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EU-wide monitoring survey on emerging polar organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluents.
Robert Loos,Raquel N. Carvalho,Diana C. António,Sara Comero,Giovanni Locoro,Simona Tavazzi,Bruno Paracchini,Michela Ghiani,Teresa Lettieri,Ludek Blaha,Barbora Jarošová,Stefan Voorspoels,Kelly Servaes,Peter Haglund,Jerker Fick,Richard H. Lindberg,David Schwesig,Bernd Manfred Gawlik +17 more
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The obtained results show the presence of 125 substances (80% of the target compounds) in European wastewater effluents, in concentrations ranging from low nanograms to milligrams per liter, which allow for an estimation to be made of a European median level for the chemicals investigated in WWTP effluent waters.About:
This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2013-11-01. It has received 922 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products.read more
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A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment
Yunlong Luo,Wenshan Guo,Huu Hao Ngo,Long D. Nghiem,Faisal I. Hai,Jian Zhang,Shuang Liang,Xiaochang C. Wang +7 more
TL;DR: This review provides a summary of the recent occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment including sewage, surface water, groundwater and drinking water.
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A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future monitoring.
TL;DR: Understudied areas of emerging contaminant (EC) research in wastewaters and the environment are identified, and direction for future monitoring is recommended, and the fate and impact of ECs in all exposed environmental compartments are studied.
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Pharmaceuticals of Emerging Concern in Aquatic Systems: Chemistry, Occurrence, Effects, and Removal Methods.
TL;DR: Adsorption technologies are a low-cost alternative, easily used in developing countries where there is a dearth of advanced technologies, skilled personnel, and available capital, and adsorption appears to be the most broadly feasible pharmaceutical removal method.
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Antibiotics in the aquatic environments: A review of the European scenario.
Isabel Carvalho,Lúcia Santos +1 more
TL;DR: This literature review summarizes the state of knowledge on the occurrence of antibiotics in the different aqueous environmental systems across the Europe, as reported since 2000 and provides an improved understanding on aquatic pollution by antibiotics to outline the European scenario.
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Deuterium- and Tritium-Labelled Compounds: Applications in the Life Sciences
TL;DR: Advances in the application of hydrogen isotopes in the life sciences are described and 3 H, in particular, has seen an increase in utilization, especially in pharmaceutical drug discovery.
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Occurrence of drugs in German sewage treatment plants and rivers
TL;DR: In this article, the occurrence of 32 drug residues belonging to different medicinal classes like antiphlogistics, lipid regulators, psychiatric drugs, antiepileptic drugs, betablockers and β 2 -sympathomimetics as well as five metabolites has been investigated in German municipal sewage treatment plant (STP) discharges, river and stream waters.
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The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems
René P. Schwarzenbach,Beate I. Escher,Kathrin Fenner,Thomas B. Hofstetter,C. Annette Johnson,Urs von Gunten,Bernhard Wehrli +6 more
TL;DR: There are three scientific challenges in addressing water-quality problems caused by micropollutants, and usage and disposal strategies should aim to minimize introduction of critical pollutants into the aquatic environment.
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Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater: Removal, mass load and environmental risk after a secondary treatment—A review
TL;DR: This analysis shows that the highest amounts discharged through secondary effluent pertain to one antihypertensive, and several beta-blockers and analgesics/anti-inflammatories, while the highest risk is posed by antibiotics and several psychiatric drugs and analgesic/ anti- inflammatories.
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Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: a review
I. Michael,Luigi Rizzo,Christa S. McArdell,Célia M. Manaia,Christophe Merlin,Thomas Schwartz,Christophe Dagot,Despo Fatta-Kassinos +7 more
TL;DR: The aim of the present paper is to critically review the fate and removal of various antibiotics in wastewater treatment, focusing on different processes (i.e. biological processes, advanced treatment technologies and disinfection) in view of the current concerns related to the induction of toxic effects in aquatic and terrestrial organisms.
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The removal of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors and illicit drugs during wastewater treatment and its impact on the quality of receiving waters.
TL;DR: Treated wastewater effluents were the main contributors to PPCPs concentrations in the rivers studied, and the effect of WWTP effluent on the quality of river water is significant and cannot be underestimated.