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Thomas A. Ternes
Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Publications - 235
Citations - 34071
Thomas A. Ternes is an academic researcher from Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wastewater & Activated sludge. The author has an hindex of 75, co-authored 223 publications receiving 30515 citations.
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Occurrence of drugs in German sewage treatment plants and rivers
TL;DR: In this article, the occurrence of 32 drug residues belonging to different medicinal classes like antiphlogistics, lipid regulators, psychiatric drugs, antiepileptic drugs, betablockers and β 2 -sympathomimetics as well as five metabolites has been investigated in German municipal sewage treatment plant (STP) discharges, river and stream waters.
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Occurrence of antibiotics in the aquatic environment.
TL;DR: From the large number of ground water samples that were taken from agricultural areas in Germany, no contamination by antibiotics was detected except for two sites, which indicates that intake from veterinary applications to the aquatic environment is of minor importance.
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Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues
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Behavior of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and hormones in a sewage treatment plant
Marta Carballa,Francisco Omil,Juan M. Lema,Maria Llompart,Carmen Garcia-Jares,Isaac Rodríguez,Mariano Gómez,Thomas A. Ternes +7 more
TL;DR: The concentration of estrone increased along the treatment due to the partial oxidation of 17beta-estradiol in the aeration tank, and the overall removal efficiencies within the STP ranged between 70-90% for the fragrances, 40-65% forThe anti-inflammatories, around 65% for 17 beta-ESTradiol and 60% for sulfamethoxazole.
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Removal of pharmaceuticals during drinking water treatment.
Thomas A. Ternes,Martin Meisenheimer,Derek McDowell,Frank Sacher,Heinz-Jürgen Brauch,Brigitte Haist-Gulde,Gudrun Preuss,Uwe Wilme,Ninette Zulei-Seibert +8 more
TL;DR: In addition to ozonation, filtration with granular activated carbon (GAC) was very effective in removing pharmaceuticals.