Monitoring of chemicals in the aquatic environment by chemical analysis alone cannot
completely assess and predict the effects of chemicals on aquatic species and ecosystems …

Pharmaceuticals have been considered 'contaminants of emerging concern'for more than 20
years. In that time, many laboratory studies have sought to identify hazard and assess risk in …

Background The presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment is a growing global
concern and although environmental risk assessment is required for approval of new drugs …

Background Pharmaceuticals is one of the groups of contaminants of emerging concern that
are resistant to decomposition or removal by most of the existing water and wastewater …

The negative impacts of residual antibiotics in the environment on ecosystem and human
health are big concerns. However, little information is available on the antibiotic …

As the global population becomes more concentrated in urban areas, resource
consumption, including access to pharmaceuticals, is increasing and chemical use is also …

Antidepressants are one of the most commonly prescribed pharmaceutical classes for the
treatment of psychiatric conditions. They act via modulation of brain monoaminergic …

In Asian develo** countries, undeveloped and ineffective sewer systems are causing
surface water pollution by a lot of contaminants, especially pharmaceuticals and personal …

A fish plasma model (FPM) has been proposed as a screening technique to prioritize
potential hazardous pharmaceuticals to wild fish. However, this approach does not account …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are one of the main sources of pharmaceuticals and
endocrine disrupting compounds in freshwater ecosystems, and several studies have …