Antibiotics in wastewater are a growing environmental concern. Increased prescription and
consumption rates have resulted in higher antibiotic wastewater concentration …

BTEX are highly toxic environmental compounds that have carcinogenic and mutagenic
effects in humans. These components are ubiquitous in environmental samples like water …

Storm-water pollutants are widely recognized as a major cause of surface water quality
degradation. Most storm-water treatment efforts have focused on capture of particles and …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic environment are
regarded as emerging contaminants and have attracted increasing concern. The use of …

Phytoremediation is a holistic approach and can be used in large scale to remediate the
contaminated land resources. Although the concept of phytoremediation is few decades old …

Plants can interact with a variety of organic compounds, and thereby affect the fate and
transport of many environmental contaminants. Volatile organic compounds may be …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) cause ongoing water pollution and
consequently have attracted wide attention. Constructed wetlands (CWs) show good PPCP …

An increasing number of reports on plant uptake of pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) have
been recently published, raising concerns of human exposure through dietary intake. In this …

Plant-assisted bioremediation or phytoremediation holds promise for in situ treatment of
polluted soils. Enhancement of phytoremediation processes requires a sound …

Medicines play an important role in the treatment and prevention of disease. Whereas the
side effects on human and animal health resulting directly from treatment have been widely …