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waste streams from hospitals and pharmaceutical production facilities. Sci Total Environ
407:3793–3802. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2009.03.009
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10.1016/J.ENVINT.2013.06.012
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wastewater treatment. Sci Total Environ 473–474:619–641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.
2013.12.065
Malato S, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Maldonado MI, Blanco J, Gernjak W (2009) Decontamination and
disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: recent overview and trends. Catal Today
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doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.002
Michael I, Achilleos A, Lambropoulou D, Torrens VO, Pérez S, Petrović M, Barceló D, FattaKassinos D (2014) Proposed transformation pathway and evolution profile of diclofenac and
ibuprofen transformation products during (sono)photocatalysis. Appl Catal B Environ
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Michael I, Rizzo L, McArdell CS, Manaia CM, Merlin C, Schwartz T, Dagot C, Fatta-Kassinos D
(2013) Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the
environment: a review. Water Res 47:957–995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.027
Miralles-Cuevas S, Arqués A, Maldonado MI, Sánchez-Pérez JA, Malato Rodríguez S (2013)
Combined nanofiltration and photo-Fenton treatment of water containing micropollutants.
Chem Eng J 224:89–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.068
Miralles-Cuevas S, Audino F, Oller I, Sánchez-Moreno R, Sánchez Pérez JA, Malato S (2014a)
Pharmaceuticals removal from natural water by nanofiltration combined with advanced tertiary
treatments (solar photo-Fenton, photo-Fenton-like Fe(III)-EDDS complex and ozonation). Sep
Purif Technol 122:515–522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2013.12.006
Miralles-Cuevas S, Oller I, Pérez JAS, Malato S (2014b) Removal of pharmaceuticals from MWTP
effluent by nanofiltration and solar photo-Fenton using two different iron complexes at neutral
pH. Water Res 64:23–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.032
Miralles-Cuevas S, Oller I, Ruiz Aguirre A, Sánchez Pérez JA, Malato Rodríguez S (2014c)
Removal of pharmaceuticals at microg L-1 by combined nanofiltration and mild solar photoFenton. Chem Eng J 239:68–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2013.10.047
Miranda-García N, Suárez S, Maldonado MI, Malato S, Sánchez B (2014) Regeneration approaches
for TiO2 immobilized photocatalyst used in the elimination of emerging contaminants in water.
Catal Today 230:27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2013.12.048
Miranda-García N, Suárez S, Sánchez B, Coronado JM, Malato S, Maldonado MI (2011)
Photocatalytic degradation of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plant
effluents using immobilized TiO2 in a solar pilot plant. Appl Catal B Environ 103:294–301.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.01.030
Mohapatra DP, Brar SK, Tyagi RD, Picard P, Surampalli RY (2014) Analysis and advanced
oxidation treatment of a persistent pharmaceutical compound in wastewater and wastewater
sludge-carbamazepine. Sci Total Environ 470–471:58–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.
SCITOTENV.2013.09.034
Moncada S, Gryglewski RJ, Bunting S, Vane JR (1976) A lipid peroxide inhibits the enzyme in
blood vessel microsomes that generates from prostaglandin endoperoxides the substance
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contaminants in rural wastewater treatment lagoons. Sci Total Environ 445–446:22–28.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.035
Lin AY-C, Tsai Y-T (2009) Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in Taiwan’s surface waters: impact of
waste streams from hospitals and pharmaceutical production facilities. Sci Total Environ
407:3793–3802. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2009.03.009
Liu J-L, Wong M-H (2013) Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPersonal care products
s): a review on environmental contamination in China. Environ Int 59:208–224. https://doi.org/
10.1016/J.ENVINT.2013.06.012
Luo Y, Guo W, Ngo HH, Nghiem LD, Hai FI, Zhang J, Liang S, Wang XC (2014) A review on the
occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during
wastewater treatment. Sci Total Environ 473–474:619–641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.
2013.12.065
Malato S, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Maldonado MI, Blanco J, Gernjak W (2009) Decontamination and
disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: recent overview and trends. Catal Today
147:1–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2009.06.018
Méndez-Arriaga F, Esplugas S, Giménez J (2008) Photocatalytic degradation of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs with TiO2 and simulated solar irradiation. Water Res 42:585–594. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.002
Michael I, Achilleos A, Lambropoulou D, Torrens VO, Pérez S, Petrović M, Barceló D, FattaKassinos D (2014) Proposed transformation pathway and evolution profile of diclofenac and
ibuprofen transformation products during (sono)photocatalysis. Appl Catal B Environ
147:1015–1027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.10.035
Michael I, Rizzo L, McArdell CS, Manaia CM, Merlin C, Schwartz T, Dagot C, Fatta-Kassinos D
(2013) Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the
environment: a review. Water Res 47:957–995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.027
Miralles-Cuevas S, Arqués A, Maldonado MI, Sánchez-Pérez JA, Malato Rodríguez S (2013)
Combined nanofiltration and photo-Fenton treatment of water containing micropollutants.
Chem Eng J 224:89–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.068
Miralles-Cuevas S, Audino F, Oller I, Sánchez-Moreno R, Sánchez Pérez JA, Malato S (2014a)
Pharmaceuticals removal from natural water by nanofiltration combined with advanced tertiary
treatments (solar photo-Fenton, photo-Fenton-like Fe(III)-EDDS complex and ozonation). Sep
Purif Technol 122:515–522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2013.12.006
Miralles-Cuevas S, Oller I, Pérez JAS, Malato S (2014b) Removal of pharmaceuticals from MWTP
effluent by nanofiltration and solar photo-Fenton using two different iron complexes at neutral
pH. Water Res 64:23–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.032
Miralles-Cuevas S, Oller I, Ruiz Aguirre A, Sánchez Pérez JA, Malato Rodríguez S (2014c)
Removal of pharmaceuticals at microg L-1 by combined nanofiltration and mild solar photoFenton. Chem Eng J 239:68–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2013.10.047
Miranda-García N, Suárez S, Maldonado MI, Malato S, Sánchez B (2014) Regeneration approaches
for TiO2 immobilized photocatalyst used in the elimination of emerging contaminants in water.
Catal Today 230:27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2013.12.048
Miranda-García N, Suárez S, Sánchez B, Coronado JM, Malato S, Maldonado MI (2011)
Photocatalytic degradation of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plant
effluents using immobilized TiO2 in a solar pilot plant. Appl Catal B Environ 103:294–301.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.01.030
Mohapatra DP, Brar SK, Tyagi RD, Picard P, Surampalli RY (2014) Analysis and advanced
oxidation treatment of a persistent pharmaceutical compound in wastewater and wastewater
sludge-carbamazepine. Sci Total Environ 470–471:58–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.
SCITOTENV.2013.09.034
Moncada S, Gryglewski RJ, Bunting S, Vane JR (1976) A lipid peroxide inhibits the enzyme in
blood vessel microsomes that generates from prostaglandin endoperoxides the substance
348
E. M. Saggioro
