A5025996589- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
Environmental Research Institute
2020-2025
University of the Highlands and Islands
2020-2025
James Hutton Institute
2020-2021
Benzotriazole and its derivatives (BTAs) are commonly present in wastewater due to their extensive use industrial processes, yet removal is still unexplored. Here, we test the of these pollutants using two functionalised biochars, synthesised from wild plum (WpOH) apricot (AsPhA) kernels. The aim this work was optimise adsorption process against various BTAs (i.e., benzotriazole (BTZ), 4-hydroxy-1H-benzotriazole (OHBZ), 4-methyl-1H-benzotriazole (4 MBZ), 5-methyl-1H-benzotriazole (5...
Objectives This qualitative study explored public and prescriber awareness of pharmaceutical pollution in the water environment eco-directed sustainable prescribing (EDSP) as a mitigation strategy to reduce environmental impact Scotland. Design Focus groups perceptions topic. Common questions were asked through semistructured facilitation. digitally recorded transcribed verbatim using an artificial intelligence system, then anonymised thematically analysed NVivo software. Data iteratively...
Chemical pollution is considered one of the nine planetary boundaries, and increasing evidence suggests that we are already operating outside this, risking irreversible environmental change.1Persson L Carney Almroth BM Collins CD et al.Outside safe space boundary for novel entities.Environ Sci Technol. 2022; 56: 1510-1521Crossref PubMed Scopus (301) Google Scholar Pharmaceutical chemicals vital components modern health care, but their contamination global waterways threatening human health,...
The presence of human pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment is recognised internationally as an important public health and environmental issue. In Scotland, healthcare sustainability targets call for improvements to medicine prescribing use reduce healthcare's impact on environment. This proof-of-concept study aimed develop a framework knowledge support tool professionals, focussing pharmaceutical pollution. Nominal Group Technique was applied achieve consensus modelling factors...
Pharmaceutical pollution is a globally recognised public health and environmental issue that can negatively affect aquatic organisms, impact on drinking water quality contribute to the spread of antimicrobial resistance. In this research, we developed first UK multi-criteria decision support tool (DST) for medical practitioners encourage eco-directed prescribing considers risk factors alongside considerations. The probabilistic DST, based Bayesian networks, implemented novel decision-making...