[HTML][HTML] Abundance, fate, and effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environments

AS Adeleye, J Xue, Y Zhao, AA Taylor… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are found in wastewater, and thus,
the environment. In this study, current knowledge about the occurrence and fate of PPCPs in …

Pharmaceutical pollution in aquatic environments: a concise review of environmental impacts and bioremediation systems

M Ortúzar, M Esterhuizen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The presence of emerging contaminants in the environment, such as pharmaceuticals, is a
growing global concern. The excessive use of medication globally, together with the …

Occurrence of antibiotics and bacterial resistance genes in wastewater: resistance mechanisms and antimicrobial resistance control approaches

C Mutuku, Z Gazdag, S Melegh - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Antimicrobial pharmaceuticals are classified as emergent micropollutants of concern,
implying that even at low concentrations, long-term exposure to the environment can have …

Occurrence of antibiotics in wastewater from hospital and convectional wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the effluent receiving rivers: current knowledge …

LO Omuferen, B Maseko, JO Olowoyo - Environmental monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
The increased usage of antibiotics over the recent years has been of great concern all over
the world. It is estimated that about 100,000 tons to 200,000 tons of antibiotics are being …

Pharmaceutically active compounds in aqueous environment: A status, toxicity and insights of remediation

A Majumder, B Gupta, AK Gupta - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) have pernicious effects on all kinds of life
forms because of their toxicological effects and are found profoundly in various wastewater …

Pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, personal care products, nanomaterials and perfluorinated pollutants: a review

JO Tijani, OO Fatoba, OO Babajide… - Environmental chemistry …, 2016 - Springer
The presence of emerging micropollutants such as pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors,
personal care products, nanomaterials and perfluorinated substances in the environment …

Occurrence of antibiotics and risk of antibiotic resistance evolution in selected Kenyan wastewaters, surface waters and sediments

P Kairigo, E Ngumba, LR Sundberg, A Gachanja… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Active pharmaceutical ingredients, especially antibiotics, are micropollutants whose
continuous flow into hydrological cycles has the potential to mediate antibiotic resistance in …

[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 …

Status of pharmaceuticals in African water bodies: occurrence, removal and analytical methods

LM Madikizela, NT Tavengwa, L Chimuka - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this review paper, the milestones and challenges that have been achieved and
experienced by African Environmental Scientists regarding the assessment of water …

Surveillance of plasticizers, bisphenol A, steroids and caffeine in surface water of River Ganga and Sundarban wetland along the Bay of Bengal: occurrence, sources …

P Chakraborty, NW Shappell, M Mukhopadhyay… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The transboundary River Ganga serves as a conduit for meltwater from the
Himalayas and is a major freshwater source for two thirds of Indian population before …