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Removal of emerging contaminants from the environment by adsorption

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Adsorption is a promising method worldwide for EC removal since it is low initial cost for implementation, highly-efficient and has simple operating design.
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This article is published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.The article was published on 2018-04-15. It has received 587 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products & Wastewater.

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Biochar application for remediation of organic toxic pollutants in contaminated soils; An update.

TL;DR: The use of diverse technologies, involving chemical and physical principles, and passive uptake utilizing sorption using ecofriendly substrates have drawn a lot of interest in the last few years, due to its bio-resistance and potential to accumulate in the environment as discussed by the authors .
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Water-soluble polymers with the ability to remove amoxicillin as emerging pollutant from water

TL;DR: In this article, three polymers with different charge ratios (cationic:anionic) of 2:1, 1:2 and 1:1 (FSP-3) were synthesized.
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Chitosan-calcite from shrimp residues: A low-cost adsorbent for three triazines removal from aqueous media

TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption properties of the chitosan-calcite for prometryn, metribuzin, and terbuthylazine were investigated in a batch system as a function of the amount of adsorbent (10−100 mg), initial triazine concentration (1−100µmg/L), solution pH (3−11), and contact time (0−120 min).
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Development of Surface Molecularly Imprinted Polymers as Dispersive Solid Phase Extraction Coupled with HPLC Method for the Removal and Detection of Griseofulvin in Surface Water.

TL;DR: This study provides a specific and sensitive method for the selective extraction and detection of GSF in surface water samples and shows good removal efficiency as compared to powder activated carbon and other commercial sorbents.
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Sustainable Solar Light Photodegradation of Diclofenac by Nano- and Micro-Sized SrTiO3

TL;DR: In this article , the photocatalytic features of nano-and micro-sized commercial StO powders towards the photodegradation of diclofenac (DFC), a non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug, widely used as analgesic, antiarthritic, and antirheumatic.
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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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Adsorption and removal of tetracycline antibiotics from aqueous solution by graphene oxide

TL;DR: Graphene oxide is a potential effective absorbent for tetracycline antibiotics and can be used to remove them from aqueous solution and has a better rate constant of sorption, 0.065 g mg(-1) h(-1), than other adsorbents.
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Adsorptive removal of hazardous materials using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): A review

TL;DR: This review summarizes the recent literatures on the adsorptive removal of various hazardous compounds mainly from fuel, water, and air by virgin or modified MOF materials.
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Characteristics and adsorption capacities of low-cost sorbents for wastewater treatment: A review

TL;DR: In this article, low-cost byproducts from agricultural, household and industrial sectors have been recognized as a sustainable solution for wastewater treatment, which allow achieving the removal of pollutants from wastewater and at the same time to contribute to the waste minimization, recovery and reuse.
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Removal of hazardous organics from water using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): plausible mechanisms for selective adsorptions.

TL;DR: The adsorptive purifications of contaminated water with MOFs are discussed, in order to understand possible applications of MOFs in clean water provision and plausible adsorption or interaction mechanisms and selective adsorptions are summarized.
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