikizela, S Ncube, H Tutu, H Richards… - Trends in Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environmental waters is a global concern. There is
little research conducted on the monitoring of pharmaceuticals in the marine environment. In …