Occurrence, transformation, bioaccumulation, risk and analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater: a review

Almost all aspects of society from food security to disease control and prevention have benefited from pharmaceutical and personal care products, yet these products are a major source of contamination that ends up in wastewater and ecosystems. This issue has been sharply accentuated during the coron...

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Published in:Environmental chemistry letters 2022-12, Vol.20 (6), p.3883-3904
Main Authors: Anand, Uttpal, Adelodun, Bashir, Cabreros, Carlo, Kumar, Pankaj, Suresh, S., Dey, Abhijit, Ballesteros, Florencio, Bontempi, Elza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical Chemistry
Bioaccumulation
Chemical wastewater
Consumer products
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease control
Disinfectants
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Food contamination
Food security
Geochemistry
Pandemics
Pharmaceuticals
Pollution
Review
Risk analysis
Rivers
Viral diseases
Wastewater
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Summary:Almost all aspects of society from food security to disease control and prevention have benefited from pharmaceutical and personal care products, yet these products are a major source of contamination that ends up in wastewater and ecosystems. This issue has been sharply accentuated during the coronavirus disease pandemic 2019 (COVID-19) due to the higher use of disinfectants and other products. Here we review pharmaceutical and personal care products with focus on their occurrence in the environment, detection, risk, and removal.
ISSN:1610-3653
1610-3661
DOI:10.1007/s10311-022-01498-7