Control of Environmental Pollution Caused by Pharmaceuticals

摘要: In recent years environmental research has centered on emerging contaminants, outstanding among which are pharmaceutical products. Although pharmaceuticals have been detected in aquatic ecosystems only at trace levels, they shown to induce toxic effects organisms since designed be biologically active living and persistent biodegradation long half-lives. Effluents from domestic, hospital industrial sources, sewage treatment plant effluent, the inappropriate disposal of unused or expired medicines principal sources emission into environment. Conventional methods wastewater prove insufficient for complete removal pharmaceuticals; however, is now being focused advanced oxidation processes remove Information fate environment provides groundwork assess their risk identify possible management strategies, as well putting place stricter regulations this type contaminants.