Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Waste Management and Treatment Technology: Emerging Contaminants and Micro Pollutants

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Waste Management and Treatment Technology: Emerging Contaminants and Micro Pollutants provides the tools and techniques for identifying these contaminates and applying the most effective technology for their remediation, recovery and treatment. The consumption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has grown significantly over the last 35 years, thus increasing their potential risk to the environment. As PPCPs are very difficult to detect and remove using conventional wastewater treatment methods, this book provides solutions to a growing problem.

Includes sampling, analytical and characterization methods and technology for detecting PPCPs in the environmentProvides advanced treatment and disposal technologies for the removal of PPCPs from wastewater, surface water, landfills and septic systemsExamines the pathways of PPCPs into the environment

1. Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products [PPCP] contamination 2. PPCPs in drinking water 3. PPCPs in aquatic environment 4. PPCPs in terrestrial environment 5. Transformed products of PPCPs in environment 6. Strategies for removal of PPCP 7. Plant based technologies for removal of PPCP 8. PPCPs in different habitats 9. Uptake and accumulation of leafy vegetables 10. PPCP in non-food plants 11. Removal of PPCPs by periphyton 12. Techniques (Ozone and biofiltration) for removal of PPCP 13. Nanotech applications for removal of PPCPs 14. Removal of PPCP by aquatic macrophytes 15. Removal of PPCP from soil slurry