Sericin‐coated membrane for removal of drug‐based micropollutants

What is it about?

Usually, drugs are not associated with endangering human life. However, as apart of the vicious cycle, due to unregulated disposal when drugs trace way back into the water sources, long-term exposure may impose multiple health issues. Hence, the removal of undesired drugs from drinking water becomes necessary. This article presents the use of a novel designed sericin-coated polymeric microfiltration (MF) membrane for the removal of drug particles from water.

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Why is it important?

The conventional water treatment methods are not designed for the removal of drug-based micropollutants. Also, complete removal is not very often achieved with advanced treatment methods. Hence, it becomes very necessary to find a better way to tackle this problem. Our study suggests that the sericin-coated MF membrane proved very efficient in the removal of drugs from water. The significant findings of this study are that: (a) the sericin-coated MF-membrane worked very efficiently with anionic drugs (b) effect of background salt on removal is minimum (c) the removal was very efficient even in multi-solute conditions (d) membrane was reusable for multiple cycles.

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