Current research trends on emerging contaminants pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs): a comprehensive review

M Kumar, S Sridharan, AD Sawarkar, A Shakeel… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical and personnel care products (PPCPs) from wastewater are a potential
hazard to the human health and wildlife, and their occurrence in wastewater has caught the …

Which micropollutants in water environments deserve more attention globally?

Y Yang, X Zhang, J Jiang, J Han, W Li… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Increasing chemical pollution of aquatic environments is a growing concern with global
relevance. A large number of organic chemicals are termed as “micropollutants” due to their …

Plastic pollution, waste management issues, and circular economy opportunities in rural communities

FC Mihai, S Gündoğdu, LA Markley, A Olivelli, FR Khan… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rural areas are exposed to severe environmental pollution issues fed by industrial and
agricultural activities combined with poor waste and sanitation management practices …

A worldwide review of currently used pesticides' monitoring in agricultural soils

S Sabzevari, J Hofman - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The adverse effects of pesticides on the agricultural ecosystem have been matter of concern
in recent decades. However, attention has mostly been directed to highly persistent …

A comparative review of microplastics in lake systems from different countries and regions

S Yang, M Zhou, X Chen, L Hu, Y Xu, W Fu, C Li - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics, as defined here as plastics with a diameter of< 5 mm, can impose severely
detrimental impacts on the environment and can now be commonly found in different water …

A One Health perspective of the impacts of microplastics on animal, human and environmental health

JC Prata, JP da Costa, I Lopes, AL Andrady… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics contamination is widespread in the environment leading to the exposure of
both humans and other biota. While most studies overemphasize direct toxicity of …

A systematic review of freshwater microplastics in water and sediments: recommendations for harmonisation to enhance future study comparisons

HC Lu, S Ziajahromi, PA Neale, FDL Leusch - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are contaminants of emerging concern that have been widely detected in
aquatic environments over the past decades. While in recent years an increasing number of …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing and forecasting water quality in the Danube River by using neural network approaches

PL Georgescu, S Moldovanu, C Iticescu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The health and quality of the Danube River ecosystems is strongly affected by the nutrients
loads (N and P), degree of contamination with hazardous substances or with oxygen …

Peroxymonosulfate assisted pesticide breakdown: Unveiling the potential of a novel S-scheme ZnO@ CoFe2O4 photo-catalyst, anchored on activated carbon

N Tian, Z Madani, S Giannakis, AA Isari… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
A ternary hetero-junction was prepared by anchoring ZnO@ CoFe 2 O 4 (ZCF) on activated
carbon (AC) and employed as a UV-assisted peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activator to boost …

Wastewater irrigation in India: Current status, impacts and response options

PS Minhas, JK Saha, ML Dotaniya, A Sarkar… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater generated from urban agglomerations in India is estimated to be 26.4 km 3
annually and 28% of it is treated. This has a potential to irrigate about 2.1 million-ha …