Emerging contaminants are distributed in to the environment from various anthropogenic activities. These Emerging contaminants (ECs) are mainly composed of products, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PCPs), surfactants, plasticizers, pesticides etc. The present conventional system of waste treatment are not designed to treat these contaminants. Complex structure of these pollutan...

Emerging contaminants are distributed in to the environment from various anthropogenic activities. These Emerging contaminants (ECs) are mainly composed of products, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PCPs), surfactants, plasticizers, pesticides etc. The present conventional system of waste treatment are not designed to treat these contaminants. Complex structure of these pollutan...

Contaminants of emergent concern (CECs) in aquatic ecosystems entail a potential risk for the environment, due to their persistent behavior and adverse effect on living organisms during long-term exposition, even at residual concentrations. Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) are not designed eliminate CECs properly because treatment technologies enough remove these contaminants, w...

Water pollution by emerging contaminants has become a major source of concern and priority for society public authorities. Emerging are group natural synthetic chemicals biological agents that not routinely monitored or regulated in the environment may have known suspected adverse effects on human health. The list these substances is particularly long includes pharmaceuticals, personal care pro...

Contaminants of emerging concern, or CECs, can be broadly defined as chemicals that have been recently detected in the environment and that may pose public health or ecological risks. CECs encompass a wide variety of chemicals, including pharmaceuticals and household chemicals. Many CECs differ from conventional environmental contaminants such as pesticides, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (P...

A review is presented of how one defines emerging contaminants and what can be included in that group of contaminants which is preferably termed "contaminants of emerging concern". An historical perspective is given on the evolution of the issues surrounding emerging contaminants and how environmental scientists have tackled this issue. This begins with global lead contamination from the Romans...

Abstract Identifying and listing substances or materials as contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) is not a simple task, for the marine environment specifically challenge environmental regulators, managers researchers worldwide (Box 13.1) (Tornero V, Hanke G (2017) Potential chemical in environment: An overview main contaminant lists. Office European Union Publications, Luxembourg. Available a...