Occurrences and removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in drinking water and water/sewage treatment plants: A review

Y Yang, YS Ok, KH Kim, EE Kwon, YF Tsang - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, many of micropollutants have been widely detected because of continuous
input of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) into the environment and …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment

AJ Ebele, MAE Abdallah, S Harrad - Emerging contaminants, 2017 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are a unique group of emerging
environmental contaminants, due to their inherent ability to induce physiological effects in …

Mass trends of parabens, triclocarban and triclosan in Arizona wastewater collected after the 2017 FDA ban on antimicrobials and during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Adhikari, R Kumar, EM Driver, TD Perleberg… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobials like parabens, triclosan (TCS), and triclocarban (TCC) are of public health
concern worldwide due to their endocrine-disrupting properties and ability to promote …

Occurrence, fate and behavior of parabens in aquatic environments: a review

C Haman, X Dauchy, C Rosin, JF Munoz - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Parabens are esters of para-hydroxybenzoic acid, with an alkyl (methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl
or heptyl) or benzyl group. They are mainly used as preservatives in foodstuffs, cosmetics …

Are sunscreens a new environmental risk associated with coastal tourism?

D Sánchez-Quiles, A Tovar-Sánchez - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
The world coastal-zone population and coastal tourism are expected to grow during this
century. Associated with that, there will be an increase in the use of sunscreens and …

Occurrence and risks of triclosan and triclocarban in the Pearl River system, South China: from source to the receiving environment

JL Zhao, GG Ying, YS Liu, F Chen, JF Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2010 - Elsevier
We investigated two commonly used antimicrobial agents triclosan (TCS) and triclocarban
(TCC) in the Pearl River system in China (ie, Liuxi, Zhujiang and Shijing Rivers) and four …

Current approaches to trace analysis of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment

WW Buchberger - Journal of Chromatography A, 2011 - Elsevier
A large number of xenobiotics including pharmaceuticals and personal care products are
continuously released into the environment. Effluents from sewage treatment plants are well …

Presence, behaviour and removal of selected organic micropollutants through drinking water treatment

J Borrull, A Colom, J Fabregas, F Borrull, E Pocurull - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the occurrence and removal of 60 organic micropollutants (OMPs)
including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides and per-and polyfluoroalkyl …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products as emerging environmental contaminants: prevalence, toxicity, and remedial approaches

A Chakraborty, S Adhikary… - ACS Chemical Health …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) are synthetic compounds widely
used as consumer items such as cosmetics and therapeutic drugs across the globe. The …

Occurrence of pesticides and PPCPs in surface and drinking water in southern Brazil: data on 4-year monitoring

SS Caldas, JLO Arias, C Rombaldi, LL Mello… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
This study evaluated the environmental occurrence of fifty-one pesticides, pharmaceuticals
and personal care products (PPCPs) in surface and drinking water samples collected in …