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14. Point Sources of Human Pharmaceuticals into the Aquatic Environment

Authors : Kevin V. Thomas, Katherine H. Langford

Published in: Green and Sustainable Pharmacy

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

It is generally accepted that treated sewage effluent discharges are the principal source of pharmaceutically active compounds and their metabolites from humans into the aquatic environment (Daughton and Ternes 2000, Heberer 2002). As has been discussed in other chapters of this book in order for the sustainable use of pharmaceuticals to become a reality there is a need to understand the complete life cycle of a pharmaceutical compound including the various pathways by which it can enter the aquatic environment.

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Title: Point Sources of Human Pharmaceuticals into the Aquatic Environment
Authors: Kevin V. Thomas
Katherine H. Langford
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Green and Sustainable Pharmacy
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-05198-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-05199-9

Copyright Year: 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05199-9_14