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Title Pharmaceuticals in the environment / editors: R.E. Hester, R.M. Harrison
Published [Cambridge] : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Issues in environmental science and technology
Issues in environmental science and technology.
Contents The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Future of Drug Development -- Distribution of Pharmaceutical Residues in the Environment -- Pharmaceuticals in the Marine Environment -- Sources of Residues in the Environment and their Control -- Persistence of Pharmaceutical Residues both in Sewage Treatment Works and the Receiving Environment -- Ecotoxicology, Environmental Risk Assessment and Potential Impact on Human Health -- Impacts of Pharmaceuticals on Terrestrial Wildlife -- Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
Machine generated contents note: The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Future of Drug Development / David Taylor -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Historical Background -- 1.2. What is a Pharmaceutical? -- 1.3. Environmental Impact -- 2. The Pharmaceutical Industries -- 3. Research, Discovery and Development -- 3.1. Pre-clinical Trials -- 3.2. Clinical Trials -- 3.3. Environmental Issues -- 4.Commercial Realities -- 4.1. Problems with Patents -- 4.2. Maintaining a Viable Business -- 4.3. Access to Medicines -- 5. The Pharmaceutical Industry in the Future -- 5.1.Commercial Pressures -- 5.2. Environmental Challenges -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Distribution of Pharmaceutical Residues in the Environment / Vince D'Aco -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals -- 3. Reviews of Pharmaceutical Products -- 4. Measured Concentrations -- 5. Modelling to Complement and Extend the Utility of Field Programs -- 5.1. Measure or Model? -- 5.2. Estimates of API Consumption for Use in Modelling Analysis
Note continued: 5.3. Modelling for Design of Field Surveys -- 5.4. Elucidating Fate and Transport Mechanisms -- 5.5. Critical Evaluation of Measured Concentrations -- 5.6. Modelling to Support Human Health and Environmental Risk Assessments -- 5.7. Models to Evaluate Potential Impacts of Natural and Synthetic Estrogens -- 5.8. Using Models to Evaluate Mitigation Strategies -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Pharmaceuticals in the Marine Environment / Thomas H. Hutchinson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Key Sources of Pharmaceuticals Entering the Marine Environment -- 2.1. Human Pharmaceuticals and Illicit Drugs -- 2.2. Veterinary Medicines -- 2.3. Environmental Fate of PhACs in Marine Environments -- 2.4. Concentrations of PhACs Measured in the Marine Environment -- 2.5. Impacts on Marine Organisms -- 2.6. Human Health Concerns -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Sources of Pharmaceutical Residues in the Environment and their Control / Daniel J. Caldwell -- 1. Introduction and Overview
Note continued: 2. Pathways of Exposure -- 3. Patient Consumption and Excretion -- 3.1. Human Excretion -- 3.2. APIs Excreted into the Sewage System Undergo Wastewater Treatment -- 4. Emissions from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing -- 5. Unused Medicines and their Disposal -- 5.1. Disposal in Municipal Solid Waste -- 6. Wastewater Treatment -- 7. Hospitals -- 8. Minor Pathways -- 8.1. Exposure through the Consumption of Foods -- 8.2. Exposure through Water Consumption -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Pharmaceutical Residues in Sewage Treatment Works and their Fate in the Receiving Environment / Paola Verlicchi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Wastewaters -- 2.1. Occurrence in Municipal Sewage -- 2.2. The Fate and Behaviour of Pharmaceuticals in Sewage Works -- 2.3. Removal of Pharmaceuticals during Conventional Wastewater Treatment -- 2.4. Occurrence in Sewage Sludge -- 3. Need for Advanced Treatment and Sustainability Implications
Note continued: 4. Pharmaceuticals in Receiving Waters -- 4.1. Occurrence -- 4.2. Fate and Behaviour -- 5. Significance of Levels of Pharmaceuticals in Waters -- 6. Discussion -- 6.1. Recommendations to Reduce Pharmaceutical Inputs -- 7. Summary -- References -- Ecotoxicology, Environmental Risk Assessment and Potential Impact on Human Health / Reinhard Lange -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Relevant Pharmacology -- 2.1. Pharmacokinetics -- 2.2. Pharmacodynamics -- 3. General Approaches and Data Availability -- 3.1. Dealing with Data Distributions -- 3.2. What is a ̀Safe' Concentration? -- 3.3. Data Feast and Famine -- 4. Potential Risks to Humans -- 4.1. Predicted Environmental Concentrations versus Acceptable Daily Intakes -- 4.2. Measured Environmental Concentrations versus Acceptable Daily Intakes -- 4.3. Genotoxicity -- 4.4. Hormonal Disruption -- 4.5. Susceptible Sub-populations -- 4.6. Conclusions on Human Risks -- 5. Potential Risks to Aquatic Life
Note continued: 5.1. Limitations of Available Ecotoxicity Data -- 5.2. Predicted Environmental Concentrations versus Predicted No Effect Concentrations -- 5.3. Measured Environmental Concentrations versus Predicted No Effect Concentrations -- 5.4. Estrogenic APIs -- 5.5. Antidepressants -- 5.6. Plasma Concentration Model -- 5.7. Conclusions on Risks to Aquatic Life -- 6. Antibiotics, Clinical Resistance and Potential Risks to Beneficial Microbes -- References -- Impacts of Pharmaceuticals on Terrestrial Wildlife / Chad A. Kinney -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1.A Global Context -- 1.2. Scale and Pathways -- 1.3. Recognised Impacts on Non-target Wildlife -- 1.4. Aim of this Chapter -- 2. Pathways, Exposure and Effects in Terrestrial Wildlife -- 2.1. Pathways, Exposure and Effects Associated with Freshwater Contamination -- 2.2. Pathways, Exposure and Effects within the Terrestrial Landscape -- 3. Known Impacts in Terrestrial Wildlife
Note continued: 3.1. Case Study: Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Avian Scavengers -- 4. Analytical and Monitoring Approaches and Challenges -- 4.1. Analytical Tools -- 4.2. Monitoring Approaches -- Transformation Products -- 4.3. Wildlife Exposure: Novel Biomarkers and Endpoints -- 4.4. Field Monitoring and Sample Matrices -- 5. Legislative Perspectives -- 5.1. Case 1: Scavenging Wildlife and Pentobarbital in the US -- 5.2. Case 2: Veterinary NSAIDs in the EU, South Africa and on the Indian Subcontinent -- 6. Future Priorities -- 6.1. Better Quantify Potential Risks for Terrestrial Wildlife -- 6.2. Improve Risk Assessment for Terrestrial Environments -- 6.3. Better Understand the Risks Posed by Pharmaceutical Transformation Products -- 6.4. Develop New Ways of Monitoring Across a Wider Range of Taxa -- 7. In Conclusion -- References -- Veterinary Pharmaceuticals / Silke Hickmann -- 1. Introduction
Note continued: 2. Legal and Regulatory Demands Concerning Environmental Impact of VMPs in the EU -- 3. The Impact of VMPs on the Environment -- 3.1. Emission of VMP Residues Related to Production -- 3.2. Emission of VMPs Residues Related to Use -- 3.3. Emission of VMPs Residues Related to Disposal -- 4. Specific Toxic Effects of VMPs -- 4.1. Antiparasitics in the Aquatic Environment -- 4.2. Antimicrobials in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments -- 4.3. Antiparasitics for Pasture Animals -- 4.4. Risks to Vultures and other Necrophagous Bird Populations in the European Union in Connection with the Use of Veterinary Medicines Containing Diclofenac -- 5. Monitoring and Ecopharmacovigilance -- References
Summary Medicines play an important role in the treatment and prevention of disease in humans and animals, but residues from these medicines can be released into the environment through a number of routes during their manufacture, use and disposal. It is only recently that the potential environmental impacts of this exposure to pharmaceuticals are being considered. The book explores where pharmaceutical residues can be found, e.g. in surface waters, drinking water, sediments and the marine environment; the sources of these residues, from manufacture through to disposal of unused medicines; how these residues break down; and how this all impacts on wildlife and human health. In reviewing the current position and examining further possible impacts, this book is an important reference for researchers working in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as for environmentalists, policy makers and students on pharmacy and environmental science courses wanting to better understand the impacts of pharmaceuticals on the environment
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from title details screen (Royal Society of Chemistry, viewed September 22, 2015)
Subject Drugs -- Environmental aspects
Pharmaceutical chemistry.
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Impact of science & technology on society.
Pollution & threats to the environment.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
Pharmaceutical chemistry
Form Electronic book
Author Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.), editor.
Harrison, Roy M., 1948- editor.
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