Occurrence, environmental risks and biological remediation mechanisms of Triclosan in wastewaters: Challenges and perspectives

Singh, Lakhveer and Nandikes, Gopa and Pathak, Pankaj and Abd Razak, Abdul Syukor and Narayanamurthy, Vigneswaran (2022) Occurrence, environmental risks and biological remediation mechanisms of Triclosan in wastewaters: Challenges and perspectives. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 49. 01-15. ISSN 2214-7144

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Abstract

Triclosan (TCS) is an antimicrobial agent used widely in pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs). The extensive use of TCS in PPCPs has increased over the past few decades and its sizeable production and consumption are causing adverse effects on the environment and humans. TCS has been made into the list of emerging micropollutants (EMPs) due to its omnipresence in water resources, and even in biological samples such as urine and breast milk. Therefore, it is imperative not only to understand the current status of TCS pollution, but their occurrence, exposure routes, and environmental risks to identify remediation technologies for mitigating TCS. Present review targets to provide the cumulative data on the abundance of emerging TCS in water resources and its associated health burdens, simultaneously. It is identified that TCS remediation can be achieved through advanced physical and chemical methods such as enzyme oxidation and ozonation. However, there are drawbacks such as high energy consumption and the formation of toxic by-products. Therefore, the article endeavors to provide an in-depth understanding of the biological remediation of TCS by microbial degraders as well as its superiority over other remediation techniques. Insights into the various microbial communities such as bacteria, algae, and fungi and their unique bioremediation mechanisms are comprehensively summarised. Moreover, challenges associated with existing bioremediation methods and future perspectives are also discussed in the present work.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Triclosan Micropollutants, Bioremediation, Microbial degradation, Wastewater treatment
Divisions:	Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology
Depositing User:	mr eiisaa ahyead
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2023 16:37
Last Modified:	23 Feb 2023 16:37
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26318
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