To inform future monitoring and assessment of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) in coastal urban watersheds, the occurrence and fate of more than 60 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), commercial/household chemicals, current-use pesticides, and hormones were characterized in 2 effluent-dominated rivers in southern California (USA). Water samples were collected during 2 low-fl...

In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of UV-LED-irradiated TiO2 in removing 24 commonly detected PPCPs two water matrices (municipal wastewater effluent and Suwannee River NOM–synthetic water) compared their performance with that ultrapure water. Relatively fast removal kinetics were observed for 29% 12% synthetic surface water, respectively (kapp 1–2 min?1). However, they all remained ...

BACKGROUND There is growing interest in the natural and constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. While nutrient removal in wetlands has been extensively investigated, information regarding the degradation of the pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has only recently been emerging. PPCPs are widely distributed in urban wastewaters and can be removed to some extent by the cons...

Municipal wastewaters are recognized as a major source of pharmaceutical and personal care products to the aquatic environment, thereby exposing biota to unknown chronic effects. This study sought to examine the immunotoxic effects of pharmaceutical and urban waste products on the freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata. Hemolymph samples were collected and treated in vitro with increasing concen...

Background: There is growing interest in the natural and constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. While nutrient removal in wetlands has been extensively investigated, information regarding the degradation of the pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has only recently been emerging. PPCPs are widely distributed in urban wastewaters and can be removed to some extent by the con...

Advanced nanomaterials with enhanced optical and photocatalytic properties for the photodegradation of organic pollutants, in particular pharmaceuticals personal care products (PPCPs), were successfully prepared by a swift one-pot synthesis. Nanostructured materials synthesized through an integrated hydrothermal procedure which generates titanate nanotubes (TNTs) different carbon dots (C-dots) ...

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) were investigated in five wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), groundwater, irrigated soils, Amman Al-Balqa governorates Jordan. PPCPs extracted from water samples by solid-phase extraction (SPE) analyzed high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS). Carbamazepine, ciprofloxacin, ceftiofur, diclofena...