Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues

Occurrence and Human Health Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in Drinking Water Sources in the Metropolitan Area of Turin in Italy

“…However, the distribution of safe drinking water is one of the most important-although intricate-issues nowadays since these sources can often be contaminated. Surface and groundwater quality may be affected by both natural and anthropogenic factors [1]. Metals, single organic ions, more complex organic molecules, and biological components can derive from various sources, such as natural disasters, rural run-off, industrial and sewage discharge, population, and economic growth [1,2].…”

“…Surface and groundwater quality may be affected by both natural and anthropogenic factors [1]. Metals, single organic ions, more complex organic molecules, and biological components can derive from various sources, such as natural disasters, rural run-off, industrial and sewage discharge, population, and economic growth [1,2]. Water utilities and the scientific community are called to find efficient contaminants' remediation systems in order to improve the performance of treatment plants and deliver safe drinking water to the population.…”

“…Pharmaceuticals and hormones (PhACs) represent one major category of anthropogenic contaminants present in the aquatic environment, degrading water quality [1]. In Europe, their use is continuously increasing, with 3000 compounds currently being active on the market [5].…”

Towards Scaling-up Photocatalytic Process for Multiphase Environmental Applications: A Review

“…Air pollution, both outdoor and indoor, represents a major threat to the human health, killing an estimated seven million people worldwide in 2016 [4], due to pollutants such as particulate matter, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Widespread water pollutants include perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, and endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) [5].…”

Grand Challenges in Sorption Technologies

“…In return, these models and modeling tools have also facilitated and promoted the growth of knowledge on sorption of contaminants in natural environmental matrices, especially with respect to traditional contaminants such as heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants. Recently, emerging contaminants including chemicals of emerging concern (CECs, e.g., pharmaceuticals and personal care products), engineered nanomaterials (ENMs, e.g., carbon nanomaterials and metal nanoparticles), and microplastics (MPs, such as plastic pellets and plastic fibers) have attracted increasing attention in the scientific communities (Wu et al, 2019;Richardson and Kimura, 2020). In comparison to the traditional contaminants, CECs, ENMs, and MPs are of greater concern because their environmental behavior including sorption is not yet fully understood.…”