Endocrine-disrupting compounds: Occurrence, detection methods, effects and promising treatment pathways—A critical review

WT Vieira, MB de Farias, MP Spaolonzi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increase in the anthropogenic impact has induced a constant discharge of new
substances into the environment. Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) belong to this …

The versatility of montmorillonite in water remediation using adsorption: Current studies and challenges in drug removal

DB França, LS Oliveira, FG Nunes Filho… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The persistence of contaminants such as pharmaceutical products including antibiotics, anti-
inflammatory agents, hormones, and many other substances in aquatic environments has …

Contaminantes emergentes em matrizes aquáticas do Brasil: cenário atual e aspectos analíticos, ecotoxicológicos e regulatórios

CC Montagner, C Vidal, RD Acayaba - Química nova, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Emerging contaminants occur in parts per trillion or less in aquatic matrices. The effects
related to the exposure of aquatic biota and human to them have been identified for different …

Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole by microalgae-bacteria consortium in wastewater treatment plant effluents

DA da Silva Rodrigues, CCRF da Cunha… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) has been commonly detected in wastewater treatment plant
(WWTP) effluents. SMX and other antibiotics can be considered as environmental …

Ecological risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds in Brazilian surface waters

AT de Rezende, AH Mounteer - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds are organic micropollutants that can
cause adverse effects at low concentrations. Their occurrence in surface waters has been …

Draw solution solute selection for a hybrid forward osmosis-membrane distillation module: effects on trace organic compound rejection, water flux and polarization

GS Arcanjo, FCR Costa, BC Ricci, AH Mounteer… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The integrated forward osmosis membrane bioreactor and membrane distillation (OMBR-
MD) is an emerging technique for wastewater reclamation and trace organic compound …

Occurrence and removal of micropollutants in full-scale aerobic, anaerobic and facultative wastewater treatment plants in Brazil

O Komolafe, W Mrozik, J Dolfing, K Acharya… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to evaluate micropollutant occurrence and removal in a low-middle income
country (LMIC) by investigating the occurrence of 28 chemicals from different classes …

Água de reúso: uma alternativa sustentável para o Brasil

PG Moura, FN Aranha, NB Handam… - … Sanitária e Ambiental, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
As motivações para a busca de soluções e alternativas que podem diminuir o estresse
hídrico são evidentemente importantes. Mesmo que renováveis, os recursos hídricos de …

Pesticides removal from industrial wastewater by a membrane bioreactor and post-treatment with either activated carbon, reverse osmosis or ozonation

TS de Almeida Lopes, R Hessler, C Bohner… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of a pilot membrane bioreactor
(MBR) to treat effluents from a fruit processing factory, for the removal of pesticides, on its …

Improving biological removal of pharmaceutical active compounds and estrogenic activity in a mesophilic anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactor treating municipal …

GS Arcanjo, CR Dos Santos, BF Cavalcante, GA Moura… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The contamination of water sources by pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) and
their effect on aquatic communities and human health have become an environmental …