Emerging contaminants are chemicals not commonly monitored in the environment. A great part of these contaminants is pharmaceutical waste, especially the compound naproxen. Naproxen is a widely use anti-inflammatory drug that helps with most common aches. This results in great amounts of waste that are left in the water even after treatment plants purify it. This can cause harm to aquatic environments and human health. The purpose for this research is to remove naproxen from distilled water by synthesizing Ca (II) - Fe (III) alginate beads, chitosan-alginate beads will also be analyzed. The adsorption tests will be done for naproxen in distilled water. These will be analyzed by UV spectroscopy. The solutions will be placed in contact with Ca (II)-Fe (III) alginate beads and will be placed in sealed glass bottles at 25°C with magnetic stirring for up to 24 hours. Aliquots will be taken at timed intervals until equilibrium is obtained. All samples will be quantitatively analyzed by UV-VIS spectroscopy. Preliminary results indicate that 46% of naproxen is removed from water during a period of 24 hours using Ca (II) – Fe (III) alginate beads.

Synthesis of Ca (II) - Fe (III) alginate beads for removal of naproxen in water

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