[HTML][HTML] Emerging contaminants in biosolids: Presence, fate and analytical techniques

R Kumar, AK Vuppaladadiyam, E Antunes… - Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) represent a small fraction of the large chemical pollution
puzzle where a wide variety of potentially hazardous chemicals reach the environment, and …

Uptake, occurrence, and effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics in plants and edible crops

LM Madikizela, TL Botha, I Kamika… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The plant uptake of pharmaceuticals that include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) and analgesics from contaminated environment has benefits and drawbacks …

Simultaneous detection of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in three types of bio-based fertilizers by an improved QuEChERS method coupled with UHPLC-q-ToF-MS …

Y Dong, S Das, JR Parsons, A Praetorius… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) have the potential to contain both pesticides and pharmaceutical
residues, which may pose a threat to soils, crops, and human health. However, no analytical …

Recent advancements on the migration and transformation of hydrophobic pharmaceutically active compounds in anaerobic digestion process

MH Cui, L Chen, XD Zhang, Q Zhang, H Pan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The environmental behavior and ecological impacts of pharmacologically active compounds
(PhACs) now have attracted intensive attention due to their potential negative effects on the …

Characterization of five portuguese wastewater treatment plants: Removal efficiency of pharmaceutical active compounds through conventional treatment processes …

S Silva, VV Cardoso, L Duarte, RN Carneiro… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to the high consumption and incorrect disposal of pharmaceutical active compounds
(PhACs), they are recognized as contaminants of emerging concern. Wastewater treatment …

Addressing the water-energy nexus: A focus on the barriers and potentials of harnessing wastewater treatment processes for biogas production in Sub Saharan Africa

GN Ijoma, A Mutungwazi, T Mannie, W Nurmahomed… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Several anthropogenic activities reduce the supply of freshwater to living organisms in all
ecological systems, particularly the human population. Organic matter in derived wastewater …

Tracing COVID-19 drugs in the environment: Are we focusing on the right environmental compartment?

H Dai, C Wang, W Yu, J Han - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to over 770 million
confirmed cases, straining public healthcare systems and necessitating extensive and …

P-recovery versus current sewage sludge treatment policy in the Czech Republic and Japan

M Hušek, R Homma, J Moško, M Pohořelý… - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
Phosphorus is an important element for agriculture and industry, but its deposits are not
uniformly distributed. Countries that do not have primary sources are dependent on imports …

Transition metal copper composite ionic liquid self-built ratiometric sensor for the detection of paracetamol

X Chen, Y Li, X Li, R Li, B Ye - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a MOF derivative Cu-PF 6-MOF composed of transition metal copper and ionic
liquid [BMIM] PF 6 was used to construct a ratiometric electrochemical sensor for …

Biosolid amendment, toxicity, and management through biochar in soil-vegetable systems: a review

M Pandey, A Tirkey, A Tiwari, SS Lee… - Toxicological & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products are toxic chemicals which are widespread
primarily due to wastewater application and its treatment processes. Biosolids are treated …