23 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2015.07.001 English eng Qian Sui Contributor <p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The presence of <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/ppcp" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">pharmaceuticals and personal care products</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> (PPCPs) in the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/aquatic-environment" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">aquatic environment</a> may pose potential threat to the ecosystem and human health, hence PPCPs have aroused much concern over the world. The contamination of PPCPs in the groundwater, the main source of </span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemical-engineering/potable-water" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px; font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">drinking water</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> supply in many countries and regions, has been extensively studied in the last decade. This paper reviews the occurrence of frequently detected PPCPs, including antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, lipid-regulators, carbamazepine, caffeine, and N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide in groundwater, with special concern to the progress made over the past three years. Possible emission sources for PPCPs in groundwater, such as wastewater and contaminated <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/surface-water" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">surface water</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, landfills, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/septic-system" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">septic systems</a>, </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/livestock-breeding" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">livestock breeding</a> and sewer leakage, are summarized. Besides, adsorption, migration and degradation, the dominant mechanisms in the subsurface transport and fate of PPCPs, are discussed, and the insights into the future study of PPCPs in the groundwater are provided.</span></span></p> Elsevier November 2015 pdf Emerging Contaminants Occurrence, sources and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the groundwater: A review mixed material Elsevier