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 …

[HTML][HTML] Promising bioprocesses for the efficient removal of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistance genes from urban and hospital wastewaters: Potentialities of aerobic …

L Perez-Bou, A Gonzalez-Martinez… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use, overuse, and improper use of antibiotics have resulted in higher levels of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), which have profoundly …

Antibiotic resistance in urban and hospital wastewaters and their impact on a receiving freshwater ecosystem

P Lorenzo, A Adriana, S Jessica, B Carles, F Marinella… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to investigate the antibiotic resistance (AR) levels in
wastewater (WW) and the impact on the receiving river. Samples were collected once per …

Distribution of antibiotic resistance in the effluents of ten municipal wastewater treatment plants in China and the effect of treatment processes

W Ben, J Wang, R Cao, M Yang, Y Zhang, Z Qiang - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents represent an important
contamination source of antibiotic resistance, threatening the ecological safety of receiving …

Statistical modeling optimization for antibiotics decomposition by ultrasound/electro-Fenton integrated process: Non-carcinogenic risk assessment of drinking water

M Amarzadeh, S Salehizadeh, S Damavandi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work proposes an ultrasound (US) assisted electro-Fenton (EF) process for
eliminating penicillin G (PNG) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) from aqueous solutions and the …

A review on antibiotics removal: Leveraging the combination of grey and green techniques

J Fu, Y Zhao, Q Yao, O Addo-Bankas, B Ji… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are currently a major source of concern around the world due to the serious risks
posed to human health and the environment. The performance of the secondary wastewater …

Occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes and multidrug-resistant bacteria during wastewater treatment processes

M Kang, J Yang, S Kim, J Park, M Kim… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) constantly receive a wide variety of contaminants,
including pharmaceuticals, and are potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes …

Removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and antibiotic resistant bacteria in urban wastewater using UVA/TiO2/H2O2 photocatalysis

M Jiménez-Tototzintle, IJ Ferreira, S da Silva Duque… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The dispersion of pollutants and proliferation of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the aquatic
environment are an emerging health concern worldwide. In this sense, it is essential to …

Occurrence of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases, KPC-Type, and MCR-1.2-Producing Enterobacteriaceae from Wells, River Water, and Wastewater Treatment Plants …

M Caltagirone, E Nucleo, M Spalla, F Zara… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
To evaluate the water compartment antibiotic-resistance contamination rates, 11 wells, five
streams, and four treatment plants located in the Oltrepò Pavese area were screened for the …

Antibiotic resistant bacteria in urban sewage: Role of full-scale wastewater treatment plants on environmental spreading

A Turolla, M Cattaneo, F Marazzi, V Mezzanotte… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in wastewater was investigated and the
role of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in promoting or limiting antibiotic resistance …