Biomass-based residues valorization for the removal of sertraline from waters by adsorption
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Pharmaceutical drug reach the environment through several anthropogenic sources being scattered and accumulated
Pharmaceutical drugs reach the environment through
several anthropogenic sources being scattered and
accumulated across flora, fauna and all types of aquifers.
Many of these compounds are intensively worldwide
medical prescribed for the relief of most common diseases
related with modern society, such as hormones,
antidepressants, analgesics, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories,
among others. Sertraline is a pharmaceutical drug used for
the relief of depressive severe situations. Recent studies
refer that some compounds belonging to this
pharmaceutical class of drugs, despite of its very low level of
concentration in water can be responsible for several and
severe side-effects in the environmental fauna and flora
based on toxicity and risk predictions.
