Assessing environmental and human health risks of pharmaceutical contamination in surface water
Pharmaceuticals, also known as medicines, are a mixture of substances used to prevent and treat human or animal diseases or infections. These products are used in many areas, such as medicine, aquaculture, animal husbandry, and, not least, in people’s everyday lives. According to the literature, the...
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| author | Ioana-Antonia Cimpean Florentina Laura Chiriac Diana Constantinescu-Groposila Victor Constantin Cojocaru Vasile Ion Iancu |
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| description | Pharmaceuticals, also known as medicines, are a mixture of substances used to prevent and treat human or animal diseases or infections. These products are used in many areas, such as medicine, aquaculture, animal husbandry, and, not least, in people’s everyday lives. According to the literature, they are classified into several therapeutic classes, the ones of interest for this paper being non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; antidiabetic drugs, and antacid drugs. The mentioned drugs have raised concerns due to their presence in the environment and the potential health risks they pose. Recently, much research has focused on compounds that have direct harmful effects but are found in the environment at relatively low concentrations. These compounds could seriously threaten aquatic ecosystems, especially in the long term, due to their ability to accumulate in living organisms through bioaccumulation or generate secondary metabolites with harmful side effects. To effectively monitor pharmaceuticals in the environment, it is essential to have a variety of rapid, reliable, and sensitive methods capable of detecting numerous compounds. The most commonly employed techniques include solid phase extraction (SPE) followed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS). This study supports ongoing efforts to monitor and regulate drug contamination in water sources, evaluating potential risks to human health and emphasizing the importance of addressing these contaminants to protect environmental and public health. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6f6bbf0bd81f4c3fa5c7fa172dab65a82025-01-29T12:19:25ZengEstfaliaRomanian Journal of Ecology & Environmental Chemistry2668-54182668-85302024-12-0162435410.21698/rjeec.2024.204Assessing environmental and human health risks of pharmaceutical contamination in surface waterIoana-Antonia Cimpean0Florentina Laura Chiriac1Diana Constantinescu-Groposila2Victor Constantin Cojocaru3Vasile Ion Iancu4National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDUniversity of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of BucharestNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDPharmaceuticals, also known as medicines, are a mixture of substances used to prevent and treat human or animal diseases or infections. These products are used in many areas, such as medicine, aquaculture, animal husbandry, and, not least, in people’s everyday lives. According to the literature, they are classified into several therapeutic classes, the ones of interest for this paper being non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; antidiabetic drugs, and antacid drugs. The mentioned drugs have raised concerns due to their presence in the environment and the potential health risks they pose. Recently, much research has focused on compounds that have direct harmful effects but are found in the environment at relatively low concentrations. These compounds could seriously threaten aquatic ecosystems, especially in the long term, due to their ability to accumulate in living organisms through bioaccumulation or generate secondary metabolites with harmful side effects. To effectively monitor pharmaceuticals in the environment, it is essential to have a variety of rapid, reliable, and sensitive methods capable of detecting numerous compounds. The most commonly employed techniques include solid phase extraction (SPE) followed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS). This study supports ongoing efforts to monitor and regulate drug contamination in water sources, evaluating potential risks to human health and emphasizing the importance of addressing these contaminants to protect environmental and public health.http://www.rjeec.ro/Read/253?id=Assessing%20environmental%20and%20human%20health%20risks%20of%20pharmaceutical%20contamination%20in%20surface%20water%0D%0Acontaminationsurface waterlc-ms/mspharmaceuticalsenvironmental risk assessmenthuman health risk |
| spellingShingle | Ioana-Antonia Cimpean Florentina Laura Chiriac Diana Constantinescu-Groposila Victor Constantin Cojocaru Vasile Ion Iancu Assessing environmental and human health risks of pharmaceutical contamination in surface water Romanian Journal of Ecology & Environmental Chemistry contamination surface water lc-ms/ms pharmaceuticals environmental risk assessment human health risk |
| title | Assessing environmental and human health risks of pharmaceutical contamination in surface water |
| title_full | Assessing environmental and human health risks of pharmaceutical contamination in surface water |
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| title_short | Assessing environmental and human health risks of pharmaceutical contamination in surface water |
| title_sort | assessing environmental and human health risks of pharmaceutical contamination in surface water |
| topic | contamination surface water lc-ms/ms pharmaceuticals environmental risk assessment human health risk |
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