Environmental Persistent Pharmaceutical Pollutants

Basics

• A class of Contaminants of emerging concern
• Essentially Pharmaceutical Precursors, Pharmaceuticals, and Pharmaceutical Metabolites / Waste
• Can come from a Point Source such as a factory, but the main context is in Black Water by people utilizing Pharmaceuticals
  • Various methods of Wastewater Treatment may concentrate these as well
• The Direct Impact is of concern, but synergistic effects are of special interest