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ReviewToxics2025

Extraction Methods of Emerging Pollutants in Sewage Sludge: A Comprehensive Review.

Tatiana Robledo-Mahón, Filip Mercl, Nallanthigal Sridhara Chary, Jiřina Száková, Pavel Tlustoš

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Review in Toxics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Tatiana Robledo-MahónDepartment of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-5731-9619
Filip MerclDepartment of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Nallanthigal Sridhara CharyDepartment of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Jiřina SzákováDepartment of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-3390-6365
Pavel TlustošDepartment of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1274-0658

Funding

Czech Science Foundation GA ČR 24-10238LEuropean Regional Development Fund project NUTRISK no. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/ 0000845Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic QK21010207
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sewage sludge (SS) is commonly applied as a soil amendment. This practice has raised concern about the dissemination of emerging pollutants (EPs). EPs include compounds such as flame retardants, plasticizers, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, among others, which may pose risks to human health and ecosystems. The complexity of the SS matrix, combined to the absence of an international legislation framework, makes it necessary to evaluate the techniques available for detecting these contaminants. Detection is typically performed using sensitive analytical techniques; however, the extraction strategy selected remains a crucial step. This review aims to compile different methodologies for the determination of EPs in SS, focusing on extraction strategies reported between 2010 and 2025. Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), pressurized liquid extraction (PLE), and microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) are the most widely used strategies for EPs. UAE is considered the most preferable option, as it enables the extraction of a wide range of compounds without the need for expensive equipment. Among novel techniques, the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method is especially promising, as it is applicable to multiple target compounds. This review provides up-to-date information that can support the development of routine and standardized methodologies for the characterization of EPs in SS.

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clean-updetection techniquesemerging pollutantsextraction methodsseparation techniquessewage sludge

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PMID40863937
PMCPMC12390028

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