Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water: Conventional and Alternative Treatments

• Other Authors: Otero, Marta (Editor), Escapa, Carla (Editor), Coimbra, Ricardo N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; transportation of pharmaceuticals; Malaysian aquatic environment; pharmaceutical consumption; LC-ToF/MS; emerging contaminants (ECs); sorption; wastewater treatment; bioremediation; algae; Moringa stenopetala; water-soluble proteins; antibiotics removal efficiency; pharmaceuticals; water quality; water treatment; abatement options; fungi; biosorption; removal of pharmaceuticals; wastewater; phyco-remediation; emerging contaminants; paracetamol; Danio rerio; advanced oxidation processes; antibiotics; photolysis; ozone; hydrogen peroxide; Fenton; heterogeneous photocatalysis; sonochemical oxidation; electrooxidation; n/a
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Pharmaceuticals represent an especially worrying class of micropollutants because they are biologically active. Thus, their occurrence in aquatic environments may cause undesirable effects in living organisms and, if present in water sources for human consumption, may constitute a public health issu...