Pharmaceuticals in the environment : sources, fate, effects and risks

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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): a review on environmental contamination in China. (2013, background): “, which are widely used in high quantities throughout the world, together with their metabolites and transformation products (Daughton and Ternes, 1999; Kummerer, 2000).”
Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence. (2012, background): “To date most modelling studies have been focused on evaluating potential environmental concentrations in various fresh water environments (Kümmerer et al., 2005; Kümmerer, 2008).”
The presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment due to human use--present knowledge and future challenges. (2009, background): “The findings of recent years have been confirmed for different countries and different environmental compartments (Kümmerer, 2008b).”
A global perspective on the use, sales, exposure pathways, occurrence, fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) in the environment. (2006, background): “A variety of drugs and feed additives are approved for use in food-animal agriculture (Bloom, 2004).”
Occurrence, fate, and ecotoxicity of antibiotics in agro-ecosystems. A review (2011, background): “However, antibiotics have just aroused attention as potential pollutants in the past two decades (Halling-Sørensen et al. 1998; Kümmerer 2001a).”