ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2022
Pharmaceutical Pollution in Aquatic Environments: A Concise Review of Environmental Impacts and Bioremediation Systems.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Incorporating a Screening-Level Risk Quotient (RQ_screen) for Assessing Human Health Risk of Pharmaceutical Residues in Consumption Water.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Medical Household Waste as a Potential Environmental Hazard: An Ecological and Epidemiological Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Medical patch disposal practices and information sources: A pharmacy customer survey before and after an information initiative.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
- Sustainable Water Remediation Through Degradation of Organic Pollutants Using Green-Synthesized Cerium and Sulfur-Doped TiOChemistry & biodiversity · 2026Article
- Sericin-Incorporated Borophene Nanosheets: A Biocompatible Composite Material for Detection of Antibiotics.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Article
- Effects of environmentally relevant ibuprofen exposure on ovarian follicular atresia in Wistar rats: A biochemical and immunohistological study.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of Rhizopus stolonifer tolerance to methotrexate: morphological responses and biodegradation limitations.Archives of microbiology · 2026Article
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- Executive functioning in wild guppies: investigating the impact of a pharmaceutical pollutant.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- Monitoring endocrine-disrupting chemicals and microbial diversity of wastewater treatment maturation ponds.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Unused and expired medicines waste in Ireland - an audit of medicines returned to and generated in community pharmacies.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Naproxen as an emerging environmental contaminant: Microbial degradation mechanism and optimization strategies.Biodegradation · 2026Review
- Environmental Enrofloxacin Exposure as a Modifiable Driver of Mitochondria-Mediated Intestinal Aging and Barrier Dysfunction.Aging cell · 2026Article
- Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Wastewater Using Photocatalytic Membranes: Current Status and Challenges.Membranes · 2026Review
- Topical Anti-Inflammatory Therapies in Veterinary Medicine: Advancing Animal Health Through a One Health Approach.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
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- A Survey of Modern Data Acquisition and Analysis Systems for Environmental Risk Monitoring in Aquatic Ecosystems.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Occurrence and concentration of caffeine and cadmium as micropollutants in the Red Sea coast, Egypt.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From Policy to Practice: Community Pharmacists' Self-Reported Counseling Role in Pharmaceutical Waste Management.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Public knowledge and practices toward safe disposal of unused and expired medications in Palestine: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The presence of emerging contaminants in the environment, such as pharmaceuticals, is a growing global concern. The excessive use of medication globally, together with the recalcitrance of pharmaceuticals in traditional wastewater treatment systems, has caused these compounds to present a severe environmental problem. In recent years, the increase in their availability, access and use of drugs has caused concentrations in water bodies to rise substantially. Considered as emerging contaminants, pharmaceuticals represent a challenge in the field of environmental remediation; therefore, alternative add-on systems for traditional wastewater treatment plants are continuously being developed to mitigate their impact and reduce their effects on the environment and human health. In this review, we describe the current status and impact of pharmaceutical compounds as emerging contaminants, focusing on their presence in water bodies, and analyzing the development of bioremediation systems, especially mycoremediation, for the removal of these pharmaceutical compounds with a special focus on fungal technologies.
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