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Fate of environmental pollutants

Water Environment Research 2019 40 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 35 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.

Lokesh P. Padhye Lokesh P. Padhye A.Y. Ng, A.Y. Ng, Lokesh P. Padhye Dilieka Weerakoon, Erin Lim, Erin Lim, Lokesh P. Padhye Lokesh P. Padhye Lokesh P. Padhye Lokesh P. Padhye Lokesh P. Padhye Lokesh P. Padhye Lokesh P. Padhye

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This annual review summarizes 2018 research on the occurrence and fate of environmental pollutants in wastewater, including antibiotic resistance genes, disinfection byproducts, and microplastics. Wastewater treatment plants are a major pathway for microplastics to enter the environment, making this literature critical for pollution control.

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Abstract This annual review covers the literature published in 2018 on topics related to the occurrence and fate of environmental pollutants in wastewater. Due to the vast amount of literature published on this topic, we have discussed only a portion of the quality research publications, due to the limitation of space. The abstract search was carried out using Web of Science, and the abstracts were selected based on their relevance. In a few cases, full‐text articles were referred to understand new findings better. This review is divided into the following sections: antibiotic‐resistant bacteria (ARBs) and antibiotic‐resistant genes (ARGs), disinfection by‐products (DBPs), drugs of abuse (DoAs), estrogens, heavy metals, microplastics, per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS), pesticides, and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), with the addition of two new classes of pollutants to previous years (DoAs and PFAS).

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