Pharmaceutical pollution of aquatic environment: an emerging and enormous challenge

Author:

Rzymski Piotr1,Drewek Agnieszka2,Klimaszyk Piotr2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Environmental Medicine , Poznań University of Medical Sciences , Rokietnicka 8, 60-806 Poznań , Poland

2. Department of Water Protection , Adam Mickiewicz University , Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań , Poland

Abstract

Abstract The global use of pharmaceuticals is on the systematic rise and leads to contamination of surface waters with xenobiotic compounds with a wide range of bioactivity. Waters that receive urban and medical effluents are particularly threatened. The presence of pharmaceuticals in these ecosystems can lead to unpredictable ecological impacts and responses, and may also have an impact on human health. At the same time the identification and quantification of these chemicals, to a large extent remains a subject to scientific investigation than part of a thorough monitoring programme. Their biological effects on aquatic organisms are mainly recognized experimentally and often using concentrations far exceeding environmentally relevant levels. This review paper defines the main sources of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment, discusses the fate of these compounds and summarizes the current state-of-the-art of pharmaceutical monitoring in Polish surface waters.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Water Science and Technology,Ecology,Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Reference72 articles.

1. Baranowska I., Kowalski B., 2012, A rapid UHPLC method for the simultaneous determination of drugs from different therapeutic groups in surface water and wastewater, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 89(1): 8–14.

2. Barra Caracciolo A., Topp E., Grenni P., 2015, Pharmaceuticals in the environment: biodegradation and effects on natural microbial communities. A review, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 106: 25–36.

3. BIO Intelligence Service, 2013, Study on the environmental risks of medicinal products, Final Report prepared for Executive Agency for Health and Consumers. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/health/files/environment/study_environment.pdf [accessed 10 April 2017].

4. Bound J.P., Voulvoulis N., 2005, Household disposal of pharmaceuticals as a pathway for aquatic contamination in the United Kingdom, Environ. Health Perspect. 113(12): 1705–1711.

5. Boxall A.B., Rudd M.A., Brooks B.W., Caldwell D.J., Choi K., Hickmann S., Innes E., Ostapyk K., Staveley J.P., Verslycke T., Ankley G.T., Beazley K.F., Belanger S.E., Berninger J.P., Carriquiriborde P., Coors A., Deleo P.C., Dyer S.D., Ericson J.F., Gagné F., Giesy J.P., Gouin T., Hallstrom L., Karlsson M.V., Larsson D.G., Lazorchak J.M., Mastrocco F., McLaughlin A., McMaster M.E., Meyerhoff R.D., Moore R., Parrott J.L., Snape J.R., Murray-Smith R., Servos M.R., Sibley P.K., Straub J.O., Szabo N.D., Topp E., Tetreault G.R., Trudeau V.L., Van Der Kraak G., 2012, Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?, Environ. Health Perspect. 120(9): 1221–1229.

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3