Treatment of Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater

Abstract

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Carbamazepine as a Possible Anthropogenic Marker in Water: Occurrences, Toxicological Effects, Regulations and Removal by Wastewater Treatment Technologies

“…Strict regulations were introduced in the 1960s in many countries for pharmaceutical production [117]. For example, in Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) undertakes assessments, similar to those of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to "ensure that prescription and 'over-the-counter' medicines, medical devices, and related products, supplied in or exported from Australia, meet appropriate standards" [118].…”

“…Despite the release of a significant amount of PhACs into the environment, there is limited literature available on regulations for the presence of pharmaceuticals in water [117]. The regulatory framework set out for pharmaceuticals governs the quality and safety of use, rather than the health and environmental risks of long-term exposure to drinking water containing trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals.…”

Removal of carbamazepine and sulfamethoxazole by MBR under anoxic and aerobic conditions

“…Wastewater-derived micropollutants including pharmaceutically active compounds are of significant concern due to their potential adverse human health and ecological effects (Virkutyte et al, 2010). Some of these micropollutants are not completely removed during conventional activated sludge treatment (CAS).…”

Estudio Exploratorio De La Presencia De Microcontaminantes en El Ciclo Urbano Del Agua en Colombia: Caso De Estudio Santiago De Cali

“…Se caracterizan por estar en el ambiente en concentraciones de µg/L o ng/L y se relacionan con efectos de toxicidad crónica y disrupción endocrina en los seres vivos (Virkutyte et al 2010, Kabir et al 2015.…”