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• The biodegradation of pharmaceutical products is a minimal-effort and
powerful technique for removing the pharmaceutical products. In the acti-
vated sludge system, biosorption and biodegradation at the same time con-
tributed to the removal of pharmaceutical products. Regardless, the duties
of biosorption and biodegradation in the departure of pharmaceutical items
changed.
• Biodegradation can totally remove pharmaceutical products from soil, yet
the pharmaceutical products evacuated by biosorption remain in the treated
sewage, and can enter nature with the reuse of treated sewage, causing pos-
sible pollution. With the specific end goal of reducing the likelihood of
possible pollution, more reviews are needed to clear up the particular con-
tributions of biosorption and biodegradation to the removal of pharmaceuti-
cal products.

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