Emerging Contaminants in the Environment

Challenges and Sustainable Practices
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-323-85160-2
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 712 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1470 g

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.

Zielgruppe

<p>Primary: Researchers and academics in environmental science or any researchers needing information on pollutants and remediation practices</p> <p>Secondary: Researchers, academics, undergraduate and graduate students in Microbiology, Environmental biotechnology, bio-engineering and biomedical sciences, Health, Clinical and Pharmaceutical sciences</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarma, Hemen

Dominguez, Delfina C.

Lee, Wen-Yee

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Understanding emerging contaminants in soil and water:current perspectives on integrated remediation approaches 2. Emerging environmental contaminants-current status,challenges, and technological solutions 3. Anticancer drugs in the environment: environmental levels and technological challenges 4. Exposure to 1,4-dioxane and disinfection by-products due to the reuse of wastewater 5. Transport, fate, and bioavailability of emerging pollutants in soil, sediment, and wastewater treatment plants: potential environmental impacts 6. Pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment: occurrence and impact on the functioning of the ecosystem 7. Excessive pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment cause life-threatening diseases 8. A broad perspective on antimicrobial resistance in coastal waters 9. Environmental fate and transportation of perfluorinated compounds 10. Engineered nanomaterials: threats, releases, and concentrations in the environment 11. Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: abundance, sources, and mitigation 12. Electronic waste: an emerging contaminant in the geo- environment 13. Effects of pesticides on human physiology, genetics,and evolution 14. Integrative behavioral and ecotoxicological effects of nanoparticles 15. Determination of multiclass emerging contaminants using QuEChERS method 16. Removal of quinolone antibiotics from wastewaters and sewage sludge 17. Chemosensing technology for rapid detection of emerging contaminants 18. Methods of bisphenol A detection by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-Ms) in human breast milk and foodstuff 19. Microalgae as whole-cell biosensors in the prospective assessment of toxic effects of emerging contaminants 20. The mixture of agricultural pesticides and their impact on populations: bioremediation strategies 21. Assisted and amended technology for the sustainableremediation of emerging contaminants 22. Bioremediation of cytostatic pharmaceutical and personal care products and emerging technologies 23. Removal of antimicrobial resistance determinants from wastewater: a risk perspective on conventional and emerging technologies 24. Novel nanomaterials for nanobioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons

Über Autor(innen)

Lee, Wen-Yee
Wen-Yee Lee is Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Texas at El Paso, USA. She completed her Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso, and Postdoctoral Research from Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Dr. Lee studies organic pollutants in the environment, and their impacts on human health. Her research area is a unique field in the chemistry department and is in line with the university's vision in interdisciplinary research. Dr. Lee was a 2016 Interdisciplinary Research Fellow awarded by UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects and the Office of the Provost. As an IDR Fellow, Dr. Lee organized the Water Research Group which include researchers from UTEP, Texas A&M, NMSU, New Mexico Tech, and three international universities to study water quality at local, regional, and global scales. Dr. Lee's research interests are method development, determination of organic pollutants in the environment, and their impacts on human health. Dr. Lee has over 65 publications including conference papers and over 885 citations.

Sarma, Hemen
Dr. Hemen Sarma obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Botany [2008] from Gauhati University and pursued post-doctorate research at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong and Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology [IASST], Guwahati, India. Presently he is serving as Senior Assistant Professor at Nandanath Saikia College, Dibrugarh University, India. His research interest includes plant-microbe interactions, and microbial nanobiotechnology. He made significant contributions to the field of emerging contaminants, endocrine disrupting compounds and persistent organic pollutants. Dr. Sarma has more than 50 publications to his credit in peer-reviewed international journals.

Dominguez, Delfina C.
Delfina C Dominguez is a Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, USA. She completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from New Mexico State University and postdoctoral studies from The University of Virginia. Her research interests include Molecular diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance and calcium signaling in Bacteria The focus of Dr. Dominguez's work is in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis. Currently, she has active collaborations with other investigators to develop and validate point of care devices for rapid identification of pathogens as well as clinical biomarkers. Dr. Dominguez has over 46 publications to including conference papers and book chapters, and over 900 citations.