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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Current knowledge and need assessment to reduce presence and impact

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This book puts together the current knowledge and emphasises questions that deserve attention such as: - What is the spectrum of most relevant pharmaceutical products (PP's) for the aquatic environment? Which indicators for supporting environmental managers, health authorities? - What is the efficiency of urban and industrial sewage treatment plants over a year? What is the fate and behaviour of PP's in sewage treatment plants? If receiving waters are used for potable water supplies, does the presence of these compounds represent a potential hazard to human health? - Could we solve some problems by environmental or cleaner technologies? - What regulatory approaches, incentives, prevention actions can be implemented in order to lower PP's concentration in the environment? Does a European practical guidance can be developed? - Can the impacts of PPs on the environment be reduced through the use of eco-pharmaco-stewardship approaches including the use of clean synthesis, classification and labelling, and better communication of methods of ‘good practice’? - How can we better monitor the environmental impact of a pharmaceutical once it has received a marketing authorisation?
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hal-04594748 , version 1 (30-05-2024)

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Benoit Roig. Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Current knowledge and need assessment to reduce presence and impact. WA Publishing, 2010, 9781843393146 (Print). ⟨10.2166/9781780401430⟩. ⟨hal-04594748⟩

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