Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plants from different geographical regions-a review

NH Tran, M Reinhard, KYH Gin - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants, such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, personal care products,
hormones, and artificial sweeteners, are recognized as new classes of water contaminants …

A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes

PY Nguyen, G Carvalho, MAM Reis, A Oehmen - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater effluent discharges have been considered as one of the main sources of
synthetic chemicals entering into the aquatic environment. Even though they occur at low …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic residues in final effluents of European wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the aquatic environment

S Rodriguez-Mozaz, I Vaz-Moreira… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
A comprehensive monitoring of a broad set of antibiotics in the final effluent of wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) of 7 European countries (Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Cyprus …

Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance …

P Krzeminski, MC Tomei, P Karaolia… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) discharged in effluents of wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs), not specifically designed for their removal, pose serious hazards to human …

Antibiotics in the aquatic environments: a review of the European scenario

IT Carvalho, L Santos - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of antibiotics is considered one of the most significant scientific achievements
of the 20th century, revolutionizing both human and veterinary medicine. However …

The occurrence, distribution and degradation of antibiotics by ionizing radiation: an overview

J Wang, R Zhuan, L Chu - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have been extensively applied, making them ubiquitous in aquatic environment.
As emerging contaminants, the occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in the environment …

Built-in electric field boosted exciton dissociation in sulfur doped BiOCl with abundant oxygen vacancies for transforming the pathway of molecular oxygen activation

C Zhang, Y Deng, Q Wan, H Zeng, H Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by photoinduced molecular oxygen (O 2)
activation has attracted great attention in environmental remediation and pollution control …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater treatment plants as a reservoir of integrase and antibiotic resistance genes–an epidemiological threat to workers and environment

W Zieliński, E Korzeniewska, M Harnisz… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional mechanical and biological wastewater treatment is unable to completely
eliminate all pollutants, which can therefore enter surface water bodies together with treated …

Occurrence of antibiotics in wastewater from hospital and convectional wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the effluent receiving rivers: current knowledge …

LO Omuferen, B Maseko, JO Olowoyo - Environmental monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
The increased usage of antibiotics over the recent years has been of great concern all over
the world. It is estimated that about 100,000 tons to 200,000 tons of antibiotics are being …

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics: an emerging class of environmental micropollutants

X Van Doorslaer, J Dewulf, H Van Langenhove… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this review paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of different chemical
and environmental aspects concerning fluoroquinolone antibiotics as emerging …