“…These compounds are toxic both to ecosystems and humans; they are low biodegradable even at low concentrations, carcinogenic, endocrine-disrupting, and mutagenic [1,5,6]. Consequently, strict environmental rules are set to control and minimize the effect of the mentioned compounds; hence steps to develop effective technologies to regulate the concentrations of these pollutants in water through various treatment technologies including biodegradation, oxidation, membrane separation, photocatalysis, and adsorption have been developed [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Although sophisticated methods are continuously proposed, adsorption particularly on activated carbons remains the most commonly used given its advantages such as low cost for reagents and devices, short process, and easy operation [3,5,14].…”