Comparison of Prioritisation Schemes for Human Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment.

ABSTRACT: Only a small proportion of pharmaceuticals available for commercial use have been monitored in the aquatic environment, and even less is known about the effects on organisms. With thousands of pharmaceuticals in use, it is not feasible to monitor or assess the effects of all of these compounds. Prioritisation schemes allow the ranking of pharmaceuticals based on their potential as environmental contaminants, allowing resources to be appropriately used on those which are most likely to enter the environment and cause greatest harm. Many different types of prioritisation schemes exist in the literature and those utilising predicted environmental concentrations (PECs), the fish plasma model (FPM), critical environmental concentrations (CECs) and acute ecotoxicological data were assessed in th

SUBMITTER: Letsinger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513794 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature