Exploring eco-friendly approaches for mitigating pharmaceutical and personal care products in aquatic ecosystems: A sustainability assessment

Miraji, Hossein; Ripanda, Asha; Bakari, Ramadhani; Islam, Nazim Forid; Jiang, Guangming; Sarma, Hemen

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137715

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to also study the possibilities of an additional treatment stage in WWTPs. This issue has been addressed in studies [13,[42][43][44], where effective methods for treating NSAIDs have been confirmed, such as adsorption processes, membrane separations, advanced oxidation processes, or biodegradation/biotransformation. The adsorption technique is highly versatile, flexible, simple, fast, easily operable, and does not result in sludge formation, unlike membrane separation [45].…”

Section: Methods Of Removing Nsaids From the Aquatic Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the pore size decreases, the efficiency of contaminant elimination increases, but it also leads to higher operational and financial demands [13]. Advanced oxidation processes include chemical [44], electrochemical, or photochemical [13,44,47] methods. However, advanced oxidation processes often result in the formation of intermediate products that are more toxic than the original micropollutants.…”

Section: Methods Of Removing Nsaids From the Aquatic Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Issues of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Aquatic Environments: A Review Study

Placova,

Halfar,

Brozova

et al. 2023

The 4th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering

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Section: Methods Of Removing Nsaids From the Aquatic Environmentmentioning

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Section: Methods Of Removing Nsaids From the Aquatic Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Issues of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Aquatic Environments: A Review Study

Placova,

Halfar,

Brozova

et al. 2023

The 4th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering

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“…These are toxic to aquatic ecosystems and other organisms, as they bioaccumulate are bioactive and have endocrine‐disrupting properties (Díaz‐Cruz & Barceló, 2015). One of the significant sources of entry of PCPs into the aquatic system is the direct discharge of untreated or half‐treated effluent into surface waterbodies (Hossein et al., 2023). PCPs discharged in the surface water reach groundwater by leaching or bank filtration.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ecological problems associated with personal care products and the role of microbes in aquatic environment

Paul,

Bhattacharjee

et al. 2023

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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In the present world, everyone is health, hygiene, and beauty conscious. Most households use different personal care products (PCPs) to keep themselves clean and hygienic. But when it comes to disposal, not much care is taken. PCPs are being liberated into the environment on a regular basis causing harm to the ecosystem. The prevalence of these PCPs as soaps, nail paints, hair dyes, fragrances, emulsifiers, antioxidants, ultraviolet absorbers, preservatives, disinfectants, etc. is posing severe health concerns. It has been studied that together these PCPs being biologically active and highly persistent, in turn impacts the lives of living beings. This review work aimed to elucidate and analyze the problems associated with personal care products when discharged into the aquatic system from different sources that cause detrimental effects on the organisms at different trophic levels and on human beings which has been included in this discussion, the variety of sources and how they impact the aquatic life as well as the movement of the emerging toxicants to the higher trophic levels through the food chain. This work also has analyzed the bioremediation of a few toxicants like, paraben, phthalate, sulphate by some potential microorganisms and the limitations in the microbial remediation process.

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“…1,2 Inadequate removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) leads to their presence in surface waters and other compartments, such as soil, landfill groundwater, and drinking water. 3,4 Various physical-chemical processes, including fenton, photofenton, photocatalysis, reverse osmosis, activated carbon adsorption, ozonation, nanofiltration, ultraviolet irradiation, and chlorination, effectively remove PPCPs from wastewater. 5,6 Nonetheless, these methods often come with high operating and maintenance costs.…”

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“…Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are organic micropollutants of emerging concern detected in various environmental matrices, posing potential risks to human health and the environment, raising an issue of global relevance, as they are compounds applied worldwide. , Inadequate removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) leads to their presence in surface waters and other compartments, such as soil, landfill groundwater, and drinking water. , …”

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Enhancing Organic Micropollutants Removal in Wastewater with an Innovative Two-Stage Anaerobic Fixed-Film Bioreactor: Role of Acidogenic and Methanogenic Steps

Carneiro,

Gomes,

Sabatini

et al. 2023

ACS EST Eng.

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The distinct stages of anaerobic digestion (AD) exhibit varying effects on the removal of diverse organic micropollutants present in wastewater. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of AD phase separation (acidogenesis and methanogenesis) in a two-stage anaerobic fixed-film bioreactor in the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from wastewater. The acidogenic−-methanogenic reactor achieved removal rates of over 95% for the chemicals sulfamethoxazole, methylparaben, propylparaben, naproxen, and acetaminophen and surpassed the single-stage methanogenic reactor in the removal of the more persistent compounds, ibuprofen, carbamazepine, metoprolol, ciprofloxacin, and diclofenac. The acidogenic step played a pivotal role in degrading persistent PPCPs, likely attributed to the selection of microbial enzymes involved in the production of volatile fatty acids from the oxidation of carbohydrates. The key candidate microbial genera for the PPCPs biodegradation were identified in the acidogenic reactor as Bacteroides, Clostridium, Williamwhitmania, Catenisphaera, and Erysipelothrix. In the methanogenic reactor, there was a predominance of Rectinema, Smithella, Syntrophus, and Syntrophorhabdus in coculture with hydrogen-using methanogens (Methanoregula and Methanolinea). This innovative two-stage reactor presents a promising solution for efficient organic micropollutant elimination in wastewater treatment plants.

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Exploring eco-friendly approaches for mitigating pharmaceutical and personal care products in aquatic ecosystems: A sustainability assessment

Cited by 20 publications

References 83 publications

Issues of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Aquatic Environments: A Review Study

Issues of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Aquatic Environments: A Review Study

Ecological problems associated with personal care products and the role of microbes in aquatic environment

Enhancing Organic Micropollutants Removal in Wastewater with an Innovative Two-Stage Anaerobic Fixed-Film Bioreactor: Role of Acidogenic and Methanogenic Steps

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