Insights into the fate and removal of antibiotics in engineered biological treatment systems: a critical review

AS Oberoi, Y Jia, H Zhang, SK Khanal… - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Antibiotics, the most frequently prescribed drugs of modern medicine, are extensively used
for both human and veterinary applications. Antibiotics from different wastewater sources …

Occurrence, transformation, bioaccumulation, risk and analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater: a review

U Anand, B Adelodun, C Cabreros, P Kumar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Almost all aspects of society from food security to disease control and prevention have
benefited from pharmaceutical and personal care products, yet these products are a major …

A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes

PY Nguyen, G Carvalho, MAM Reis, A Oehmen - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater effluent discharges have been considered as one of the main sources of
synthetic chemicals entering into the aquatic environment. Even though they occur at low …

Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance …

P Krzeminski, MC Tomei, P Karaolia… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) discharged in effluents of wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs), not specifically designed for their removal, pose serious hazards to human …

From the conventional biological wastewater treatment to hybrid processes, the evaluation of organic micropollutant removal: a review

C Grandclément, I Seyssiecq, A Piram… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Because of the recalcitrance of some micropollutants to conventional wastewater treatment
systems, the occurrence of organic micropollutants in water has become a worldwide issue …

Occurrence, toxicity impacts and mitigation of emerging micropollutants in the aquatic environments: Recent tendencies and perspectives

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, M Bilal - Journal of Environmental chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rampant industrial development, urbanization, and the exponential increase in population
growth resulted in an alarming number of emerging micropollutants. These micropollutants …

A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment

Y Luo, W Guo, HH Ngo, LD Nghiem, FI Hai… - Science of the total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Micropollutants are emerging as a new challenge to the scientific community. This review
provides a summary of the recent occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment …

Occurrence, removal and risk of organic micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants across China: Comparison of wastewater treatment processes

W Ben, B Zhu, X Yuan, Y Zhang, M Yang, Z Qiang - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated the occurrence, removal and risk of 42 organic micropollutants
(MPs), including 30 pharmaceuticals and personal care products and 12 endocrine …

Insights into biodegradation of antibiotics during the biofilm-based wastewater treatment processes

N Wang, L Peng, Y Gu, C Liang, RWM Pott… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread consumption of antibiotics has raised public concerns due to the potential
hazards of antibiotic residues to the environment. Compared to conventional activated …

A review on occurrences, eco-toxic effects, and remediation of emerging contaminants from wastewater: special emphasis on biological treatment based hybrid …

D Saidulu, B Gupta, AK Gupta, PS Ghosal - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous presence of emerging contaminants (ECs), such as pharmaceutically active
compounds, personal care products, pesticides, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, etc., in the …