Pharmaceuticals in the environment
Subtitle: current knowledge and need assessment to reduce presence and impact
By: edited by Benoit Roig
Contributors: European Commission
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781843393146
Subjects: Emerging contaminants in water; Drugs; Environmental Pollution; Adverse effects; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Environmental Biodegradation; Drug effects; Environmental Monitoring; Risk Assessment; Médicaments; Aspect de l'environnement
Notes: "European Commission community research."--Cover.

"EU project number: 036864."--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Policy framework at EU level; title: 3. Exposure based on life cycle; title: 4. Real situation: occurrence of the main investigated PPs in water bodies; title: 5. Performance of conventional treatment processes of the most resistant PPs; title: 6. Biological monitoring and endpoints; title: 7. Environmental risk assessment and prioritization strategies for human pharmaceuticals, review and discussion; title: 8. Recommendations on research and development; title: 9. Recommendations on Communication and Education.