Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Waste Management and Treatment Technology: Emerging Contaminants and Micro Pollutants

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Waste Management and Treatment Technology: Emerging Contaminants and Micro Pollutants

by Meththika Vithanage (Editor), Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (Editor), Atya Kapley (Editor)

Synopsis

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Waste Management and Treatment Technology: Emerging Contaminants and Micro Pollutants provides the tools and techniques for identifying these contaminates and applying the most effective technology for their remediation, recovery and treatment. The consumption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has grown significantly over the last 35 years, thus increasing their potential risk to the environment. As PPCPs are very difficult to detect and remove using conventional wastewater treatment methods, this book provides solutions to a growing problem.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 506
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 17 Apr 2019

ISBN 10: 0128161892
ISBN 13: 9780128161890

Author Bio
Dr. Prasad has served the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India in various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist in several international universities. He is the editor, co-editor, or author of 17 books published by leading international publishers and 190 journal articles and 118 book chapters/conference proceedings. He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise.