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Role of Membrane on Emerging Contaminant Removal

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Ecopharmacovigilance

Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry ((HEC,volume 66))

Abstract

The rejection of emerging contaminates, which are associated with potential adverse human-health effects, such as endocrine-disrupting compounds, emerging disinfection by-products, pharmaceutical residues, personal care products, and organic compounds, have increase the interest for membranes applications.

Previous reports using a membrane as a filter have contributed to an improved understanding of rejection mechanisms for emerging contaminates; for example, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis have been investigated.

In this chapter, they are going to find an information about the role of membrane on emerging contaminant removal and, likewise, characteristics of emerging contaminants, membrane classification, sources and levels of drugs in wastewater, and removal of emerging contaminants using membranes.

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    Rosa María Gómez-Espinosa & Daniel Arizmendi-Cotero

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Gómez-Espinosa, R.M., Arizmendi-Cotero, D. (2017). Role of Membrane on Emerging Contaminant Removal. In: Gómez-Oliván, L. (eds) Ecopharmacovigilance. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 66. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2017_149

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