Meet the editor

Aurel Nuro was born in Albania in 1977. He was graduated with a degree in Chemistry (2002) from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Albania, in 2002. He obtained his Ph.D. from the same university in 2008 followed by "Docent" in 2010 and Associate Professor in 2012. Since 2002 he has worked as a lecturer and researcher in the working group of Organic Chemistry near the Department of Chemistry, FNS, UT. His

main research areas include organic chemistry, instrumental analyses, gas chromatography, environmental pollution, and ecotoxicology, among others. Dr. Nuro has been a coordinator, expert, and participant in national and international projects. He has mentored more than 180 master's theses in Environmental Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Pharmacy, and other subjects. His publications include articles, books, and conference proceedings (altogether more than 150).

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface XIII**

What are Emerging Contaminants? **1**

**Chapter 1 3** Classification, Potential Routes and Risk of Emerging Pollutants/Contaminant

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 27** Various Methods for Removal, Treatment, and Detection of Emerging Water

Emerging Agricultural Contaminants **55**

**Chapter 4 57**

**Chapter 5 79**

Impacts of Agricultural Toxicity on Non-Target Organisms in Aquatic

*Rafael Artur de Queiroz Cavalcanti de Sá, Jordany Gomes da Silva,* 

*by Yahaya Abdulrazaq, Abdulkareem Abdulsalam, A. Larayetan Rotimi, A. Aliyu Abdulbasit, Okpanachi Clifford, O. Abdulazeez Abdulsalam, O. Nayo Racheal, A. Akor Joy, F. Omale Victor, Z. Mbese Johannes,*

Emerging Compounds in Mexico: Challenges for Their Identification

*by José Gustavo Ronderos-Lara, Hugo Saldarriaga-Noreña, Pedro Guillermo Reyes-Romero, Luis Alberto Chávez-Almazán,* 

*by Wan Norfazilah Wan Ismail and Siti Umairah Mokhtar*

*by Marlyete Chagas de Araújo, Caio Rodrigo Dias de Assis,* 

*Bruno Oliveira de Veras, Kaline Catiely Campos Silva, Glauber Pereira Carvalho dos Santos, Vagne de Melo Oliveira, Juliana Ferreira dos Santos, Ana Lúcia Figueiredo Porto* 

*Josefina Vergara-Sánchez, Mario Alfonso Murillo-Tovar* 

*Muhammad Bilal and Salehdeen Umar M*

and Elimination in Wastewater

*and César Torres-Segundo*

Pesticides and Human Health

*and Maria Betânia Melo de Oliveira*

Contaminants

**Section 2**

*by Riaz Shah*

Ecosystem
