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Prevalence and hazardous impact of pharmaceutical and personal care products and antibiotics in environment: A review on emerging contaminants

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In this article, the major sources responsible for emergence of antibiotic resistance are elucidated and a variety of introductory sources and fate of PPCPs in aquatic environment including human and veterinary wastes, aquaculture and agriculture related wastes, and other anthropogenic activities have been discussed.
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This article is published in Environmental Research.The article was published on 2021-03-01. It has received 198 citations till now.

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Ecotoxicological effects, environmental fate and risks of pharmaceutical and personal care products in the water environment: A review.

TL;DR: In this paper, the toxicological effects of typical pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) and the environmental behavior of PPCPs in aquatic are reviewed, and the risk assessments of PLCPs in the water are summarized.
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Interaction of Microplastics with Antibiotics in Aquatic Environment: Distribution, Adsorption, and Toxicity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the interaction mechanisms of microplastics and antibiotics, and the effect of MPs on ATs bioavailability and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) abundance in aquatic environments.
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Recent progress on heterogeneous Fe-based materials induced persulfate activation for organics removal

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the latest progress in various heterogeneous Fe-based catalysts such as single zero-valent iron, monometallic iron (hydr)oxides, bimetallic iron oxides (e.g., ferrospinel, perovskite, layered double (hierarchical)oxide, and metal-organic frameworks), Febased sulfide/carbide/nitride, and other Febased materials for peroxymonosulfate and peroxydisulfate (PMS) activation is presented.
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Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive assessment of occurrence, ecotoxicological effects, and treatment methods of emerging contaminants (ECs) is provided, and a comprehensive risk assessment analysis of the EC has been performed, and it was found that caffeine, bisphenol-A, diazinon and malathion had high risk quotients.
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Nanoadsorbents in focus for the remediation of environmentally-related contaminants with rising toxicity concerns

TL;DR: This review summarizes the occurrence of antibiotics and PPCPs and the application of MNPs as pollutant mitigators in the aquatic environment and focuses on transportation fate, toxicity, and current regulations for environmental safety.
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Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.

TL;DR: Recent advances in understanding of the mechanisms by which bacteria are either intrinsically resistant or acquire resistance to antibiotics are reviewed, including the prevention of access to drug targets, changes in the structure and protection of antibiotic targets and the direct modification or inactivation of antibiotics.
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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment

TL;DR: A review of the current state-of-the-art on PPCPs in the freshwater aquatic environment is presented in this article, where the environmental risk posed by these contaminants is evaluated in light of the persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity criteria.
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Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river.

TL;DR: A widespread occurrence of antibiotics and ARGs in urban and hospital wastewater and how these effluents, even after treatment, contribute to the spread of these emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment is demonstrated.
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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): a review on environmental contamination in China.

TL;DR: It has been concluded that more contamination information of aquatic environment and wildlife as well as human body burden of PPCPs in different areas of China is urgent.
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