Chapter 10
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care
Products in the Aquatic Environment
and Wastewater Treatment by Advanced
Oxidation Processes
Enrico Mendes Saggioro
Contents
10.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
10.2 Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
10.2.1 Personal Care Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
10.2.2 Pharmaceuticals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
10.3 Assessment of Advanced Oxidation Processes for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care
Product Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
10.3.1 Degradation of Personal Care Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
10.3.2 Pharmaceutical Compounds Degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
10.4 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Abstract The massive consumption of different organic substances and their
release through various pathways into the environment constitute an emerging
environmental problem that poses serious threats to public health. Micropollutants
discharged in domestic wastewaters, which pharmaceuticals and personal care
products have been received scientific interest potentially dangerous to environment.
Current wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove pharmaceuticals
compounds, since they are not treatment targets. Advanced oxidation processes are
efficient methodology for the degradation of organic compounds in the environmental matrices. We reviewed more than 100 papers about heterogeneous and homogenous advanced oxidation processes for the removal personal care products and
pharmaceuticals compounds. Advanced oxidation processes have been an alternative to remove micropollutants from wastewater. Ozonation is the most appropriate
for the treatment of different kinds of wastewater (42% of papers). Chlorine with
E. M. Saggioro (*)
Department of Sanitation and Environmental Health, National School of Public Health,
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
e-mail: enrico.saggioro@ensp.fiocruz.br
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to
Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Inamuddin et al. (eds.), Water Pollution and Remediation: Organic Pollutants,
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 54,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52395-4_10
299
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care
Products in the Aquatic Environment
and Wastewater Treatment by Advanced
Oxidation Processes
Enrico Mendes Saggioro
Contents
10.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
10.2 Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
10.2.1 Personal Care Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
10.2.2 Pharmaceuticals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
10.3 Assessment of Advanced Oxidation Processes for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care
Product Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
10.3.1 Degradation of Personal Care Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
10.3.2 Pharmaceutical Compounds Degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
10.4 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Abstract The massive consumption of different organic substances and their
release through various pathways into the environment constitute an emerging
environmental problem that poses serious threats to public health. Micropollutants
discharged in domestic wastewaters, which pharmaceuticals and personal care
products have been received scientific interest potentially dangerous to environment.
Current wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove pharmaceuticals
compounds, since they are not treatment targets. Advanced oxidation processes are
efficient methodology for the degradation of organic compounds in the environmental matrices. We reviewed more than 100 papers about heterogeneous and homogenous advanced oxidation processes for the removal personal care products and
pharmaceuticals compounds. Advanced oxidation processes have been an alternative to remove micropollutants from wastewater. Ozonation is the most appropriate
for the treatment of different kinds of wastewater (42% of papers). Chlorine with
E. M. Saggioro (*)
Department of Sanitation and Environmental Health, National School of Public Health,
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
e-mail: enrico.saggioro@ensp.fiocruz.br
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to
Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Inamuddin et al. (eds.), Water Pollution and Remediation: Organic Pollutants,
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 54,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52395-4_10
299