The fate and effects of sewage-derived pharmaceuticals in soil

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The fate and effects of sewage-derived pharmaceuticals in soil

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The behaviour and impact of pharmaceuticals in the environment are still poorly understood. Pharmaceuticals are widely used and continually released into the environment causing increasing concerns about their impact on the environment beyond the intended human or veterinary use. Prescribed pharmaceuticals, typically, enter the environment either through excretion after human use or disposal of surplus medication. Sewage treatment plants do not completely remove pharmaceuticals and their meta...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2007

Creator

Gielen, Gertruda Jacqueline Hariette Petronella

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1416

Related subjects

pharmaceuticals / soil / soil water / microbial community / sewage / effluent irrigation / land application / toxicity / microbial adaptation / solid phase extraction / supercritical fluid extraction / GC-MS

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