Pharmaceutical residues in environmental waters and wastewater: current state of knowledge and future research

Fatta‐Kassinos, Despo; Meriç, Süreyya; Nikolaou, Anastasia D.

doi:10.1007/s00216-010-4300-9

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“…PPs have been massively used and are considered emergent contaminants because they have been introduced in soils and waters through (i) human excretions in sewage collectors (especially from hospital effluents (Heberer, 2002)), (ii) disposal of unwanted, unused or expired products in the toilet or sink, and (iii) land application of animal manure (O'Connor and Aga, 2007) and treated sewage sludge (Kinney et al, 2006). PPs have been detected (at ng L − 1 and μg L − 1 levels) in a wide variety of water samples, such as effluents (from medical care units, landfills, and municipal sewage), seawater, drinking water, and surface-and groundwater, (Benotti et al, 2009;Fatta-Kassinos et al, 2011); but also in soils and sediments in concentrations ranging from μg kg − 1 to mg kg − 1 (Braganca et al, 2012;Li et al, 2012). Based on this, and to preserve drug and a priority substance that can present significant risk to or via the aquatic environment, according to the European Community (EC), Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (2011)) using green nZVIs.…”

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Application of green zero-valent iron nanoparticles to the remediation of soils contaminated with ibuprofen

Machado

Stawiński

Slonina

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Science of The Total Environment

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Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVIs) are often used in environmental remediation. Their high surface area that is associated with their high reactivity makes them an excellent agent capable of transforming/degrading contaminants in soils and waters. Due to the recent development of green methods for the production of nZVIs, the use of this material became even more attractive. However, the knowledge of its capacity to de-grade distinct types of contaminants is still scarce. The present work describes the study of the application of green nZVIs to the remediation of soils contami-nated with a common antiinflammatory drug, ibuprofen. The main objectives of this work were to produce nZVIs using extracts of grape marc, black tea and vine leaves, to verify the degradation of ibuprofen in aque-ous solutions by the nZVIs, to study the remediation process of a sandy soil contaminated with ibuprofen using the nZVIs, and to compare the experiments with other common chemical oxidants. The produced nZVIs had nanometric sizes and were able to degrade ibuprofen (54 to 66% of the initial amount) in aqueous solutions. Similar remediation efficiencies were obtained in sandy soils. In this case the remediation could be enhanced (achieving degradation efficiencies above 95%) through the complemen-tation of the process with a catalyzed nZVI Fenton-like reaction. These results indicate that this remediation technology represents a good alternative to traditional and more aggressive technologies.

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Application of green zero-valent iron nanoparticles to the remediation of soils contaminated with ibuprofen

Machado

Stawiński

Slonina

et al. 2013

Science of The Total Environment

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“…In the year 2000, the US Geological Survey performed a national reconnaissance of pharmaceuticals and other organic waste water contaminants in ground and drinking water sources [54,55]. In this study, water samples were collected from a network of 47 ground water sites across 18 US States, and 65 organic compounds were analyzed.…”

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Research trends on emerging environment pollutants – a review

Rykowska

Wasiak

2015

Open Chemistry

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Concern for the natural environment increasingly devotes more attention to growing potential hazards resulting from the release of various substances. Currently, one of the main problems associated with environmental pollution is the derivation of organic compounds from wastewater. Substances derived from sewage leaks into the environment in the form of a multicomponent mixtures often enhances the toxic effects caused by these compounds. While analyzing the reports in the literature of the last two decades it can be seen that substantial efforts are devoted to the determination of selected trace contaminants present in wastewater. Among the most marked there are endocrine disrupting compounds, residues of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, plastics and sunscreens. Recently, a new group of compounds joined the aforementioned contaminants, namely drugs, whose legality and availability is increasing every year. Exposure to these type of compounds, named in the literature as emerging contaminants (ECs), involves, among others, such effects as hormonal imbalance, reduction of the survivability of aquatic organisms and reproductive problems.This paper provides a review of the types of emerging organic groundwater contaminants (EGCs) which are beginning to be found in the natural environment in many countries all around the world.

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“…Contamination of water resources with pharmaceuticals has been one of the top concerns of environmental science in the latest years [1][2][3][4][5][6]. The widespread use of pharmaceuticals and the generally inefficient removal of such contaminants by most wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are the main reasons for their frequent transformation products which may be more persistent or toxic than the parent compounds if complete mineralization is not attained [2,7,8,11,12].…”

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confidence: 99%