02489nas a2200145   4500008004100000245009800041210006900139260001300208300001200221520192100233100001902154700002202173700002302195856012502218       2019                        eng d00aRemoval of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater using advanced materials0 aRemoval of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastew  bElsevier  a173-2123 aRecently, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have attracted much attention because of their requirement in everyday life and huge production/consumption worldwide. India’s pharmaceutical industry has emerged as the world’s third largest in terms of volume of production. As a leading science-based industry, the pharmaceutical industry contributes to the tune of 1% of India’s total GDP. Ever increasing international demand of these products drives continued rapid expansion of the pharmaceutical industry. India becomes a preferred manufacturing location for PPCPs, which is obvious from the export of PPCPs to over 65 countries. This is primarily because of the manufacturing cost advantage. Nevertheless, the major concern of these PPCPs is their nonpassive nature. They are not benign travelers in the environment but rather they are bioaccumulative and their retention becomes toxic to wildlife and human beings. It is reported that residual PPCPs may cause endocrine disruptions that can change hormonal actions, although the adverse impact of PPCPs on human health and the environment is still not fully understood. Therefore, there is an urgent need to protect our limited water resources and the available aquatic species from deterioration due to residual PPCPs. A variety of technologies, including physical, biological, and chemical processes, have been extensively investigated for the removal of PPCPs from wastewater. Recently, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and advanced materials have shown great promise as an efficient alternative for mineralization of such refractory species. Therefore, a critical review of the recent advances in PPCP removal is imperative to gauge their performance. In this chapter, we briefly summarize the advances made in the technologies for PPCPs removal, followed by an in-depth review of the removal of PPCPs by advanced materials and AOPs.1 aMorone, Amruta1 aMulay, Prajakatta1 aKamble, Sanjay, P.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/removal-pharmaceutical-and-personal-care-products-wastewater-using-advanced-materials