Damien Alain Devault, Laurence Amalric, Sébastien Bristeau, Justine Cruz, Nathalie Tapie, Sara Karolak, Hélène Budzinski, Yves Lévi
We studied the removal of 61 emerging micropollutants, including illicit drugs, in a biofilter wastewater treatment plant located in the French Indies (Martinique). Raw wastewater concentrations were the highest for paracetamol followed by caffeine, naproxen, ibuprofen, its metabolite 2-hydroxyibuprofen, atenolol, ketoprofen, furosemide, methylparaben, cocaine, benzoylecgonine, and 11-nor-delta-9-carboxytetrahydrocannabinol (THC-COOH). The calculated removals were better than those reported in the literature, while the cumulative removal efficacy (i...
October 26, 2020: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International