Environmental science & technology, 2006-06, Vol.40 (11), p.3456-3462
2006
Details
- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Effects of Human Pharmaceuticals on Aquatic Life: Next Steps
- Ist Teil von
- Environmental science & technology, 2006-06, Vol.40 (11), p.3456-3462
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: American Chemical Society
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2006
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Pharmaceuticals are designed to cure and treat disease and help people be healthy. However, the active pharmaceutical ingredients) in these medicines, as either the original drug or its metabolites, can be released into the environment and be present in very low, but detectable, concentrations. This is primarily from patient excretion, which makes its way into sewage treatment plants or septic systems. Along the way, some of these pharmaceutical substances are not completely degraded during treatment. As a result, some portions can be released into the environment via wastewater effluent.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0013-936XeISSN: 1520-5851DOI: 10.1021/es063017bTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_20609393
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Animals, Apis, Aquatic life, Daphnia - drug effects, Daphnia - growth & development, Ecosystem, Effluents, Environmental impact, Environmental Monitoring - methods, Environmental Monitoring - standards, Humans, Pharmaceutical Preparations - analysis, Pharmaceuticals, Risk Assessment - methods, Risk Assessment - trends, Sewage - chemistry, Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis, Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity, Water pollution, Water Pollution, Chemical - prevention & control, Water treatment