Treatment technologies for emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plants: A review

PR Rout, TC Zhang, P Bhunia, RY Surampalli - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The “emerging contaminants”(ECs) are predominantly unregulated anthropogenic
chemicals that occur in air, soil, water, food, and human/animal tissues in trace …

Occurrence and fate of antibiotics, antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in municipal wastewater treatment plant: An overview

J Wang, L Chu, L Wojnárovits, E Takács - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The occurrence and fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) and antibiotic
resistant bacteria (ARB) in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Abundance, fate, and effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environments

AS Adeleye, J Xue, Y Zhao, AA Taylor… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are found in wastewater, and thus,
the environment. In this study, current knowledge about the occurrence and fate of PPCPs in …

Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives

VK Parida, D Saidulu, A Majumder, A Srivastava… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have been a threat to the aqueous environment because of
their persistent nature and ability to adversely affect the living organisms exposed to them for …

Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants

JK Jung, KK Alam, MS Verosloff, DA Capdevila… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Lack of access to safe drinking water is a global problem, and methods to reliably and easily
detect contaminants could be transformative. We report the development of a cell-free in …

Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Carbon-based sustainable nanomaterials for water treatment: state-of-art and future perspectives

M Nasrollahzadeh, M Sajjadi, S Iravani, RS Varma - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The supply of safe drinking and clean water is becoming increasingly challenging
proposition throughout the world. The deployment of environmentally sustainable …

A critical review on antibiotics and hormones in swine wastewater: Water pollution problems and control approaches

D Cheng, HH Ngo, W Guo, SW Chang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Swine wastewater (SW) is an important source of antibiotics and hormones (A&H) in the
environment due to their large-scale application in swine industry. A&H in SW can be …

Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: A review on eco-toxicology and the remediation potential of algae

M Hejna, D Kapuścińska, A Aksmann - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pollution of the aquatic environment has become a worldwide problem. The widespread
use of pesticides, heavy metals and pharmaceuticals through anthropogenic activities has …

Advanced oxidation process-mediated removal of pharmaceuticals from water: A review

D Kanakaraju, BD Glass, M Oelgemöller - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals, which are frequently detected in natural and wastewater bodies as well as
drinking water have attracted considerable attention, because they do not readily …