Filtration membranes and their application for the elimination of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater.

• Prof. Célia Amorim

• Ponencia
• English

• filtration
• pharmaceutical compounds
• polysulfone membranes
• water

Human activity and population growth have led to the increase of pollutants in surface waters. Among the main contaminants are the pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs). These have been detected in effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), demonstrating resistance to elimination by conventional treatments. In this way, toxic concentrations of these pharmaceutical compounds can reach the bodies of fresh water and domestic networks and cause harmful effects on human health and aquatic...