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Emerging Water Pollutants and Their Remediation

SpringerBriefs in water science and technology 2024
Neha Saxena, Md. Merajul Islam, Deepa Sharma

Summary

Researchers reviewed a wide range of emerging water pollutants — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and nanomaterials — and assessed available remediation strategies, underscoring that modern water systems face a growing cocktail of contaminants that existing treatment methods struggle to handle.

The usage of pharmaceuticals, personal-care products, antibacterial agents, microplastics, e-waste, and nanomaterial-based products has led to a large increase in environmental pollutants. These emerging pollutants (EPs), sometimes referred to as pollutants, are...

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