Albornoz L L, Soroka V D, Silva M C A
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
UFRGS, Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas (IPH), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Hídricos e Saneamento Ambiental, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Environ Adv. 2021 Dec;6:100140. doi: 10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100140. Epub 2021 Nov 19.
The COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be one of the most challenging health and social crises ever faced by humanity. Several drugs have been proposed as potential antiviral agents for the treatment of COVID-19 since the beginning of the health crisis. Among them are chloroquine (CQ), hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), ivermectin (IVM), and the combination of QC or HCQ and azithromycin (AZI). The use of these and several other drugs has grown sharply, even if there is proof of ineffectiveness in the early treatment or mild cases of COVID-19. Thus, there is great concern about the potential environmental impacts of the effluents released with the presence of these drugs. Therefore, this work aimed to carry out a literature review on wastewater treatment processes, focusing on removing these substances through advanced oxidation process. As the conventional effluent treatment processes do not have high efficiency for removal, it was concentrated in the literature that had as scope advanced and photo-mediated techniques to remove CQ, HCQ, IVM, and AZI. It is expected, with this work, to highlight the importance of conducting research that contributes to the control of pollution and contamination.
事实证明，新冠疫情是人类有史以来面临的最具挑战性的健康和社会危机之一。自这场健康危机开始以来，已有几种药物被提议作为治疗新冠的潜在抗病毒药物。其中包括氯喹（CQ）、羟氯喹（HCQ）、伊维菌素（IVM），以及CQ或HCQ与阿奇霉素（AZI）的组合。即便有证据表明这些药物及其他几种药物对新冠早期治疗或轻症病例无效，但它们的使用量仍急剧增加。因此，人们非常担心含有这些药物的废水排放可能对环境造成的影响。因此，这项工作旨在对废水处理工艺进行文献综述，重点是通过高级氧化工艺去除这些物质。由于传统的污水处理工艺去除效率不高，因此集中研究了以高级和光介导技术去除CQ、HCQ、IVM和AZI的文献。通过这项工作，有望突出开展有助于控制污染和污染物研究的重要性。
