Emerging contaminants of high concern for the environment: Current trends and future research

Wastewater is contaminated water that must be treated before it may be transferred into other rivers and lakes in order to prevent further groundwater pollution. Over the last decade, research has been conducted on a wide variety of contaminants, but the emerging contaminants are those caused primar...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental research Jg. 207; S. 112609
Hauptverfasser: Khan, Shamshad, Naushad, Mu, Govarthanan, Muthusamy, Iqbal, Jibran, Alfadul, Sulaiman M.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.05.2022
Schlagworte:
adsorption
biotechnology
cost effectiveness
drugs
Emerging contaminants
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental pollution
Groundwater
groundwater contamination
Humans
pollutants
remediation
Removal techniques
Waste Water
Wastewater
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water Purification - methods
water treatment
Environmental pollution
Removal techniques
Wastewater
Emerging contaminants
ISSN:0013-9351, 1096-0953, 1096-0953
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Zusammenfassung:Wastewater is contaminated water that must be treated before it may be transferred into other rivers and lakes in order to prevent further groundwater pollution. Over the last decade, research has been conducted on a wide variety of contaminants, but the emerging contaminants are those caused primarily by micropollutants, endocrine disruptors (EDs), pesticides, pharmaceuticals, hormones, and toxins, as well as industrially-related synthetic dyes and dye-containing hazardous pollutants. Most emerging pollutants did not have established guidelines, but even at low concentrations they could have harmful effects on humans and aquatic organisms. In order to combat the above ecological threats, huge efforts have been done with a view to boosting the effectiveness of remediation procedures or developing new techniques for the detection, quantification and efficiency of the samples. The increase of interest in biotechnology and environmental engineering gives an opportunity for the development of more innovative ways to water treatment remediation. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of emerging sources of contaminants, detection technologies, and treatment strategies. The goal of this review is to evaluate adsorption as a method for treating emerging pollutants, as well as sophisticated and cost-effective approaches for treating emerging contaminants. •This review focuses on high-risk emerging contaminants (ECs) in the environment.•ECs are explored in terms of their occurrence, sources and important mechanisms.•The negative environmental and health effects of ECs are addressed.•Numerous emerging pollutants and improvements in their remediation are reviewed.•Recent progress and possible advances in emerging pollutant adsorption are reviewed.
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ISSN:0013-9351
1096-0953
1096-0953
DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2021.112609