Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Changes in the Presence and Concentrations of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use in Italy

摘要: Until recently information on pharmaceuticals emitted in the environment was scanty. In last two decades, such as clofibrate, analgesics, antibiotics and antineoplastics have been found effluent of sewage treatment plants (STP) (Halling-Sorensen et al.1998; Kummerer 2001). Some these compounds were not readily biodegradable also detectable surface water groundwater (Oilers al. 2001; Sacher Several detected µg l−1 range wastewaters throughout Europe, some measured at ng concentrations rivers drinking 1998; Ollers Zuccato 2000).