Pharmaceutical compounds used in the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of their presence in water and treatment techniques for their elimination

Augusto Morales-Paredes, Carlos; Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz, Joan; Boluda Botella, Nuria

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152691

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Pharmaceutical compounds used in the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of their presence in water and treatment techniques for their elimination

Published in The Science of The Total Environment • Dec 30, 2021

Authors:

Carlos Augusto Morales-Paredes

Joan Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz

Nuria Boluda Botella

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, high consumption of antivirals, antibiotics, antiparasitics, antiprotozoals, and glucocorticoids used in the treatment of this virus has been reported. Conventional treatment systems fail to efficiently remove these contaminants from water, becoming an emerging concern ...

Subject

Azithromycin

Water treatment

Sewage treatment

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