COVID-19 drugs in aquatic systems: a review

W Gwenzi, R Selvasembian, NAO Offiong… - Environmental chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
The outbreak of the human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has induced an
unprecedented increase in the use of several old and repurposed therapeutic drugs such as …

[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 …

Global groundwater vulnerability for Pharmaceutical and Personal care products (PPCPs): The scenario of second decade of 21st century

R Silori, V Shrivastava, A Singh, P Sharma… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global production of PPCPs have increased by multiple folds promoting excessive
exposure of its metabolites to humans via different aquatic systems. The higher residence …

Trace detection and quantitation of antibiotics in a South African stream receiving wastewater effluents and municipal dumpsite leachates

S Ncube, YB Nuapia, L Chimuka… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
One of the major concerns in the consumption of antibiotics is the discovery of antibacterial
resistant genes due to prolonged exposure which makes their presence in environmental …

Magnetic mesoporous carbon/β-cyclodextrin–chitosan nanocomposite for extraction and preconcentration of multi-class emerging contaminant residues in …

GP Mashile, A Mpupa, PN Nomngongo - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study reports the development of magnetic solid-phase extraction combined with high-
performance liquid chromatography for the determination of ten trace amounts of emerging …

Ciprofloxacin removal as an emerging contaminant using electrochemical advanced reduction process: Mechanism, degradation pathway and reaction kinetic

M Safdari, MM Emamjomeh, A Rezaee - Journal of Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The introduction of emerging contaminants (ECs), particularly antibiotics to the water
resources has grown in recent years. Due to its widespread application and their toxicity, the …

Emerging organic contaminants in shallow groundwater underlying two contrasting peri-urban areas in Uganda

FRB Twinomucunguzi, PM Nyenje… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
This study investigated the occurrence and seasonal variation in concentrations of emerging
organic contaminants (EOCs) in shallow groundwater underlying two peri-urban areas of …

[HTML][HTML] Scientometric trends and knowledge maps of global polychlorinated naphthalenes research over the past four decades

C Olisah, A Malloum, KA Adegoke, JO Ighalo… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) were included in the banned list of the Stockholm
Convention due to their potential to provoke a wide range of adverse effects on living …

Emerging organic contaminants in drinking water systems: Human intake, emerging health risks, and future research directions

J Marumure, TT Simbanegavi, Z Makuvara… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Few earlier reviews on emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) in drinking water systems
(DWS) focused on their detection, behaviour, removal and fate. Reviews on multiple …

Developing an Approach for Integrating Chemical Analysis and Transcriptional Changes to Assess Contaminants in Water, Sediment, and Fish

AS Cardenas Perez, JK Challis… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pharmaceuticals in aquatic environments pose threats to aquatic organisms because of their
continuous release and potential accumulation. Monitoring methods for these contaminants …