Human health and ecological risk assessment of 98 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) detected in Indian surface and wastewaters

A Sengar, A Vijayanandan - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The release of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental
waters has become an urgent issue due to their pseudo-persistent traits. The present study …

Emerging contaminants in Indian environmental matrices–a review

JM Philip, UK Aravind, CT Aravindakumar - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The emergence of issues related to environment from ECs is a topic under serious
discussions worldwide in recent years. Indian scenario is not an exception as it is …

Degradation of pharmaceuticals by ultrasound-based advanced oxidation process

MP Rayaroth, UK Aravind… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2016 - Springer
Water pollution by pharmaceutically active compounds is an emerging issue. Toxicological
studies reveal that pharmaceuticals are indeed toxic for living organisms. The lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging organic contaminants in the River Ganga and key tributaries in the middle Gangetic Plain, India: Characterization, distribution & controls

LA Richards, S Guo, DJ Lapworth, D White, W Civil… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence and distribution of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) in freshwater
environments is a key issue in India and globally, particularly due to ecotoxicological and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of inorganic ions on the ultrasound initiated degradation and product formation of triphenylmethane dyes

MP Rayaroth, UK Aravind, CT Aravindakumar - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Triphenylmethane (TPM) dyes are an important category of dyes with a variety of industrial
applications and consequently, these are found in the aquatic environment at relatively …

Degradation kinetics and transformation products of chlorophene by aqueous permanganate

X Xu, J Chen, S Wang, J Ge, R Qu, M Feng, VK Sharma… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the oxidation of an antibacterial agent, chlorophene (4-chloro-2-
(phenylmethyl) phenol, CP), by permanganate (Mn (VII)) in water. Second-order rate …

Sonochemical degradation of DEET in aqueous medium: Complex by-products from synergistic effect of sono-Fenton–New insights from a HRMS study

JM Philip, CM Koshy, UK Aravind… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A detailed investigation on the sonochemical degradation of DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-
toluamide), a widely used broad spectrum insect repellant and an ubiquitous contaminant of …

Fe (VI)-mediated single-electron coupling processes for the removal of chlorophene: a combined experimental and computational study

J Chen, N Wu, X Xu, R Qu, C Li, X Pan… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Potassium ferrate [Fe (VI)] is a promising oxidant widely used in water treatment for the
elimination of organic pollutants. In this work, the reaction kinetics, products, and …

Screening and quantification of emerging contaminants in Periyar River, Kerala (India) by using high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-Q-ToF-MS)

NK Khalid, D Devadasan, UK Aravind… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
The presence of emerging contaminants (ECs) in different aquatic systems may contribute to
hazardous effects on aquatic organisms and subsequently on human health. In the present …

Ultrasound based AOP for emerging pollutants: from degradation to mechanism

MP Rayaroth, UK Aravind… - Environmental Science and …, 2017 - Springer
Ultrasound is known to degrade organic compounds by pyrolysis and by the reaction of free
radicals. In this work, sonolytic degradation of an identified water pollutant, coomassie …