Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Environments: Toxicity, Monitoring, and Remediation Technologies

This reference book compiles up-to-date research about the threat and management of pharmaceutical residue dispersion in the aquatic environment. It explores the risk analysis and short- and long-term health issues created due to the ingestion of pharmaceutical-contaminated food products and drinking water. The book focuses on the methods of removal and degradation processes of pharmaceutical residues from contaminated sources. It emphasizes the importance of eco-friendly and advanced treatment technology for the sustainable management of wastewater and drinking water supply. The book is meant for industry experts and researchers in pharmaceutical science, toxicology, and environmental sciences.

Vinod Kumar Garg is a professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India. Previously, he worked at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology and CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. He has published more than 200 research and review articles and six books. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including the Biotech Research Society of India and the Indian Nuclear Society.

Ashok Pandey

is a distinguished scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, India. Formerly, he was an eminent scientist at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, and Chief Scientist and Head of the Biotechnology Division and Centre for Biofuels at CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, and industrial enzymes.

Navish Kataria

is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, India. He Completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology. He was awarded the Kothari Post-Doctorate Fellowship by UGC, New Delhi. He has received a UGC start-up grant for research work. He has published several book chapters and research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. His major research interests are environmental pollution management, environmental nanotechnology, water treatment, microplastic pollution, and waste management.

Caterina Faggio

is a professor of physiology in the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy. She is the departmental Erasmus coordinator and the Vice President of the Italian Society of Experimental Biology (SIBS). Some of her research interests include the mechanisms of osmoregulation and acid secretion in fish gastrointestinal tracts by electrophysiology, effects of environmental contaminants and food additives on salt transports in the teleost intestine, cell volume regulation in the fish intestine and hepatocytes and digestive cells of mussels by videometric methods.