en سایر موضوعات Other subjects Review Paper Review Paper <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span style="tab-stops:322.5pt right 6.5in"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The growth of industries, populations, and industrial activities includes environmental pollutants. Pollution causes problems such as reduced light transmission, anaerobic conditions, and complications such as allergies and cancer for humans and other living organisms. </span></span></span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">adsorption</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> method is one of the most attractive, and efficient methods for removing environmental pollutants such as pharmaceuticals. Among the </span></span></span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">standard</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> methods for wastewater treatment, adsorption is more efficient than other methods and is more economical. They have </span></span></span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">a meager </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">price. Adsorption of pollutants can be </span></span></span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">an excellent </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">way to remove toxic substances from polluted waters and industrial effluents. In this review, pharmaceutical removal by adsorption process was reviewed in details.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Adsorption,pharmaceutical,Wastewater treatment 1 12 http://ijmse.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5058-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 ali hosseinian naeini hosseinian_ali22@yahoo.com 1800319475328460018156 1800319475328460018156 Yes Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Seyed Ali Hosseini Moradi physicphotonic@yahoo.com 1800319475328460018157 1800319475328460018157 No Professor, Khatam Al-Anbia Air Defense Academy, Tehran, Iran