Pharmaceutical residues are not totally eliminated during municipal sewage treatment and are thus discharged into the aquatic environment via STP effluents. Despite the extensive use of pharmaceuticals in modern medicine, relatively little is known about the occurrence and the fate of pharmaceuticals in sediments and environmental waters.
Chemicals
Behaviour of selected human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in aquatic compartments and soil
Series
Texte | 05/2005
Number of pages
148
Year of publication
Author(s)
Dr. T. Ternes, Dr. Jörg Römbke, Dr. Dirk Löffler Dr. Michael Meller Dipl.-Landschaftsökol. Jennifer Oppel
Language
English
Project No. (FKZ)
299 67 401/01
Publisher
Umweltbundesamt
File size
1101 KB
Price
0,00 €
Print version
not available
rated as helpful
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