Fármacos no meio ambiente
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by FapUNIFESP (SciELO) in Química Nova
- Vol. 26 (4) , 523-530
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-40422003000400015
Abstract
Pharmaceutical drugs have been detected in sewage treatment plants, surface waters, underground waters and potable waters. Some investigations have been conducted in several countries such as Germany, Brazil, Canada, United States, The Netherlands, England and Italy. Patients and animals excrete part of pharmaceuticals used for human and veterinary medicine after administration in domestic sewage or on the soil. Drugs residues which have not been completely removed during passage through a sewage treatment plant (STP) enter the aquatic environment. The effects of such residual drugs in terrestrial and aquatic organisms are scarcely knownKeywords
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