Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes

Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Wastewater through Bio-nanotechnology

Susana Rodriguez-Couto, Maulin Shah, Jayanta Kumar Biswas
Elsevier S&T
722 pages
ISBN: 9780323855839
September 2021

This book showcases profiles of the nonregulated contaminants termed as “emerging contaminants,” which comprise industrial and household persistent toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, surfactants and surfactant residues, plasticizers and industrial additives, manufactured nanomaterials and nanoparticles, microplastics, etc. that are used extensively in everyday life. It focuses on the exploitation of Nano-biotechnology inclusive of the state-of-the-art remediate strategies to degrade/detoxify/stabilize toxic and hazardous contaminants and restore contaminated sites, which is not as comprehensively discussed in the existing titles on similar topics available in the global market.