Emerging contaminants in the environment : challenges and sustainable practices / Hemen Sarma, Delfina C. Dominguez, Wen-Yee Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarma, Hemen, author.

Domínguez, Delfina C., author.

Lee, Wen-Yee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioremediation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Bioremediation.

Pollution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (713 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Elsevier, [2022]

Summary:

Emerging Contaminants in the Environment: Challenges and Sustainable Practices covers all aspects of emerging contaminants in the environment, from basic understanding to different types of emerging contaminants and how these threaten organisms, their environmental fate studies, detection methods, and sustainable practices of dealing with.

Contents:

Front Cover

Emerging Contaminants in the Environment

Copyright Page

Contents

List of contributors

Preface

1 Understanding emerging contaminants in soil and water: current perspectives on integrated remediation approaches

List of abbreviations

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Emerging pollutants in soil and water: categories and types

1.2.1 Disinfection by-products: a hazard to public health

1.2.2 Multidrug-resistant organisms

1.2.2.1 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria or cell-free genes resistant to antibiotics

1.2.3 Drugs and pharmaceutical products

1.2.3.1 Environmental antibiotics: a major concern

1.2.3.2 Environmentally activated steroid hormones

1.2.3.3 Anthelmintic drug residues in water and soil

1.2.3.4 Presence of drugs and acids in water

1.2.4 Personal care and other daily used product

1.2.4.1 Artificial sweeteners in water

1.2.4.2 Perfluorinated compounds in environment

1.2.5 Priority emerging contaminants

1.2.5.1 Manufactured nanomaterials in soil environment

1.2.5.2 Agricultural chemicals/pesticides in the environment

1.2.5.3 Microplastics as contaminants in soil and aquatic systems

1.2.5.4 Lithium as an emerging pollutant in soil

1.2.5.5 1,4-Dioxane in the water

1.2.5.6 Cyanotoxins in water

1.3 Regulatory guidelines

1.4 Emerging contaminants: sustainable remediation

1.5 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

2 Emerging environmental contaminants-current status, challenges, and technological solutions

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Class of different emerging pollutants

2.3 Current regulatory status of different agencies regarding emerging contaminants

2.4 Technological aspects of emerging contaminants fate during wastewater treatment

2.5 Conclusions

Acknowledgment

References.

3 Anticancer drugs in the environment: environmental levels and technological challenges

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Characterization of cytostatics

3.3 Environmental levels of cytostatics

3.3.1 Hospital effluents

3.3.2 Wastewater treatment plants influents

3.3.3 Wastewater treatment plants effluents

3.3.4 Surface waters

3.4 Remediation strategies

3.4.1 Biological treatment

3.4.2 Physicochemical treatment

3.4.3 Chemical treatment

3.5 Concluding remarks and future trends

4 Exposure to 1,4-dioxane and disinfection by-products due to the reuse of wastewater

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 Global water distribution

4.1.2 Wastewater treatment processes

4.2 Disinfection by-products in water

4.2.1 Sources and formation of disinfection by-products

4.2.2 Metabolism of selected disinfection by-products

4.2.2.1 Bromonitromethane

4.2.2.2 Nitrosodimethylamine

4.2.2.3 Chloroform

4.3 1,4-Dioxane

4.3.1 Sources and formation of 1,4-dioxane in the water

4.3.2 Reactivity and metabolism of 1,4-dioxane

4.3.2.1 Photolytic reaction

4.3.2.2 Halogenation reaction

4.3.2.3 Acetylation reaction

4.3.2.4 Lone pair reactivity

4.3.2.5 Metabolism

4.4 Environmental fate of disinfection by-products and 1,4-dioxane

4.4.1 Environmental fate of disinfection by-products

4.4.2 Environmental fate of 1,4-dioxane

4.4.3 Potential risks of managing disinfection by-products and 1,4-dioxane

4.5 Proposed management of disinfection by-products and 1,4-dioxane

4.6 Conclusion

Further Reading

5 Transport, fate, and bioavailability of emerging pollutants in soil, sediment, and wastewater treatment plants: potential...

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Emerging pollutants

5.2.1 Synthetic hormones and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

5.2.2 Pharmaceuticals and personal care products

5.2.3 Biocides

5.2.4 Antibiotics

5.2.5 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic-resistant genes

5.2.6 Others

5.3 DNA damage caused by synthetic environmental contaminant exposure

5.4 Emerging contaminants in soil, in sediments, and transportation

5.5 Emerging contaminants in soil and sediments are bioavailable

5.5.1 Emerging contaminants removal: remediation strategies

5.6 Conclusion

6 Pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment: occurrence and impact on the functioning of the ecosystem

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Class of different pharmaceuticals and personal care products

6.2.1 Pharmaceuticals

6.2.1.1 Antibiotics

6.2.1.2 Hormones

6.2.1.3 Analgesics and antiinflammatory drugs

6.2.1.4 Antiepileptic drugs

6.2.1.5 Blood lipid regulators

6.2.1.6 β-Blockers

6.2.1.7 Contrast media

6.2.1.8 Cytostatic drugs

6.2.2 Personal care products

6.2.2.1 Preservatives

6.2.2.2 Antimicrobials

6.2.2.3 Sunscreen ultraviolet filters

6.2.2.4 Insect repellents

6.2.2.5 Synthetic musks

6.3 Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in environment

6.4 Pharmaceuticals and personal care product for soil and water and their transport

6.5 Increase risk of antimicrobial resistance due to exposure to pharmaceuticals and personal care products

6.6 Infiltration of pharmaceuticals and personal care products is a life hazard

6.7 Conclusion

7 Excessive pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment cause life-threatening diseases

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Disruption of endocrine systems by pharmaceuticals and personal care products

7.3 Endocrine-disrupting compounds found in cosmetics and plastics.

7.4 Diseases caused by exposure of pharmaceuticals and personal care products

7.4.1 Hormone-related cancers

7.4.2 Renal function

7.4.3 Neurodevelopmental disorders

7.4.4 Effects on reproductive system

7.4.4.1 Male

7.4.4.2 Female

7.4.5 Obstetric disorders

7.4.6 Metabolism

7.4.7 Other diseases

7.5 Harmful chemicals in plastic toys and their impact on children

7.6 Conclusion

Further reading

8 A broad perspective on antimicrobial resistance in coastal waters

8.1 Introduction to the problem

8.2 Origin and evolution of antimicrobial resistance in aquatic matrices

8.3 Antimicrobial resistance and pollution

8.4 Antimicrobial resistance determinants and pathogens in recreational coastal waters

8.5 Potential risks for human health of AMR dissemination in coastal waters

8.6 Assessing water quality for primary contact regarding antimicrobial resistance

8.7 Concluding remarks

9 Environmental fate and transportation of perfluorinated compounds

9.1 Introduction

9.2 PFCs types and occurrences

9.3 Fate and transportation of PFCs

9.4 PFCs are toxic to both humans and animals

9.5 Conclusion

10 Engineered nanomaterials: threats, releases, and concentrations in the environment

Abbreviations

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Release and concentrations of ENMs

10.3 Fate of ENMs in the environment

10.4 Uptake and translocation of ENMs in plants

10.4.1 Foliar exposure of ENMs

10.4.2 Root exposure of ENMs

10.5 Potential health effects of ENMs

10.5.1 Plants

10.5.2 Soil invertebrates

10.5.3 Soil microorganisms

10.6 Conclusion and future perspectives

11 Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: abundance, sources, and mitigation

11.1 Introduction.

11.2 Plastic pollution of water bodies: causes and impacts

11.3 Macroplastics and microplastics in the marine environment

11.3.1 Macroplastics pollution of coastal areas

11.3.1.1 Land and sea sources of coastal macroplastics

11.3.1.2 Monitoring marine macroplastic pollution

11.3.1.3 Composition and distribution of debris on the coast

11.3.2 Microplastic pollution of seas and oceans

11.4 Macroplastics and microplastics in the freshwater environment

11.4.1 Improper waste management practices and macroplastic pollution of rivers

11.4.2 Microplastics in rivers and lakes

11.4.2.1 Microplastics in freshwaters

11.4.2.2 Microplastics in freshwater biota

11.4.2.3 Microplastics (and nanoplastics) in freshwaters-next steps

11.5 Circular economy and plastic pollution mitigation of water bodies

11.5.1 Transition toward the circular economy

11.5.2 Plastic pollution mitigation of water bodies

11.5.2.1 Freshwater bodies

11.5.2.2 Marine environment

11.6 Conclusion

12 Electronic waste: an emerging contaminant in the geo-environment

12.1 Introduction

12.2 E-waste: an emerging contaminant

12.3 Environmental consequences due to e-waste contaminants

12.4 The legislative framework for e-waste management

12.5 Sustainable e-waste management strategies

12.6 Conclusions

13 Effects of pesticides on human physiology, genetics, and evolution

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Different classes of pesticides

13.3 Effects of pesticides on human physiology

13.4 Genotoxic effects of pesticides

13.5 Genetic and epigenetic effects of few selected pesticide classes

13.5.1 Organochlorines

13.5.1.1 Endosulfan

13.5.1.2 Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

13.5.1.3 Dieldrin

13.5.2 Organophosphates

13.5.2.1 Chlorpyrifos

13.5.2.2 Dioxins

13.5.2.3 Paraoxon.

13.5.3 Carbamates.

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ISBN:

9780323859813

032385981X

OCLC:

1292353488