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 contaminants. Emerging contaminant remediation is a pressing need due to the ever-increasing pollution in the environment, and it has gained a lot of scientific and public attention due to its high effectiveness and sustainability. The discussions in the book on the bioremediation of these contaminants are covered from the perspective of proven technologies and practices through case studies and real-world data. One of the main benefits of this book is that it summarizes future challenges and sustainable solutions. It can, therefore, become an effective guide to the elimination (through sustainable practices) of emerging contaminants. At the back of these explorations on sustainable bioremediation of emerging contaminants lies the set of 17 goals articulated by the United Nations in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all its member states.
This book provides academics, researchers, students, and practitioners interested in the detection and elimination of emerging contaminants from the environment, with the latest advances by leading experts in emerging contaminants the field of environmental sciences.
1. Emerging Contaminants in the Environment - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of Contributors - p. xvii 7. Preface - p. xxiii 8. Chapter 1 Understanding emerging contaminants in soil and water: current perspectives on integrated remediation approaches - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Emerging environmental contaminants—current status, challenges, and technological solutions - p. 39 10. Chapter 3 Anticancer drugs in the environment: environmental levels and technological challenges - p. 55 11. Chapter 4 Exposure to 1,4-dioxane and disinfection by-products due to the reuse of wastewater - p. 87 12. Chapter 5 Transport, fate, and bioavailability of emerging pollutants in soil, sediment, and wastewater treatment plants: potential environmental impacts - p. 111 13. Chapter 6 Pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment: occurrence and impact on the functioning of the ecosystem - p. 137 14. Chapter 7 Excessive pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment cause life-threatening diseases - p. 159 15. Chapter 8 A broad perspective on antimicrobial resistance in coastal waters - p. 183 16. Chapter 9 Environmental fate and transportation of perfluorinated compounds - p. 203 17. Chapter 10 Engineered nanomaterials: threats, releases, and concentrations in the environment - p. 225 18. Chapter 11 Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: abundance, sources, and mitigation - p. 241 19. Chapter 12 Electronic waste: an emerging contaminant in the geo-environment - p. 275 20. Chapter 13 Effects of pesticides on human physiology, genetics, and evolution - p. 287 21. Chapter 14 Integrative behavioral and ecotoxicological effects of nanoparticles - p. 311 22. Chapter 15 Determination of multiclass emerging contaminants using QuEChERS method - p. 335 23. Chapter 16 Removal of quinolone antibiotics from wastewaters and sewage sludge - p. 381 24. Chapter 17 Chemosensing technology for rapid detection of emerging contaminants - p. 407 25. Chapter 18 Methods of bisphenol A detection by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-Ms) in human breast milk and foodstuff - p. 465 26. Chapter 19 Microalgae as whole-cell biosensors in the prospective assessment of toxic effects of emerging contaminants - p. 495 27. Chapter 20 The mixture of agricultural pesticides and their impact on populations: bioremediation strategies - p. 511 28. Chapter 21 Assisted and amended technology for the sustainable remediation of emerging contaminants - p. 547 29. Chapter 22 Bioremediation of cytostatic pharmaceutical and personal care products and emerging technologies - p. 579 30. Chapter 23 Removal of antimicrobial resistance determinants from wastewater: a risk perspective on conventional and emerging technologies - p. 603 31. Chapter 24 Novel nanomaterials for nanobioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons - p. 643 32. Index - p. 669 33. Index - Continued - p. 681
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 contaminants. Emerging contaminant remediation is a pressing need due to the ever-increasing pollution in the environment, and it has gained a lot of scientific and public attention due to its high effectiveness and sustainability. The discussions in the book on the bioremediation of these contaminants are covered from the perspective of proven technologies and practices through case studies and real-world data. One of the main benefits of this book is that it summarizes future challenges and sustainable solutions. It can, therefore, become an effective guide to the elimination (through sustainable practices) of emerging contaminants. At the back of these explorations on sustainable bioremediation of emerging contaminants lies the set of 17 goals articulated by the United Nations in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all its member states.
This book provides academics, researchers, students, and practitioners interested in the detection and elimination of emerging contaminants from the environment, with the latest advances by leading experts in emerging contaminants the field of environmental sciences.
1. Emerging Contaminants in the Environment - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of Contributors - p. xvii 7. Preface - p. xxiii 8. Chapter 1 Understanding emerging contaminants in soil and water: current perspectives on integrated remediation approaches - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Emerging environmental contaminants—current status, challenges, and technological solutions - p. 39 10. Chapter 3 Anticancer drugs in the environment: environmental levels and technological challenges - p. 55 11. Chapter 4 Exposure to 1,4-dioxane and disinfection by-products due to the reuse of wastewater - p. 87 12. Chapter 5 Transport, fate, and bioavailability of emerging pollutants in soil, sediment, and wastewater treatment plants: potential environmental impacts - p. 111 13. Chapter 6 Pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment: occurrence and impact on the functioning of the ecosystem - p. 137 14. Chapter 7 Excessive pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment cause life-threatening diseases - p. 159 15. Chapter 8 A broad perspective on antimicrobial resistance in coastal waters - p. 183 16. Chapter 9 Environmental fate and transportation of perfluorinated compounds - p. 203 17. Chapter 10 Engineered nanomaterials: threats, releases, and concentrations in the environment - p. 225 18. Chapter 11 Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: abundance, sources, and mitigation - p. 241 19. Chapter 12 Electronic waste: an emerging contaminant in the geo-environment - p. 275 20. Chapter 13 Effects of pesticides on human physiology, genetics, and evolution - p. 287 21. Chapter 14 Integrative behavioral and ecotoxicological effects of nanoparticles - p. 311 22. Chapter 15 Determination of multiclass emerging contaminants using QuEChERS method - p. 335 23. Chapter 16 Removal of quinolone antibiotics from wastewaters and sewage sludge - p. 381 24. Chapter 17 Chemosensing technology for rapid detection of emerging contaminants - p. 407 25. Chapter 18 Methods of bisphenol A detection by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-Ms) in human breast milk and foodstuff - p. 465 26. Chapter 19 Microalgae as whole-cell biosensors in the prospective assessment of toxic effects of emerging contaminants - p. 495 27. Chapter 20 The mixture of agricultural pesticides and their impact on populations: bioremediation strategies - p. 511 28. Chapter 21 Assisted and amended technology for the sustainable remediation of emerging contaminants - p. 547 29. Chapter 22 Bioremediation of cytostatic pharmaceutical and personal care products and emerging technologies - p. 579 30. Chapter 23 Removal of antimicrobial resistance determinants from wastewater: a risk perspective on conventional and emerging technologies - p. 603 31. Chapter 24 Novel nanomaterials for nanobioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons - p. 643 32. Index - p. 669 33. Index - Continued - p. 681
