Pharmaceutical Residues in the Environment

• Autore: Kumirska Jolanta
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Environmental economics; Research and information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: 5-fluorouracil; activated sludge (AS); antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs); antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB); antibiotics; antibiotics, antibiotic resistance; aquatic compartments; bacterial community; BDD anode; chromatographic methods; constructed wetlands; constructed wetlands (CWs); conventional wastewater treatments; cyclophosphamide; cytostatic drug; determination of pharmaceuticals; determining target pollutants in plant materials; development of methods; ecotoxicity; electrochemical oxidation; electromigration techniques; endocrine disrupting compounds; environmental and biological samples; environmental contaminants; environmental pollution; environmental risk assessment; fate in the environment; fate in WWTPs; fluoxetine; green chemistry; hydroponic cultivation; ifosfamide; intermediates; ionic liquids; LC-MS/MS analysis; lincomycin; mianserin; migration; monensin; municipal wastewater treatment plants; paroxetine; pharmaceutical residues; pharmaceuticals; pharmaceuticals in the environment; pharmaceuticals occurrence; pharmaceuticals toxicity; poultry farms; removal efficiency; residual; risk assessment; roxarsone; sample preparation; sertraline; sewage sludge; soil; solid phase extraction; Spirotox; spread of resistance; sul genes; sulfamethoxazole; sulfonamides; tetracyclines; toxicity; ultra-high performance liquid chromatography; wastewater; wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs); wastewaters
• Persona (resp. second.): KumirskaJolanta
• Sommario/riassunto: Pharmaceuticals, due to their pseudo-persistence and biological activity as well as their extensive use in human and veterinary medicine, are a class of environmental contaminants that is of emerging concern. In contrast to some conventional pollutants, they are continuously delivered at low levels, which might give rise to toxicity even without high persistence rates. These chemicals are designed to have a specific physiological mode of action and to resist frequently inactivation before exerting their intended therapeutic effect. These features, among others, result in the bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals which are responsible for toxic effects in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. It is extremely important to know how to remove them from the environment and/or how to implement procedures or treatments resulting in their biological inactivation. Although great advances have been made in their detection in aquatic matrices, there remains limited analytical methodologies available for the trace analysis of target and non-target pharmaceuticals in matrices such as soils, sediments, or biota. There are still many gaps in the data on their fate and behavior in the environment as well as on their threats to ecological and human health. This book has included nine current research and three review articles in this field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pharmaceutical Residues in the Environment
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557113103321
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