Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past 10-15 years, a substantial amount of work has been done by the scientific, regulatory, and business communities to elucidate the effects and risks of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment.

Objective

This review was undertaken to identify key outstanding issues regarding the effects of PPCPs on human and ecological health in order to ensure that future resources will be focused on the most important areas.

Data sources

To better understand and manage the risks of PPCPs in the environment, we used the "key question" approach to identify the principle issues that need to be addressed. Initially, questions were solicited from academic, government, and business communities around the world. A list of 101 questions wa

SUBMITTER: Boxall AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3440110 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature