Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) industries suffer inadequate effluent treatment due to the presence of recalcitrant substances, insufficient carbon source and nutrients. Biodegradation is the ability of microorganisms to metabolize pollutants in soil, sediment and water environment. There is great awareness in the positive impact that microorganisms play in protecting environm...

Antibiotics are widely used and their abuse has caused ecological hazard. Recently, pollution from pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has aroused great concern among governments and researchers. In order to elucidate the correlations among molecular structure, transmembrane distribution and toxicological effects of different kinds of antibiotics, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos ...

Tetracycline (TCy) belongs to PPCPs is such a widely used antibacterial drug, which discharged from urban wastewater treatment plants or agricultural ef?uents. Due low metabolism, poor absorption, overuse, and misuse, TCy considered as threat environment its removal waste-water vital. In this research, novel ionic liquid modi?ed magnetic activated carbon nanocomposite ([email protected]) was sy...

The occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in wastewater poses huge environmental threats, even at trace concentrations, novel approaches are urged due to the inefficiencies conventional treatment plants, especially when processing contaminants high concentrations. Meanwhile, another widespread problem aquatic domain is harmful algal blooms (HABs) which cause serious d...

The use of reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation is an increasingly common practice, which recently has found its own European regulatory frame. However, the partial removal organic contaminants together with other xenobiotic substances in current wastewater treatment plants leads to occurrence residues such pollutants treated effluents. Wastewater reclamation techniques are thus required...

Emerging contaminants (ECs) represent a small fraction of the large chemical pollution puzzle where wide variety potentially hazardous chemicals reach environment, and new compounds are continuously synthesized released in wastewater treatment plants ultimately effluent biosolids. ECs have been classified into various categories; however, this article focuses on fate major categories, namely ph...

This review summarizes peer-reviewed literature related to analysis, occurrence, and fate of emerging chemical contaminants in the water environment. The review focuses on the following broad categories of emerging contaminants: pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), including hormones, surfactants, and plasticizers; and brominated flame retar...