Pharmaceutical Residues as Emerging Environmental Contaminants The detection of pharmaceutical residues in treated wastewater has emerged as a critical environmental monitoring challenge over the past two decades. These compounds, including antibiotics, analgesics, antidepressants, and hormones, enter wastewater systems through human excretion, improper disposal, and manufacturing processes. Unlike traditional pollutants, pharmaceuticals are designed to be biologically […]

Increasing Concern Over Trace Antibiotics in Drinking Water Supplies The detection of trace-level antibiotics in drinking water has emerged as a critical environmental and public health concern. As pharmaceutical consumption increases globally, residues from antibiotics like sulfonamides, macrolides, and fluoroquinolones are finding their way into water systems through various pathways including wastewater treatment plant effluents,

Pharmaceutical Contamination in Drinking Water Sources The presence of pharmaceutical compounds in drinking water sources has emerged as a significant environmental concern over the past two decades. As Simpson (2000) notes in his comprehensive review of solid-phase extraction (SPE), environmental applications of SPE have “exploded during the 1990s,” with particular focus on drinking water, surface