Browsing by Author "Vasquez, Marlen I."
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Assessing the potential of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products to cause mutagenic effects: Implications for gene expression profiling
Vasquez, Marlen I.; Tarapoulouzi, Maria; Lambrianides, Nancy; Hapeshi, E.; Felekkis, Kyriakos; Saile, Maria; Sticht, Carsten; Gretz, Norbert; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2016)The selection and prioritization of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products for evaluating effects on the environment and human health is a challenging task. One common approach is based on compounds (e.g., mixture ...
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Bioassays currently available for evaluating the biological potency of pharmaceuticals in treated wastewater
Vasquez, Marlen I.; Michael, I.; Kümmerer, K.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2016)
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Biodegradation potential of ofloxacin and its resulting transformation products during photolytic and photocatalytic treatment
Vasquez, Marlen I.; Hapeshi, E.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Kümmerer, K. (2013)The release of pharmaceuticals in the environment, as parent compounds, metabolites and transformation products, and the consequent risks posed to living organisms due to the unintended exposure of the latter to these ...
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Chronic ecotoxic effects to Pseudomonas putida and Vibrio fischeri, and cytostatic and genotoxic effects to the hepatoma cell line (HepG2) of ofloxacin photo(cata)lytically treated solutions
Vasquez, Marlen I.; Garcia-Käufer, M.; Hapeshi, E.; Menz, J.; Kostarelos, K.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Kümmerer, K. (2013)Ofloxacin (OFL), a broad-spectrum and widespread-used photolabile fluoroquinolone, is frequently found in treated wastewaters, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems leading to increasing concern during the past decades regarding ...
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Drugs degrading photocatalytically: Kinetics and mechanisms of ofloxacin and atenolol removal on titania suspensions
Hapeshi, E.; Achilleos, A.; Vasquez, Marlen I.; Michael, C.; Xekoukoulotakis, Nikolaos P.; Mantzavinos, D.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2010)The conversion of the antibiotic ofloxacin and the ß-blocker atenolol by means of TiO2 photocatalysis was investigated. Irradiation was provided by a UVA lamp at 3.37×10-6einstein/s photon flux, while emphasis was given ...
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Environmental side effects of pharmaceutical cocktails: what we know and what we should know
Vasquez, Marlen I.; Lambrianides, A.; Schneider, M.; Kümmerer, K.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2014)Cocktails of pharmaceuticals are released in the environment after human consumption and due to the incomplete removal at the wastewater treatment plants. Pharmaceuticals are considered as contaminants of emerging concern ...
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Is the evaluation of "traditional" physicochemical parameters sufficient to explain the potential toxicity of the treated wastewater at sewage treatment plants?
Vasquez, Marlen I.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2013)Water scarcity is one of the most important environmental and public health problems of our century. Treated wastewater reuse seems to be the most attractive option for the enhancement of water resources. However, the lack ...
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Metabolites and Transformation Products of Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment as Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Michael, I.; Vasquez, Marlen I.; Hapeshi, E.; Haddad, T.; Baginska, E.; Kümmerer, K.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2014)
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Organochlorine and organophosphoric insecticides, herbicides and heavy metals residue in industrial wastewaters in Cyprus
Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Canna-Michaelidou, St; Michael, C.; Georgiou, E. Demetriou; Christodoulidou, M.; Achilleos, A.; Vasquez, Marlen I. (2007)Most industries in Cyprus possess permits either for disposal at central wastewater treatment plants (the treated effluent of which is reused or disposed into the sea), or discharge on soil, or reuse either for irrigation ...
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Pesticides, volatile and semivolatile organic compounds in the inland surface waters of Cyprus
Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Kythreotou, N. ( 1 ); Vasquez, Marlen I.; Michael, C.; Canna-Michaelidou, St; Christodoulidou, M. (2007)
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The risks associated with wastewater reuse and xenobiotics in the agroecological environment [electronic resource]
Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Vasquez, Marlen I.; Koukoulakis, P. H.; Kalavrouziotis, I. K. (2011)Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation, landscape and surface or groundwater replenishment purposes is being widely implemented. Although the reuse practice is accompanied by a number of benefits relating to the enhancement ...
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Transformation products of pharmaceuticals in surface waters and wastewater formed during photolysis and advanced oxidation processes - Degradation, elucidation of byproducts and assessment of their biological potency
Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Vasquez, Marlen I.; Kümmerer, K. ( 2 ) (2011)