Comments on “Chiral pharmaceuticals: Environment sources, potential human health impacts, remediation technologies and future perspective”

Sources, impacts and trends of pharmaceuticals in the marine and coastal environment.

There has been a significant investment in research to define exposures and potential hazards of pharmaceuticals in freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. A substantial number of integrated environmental risk assessments have been developed in Europe, North America and many other regions for these situations. In contrast, comparatively few empirical studies have been conducted for human and vet...

Crime and Urban Environment: Impacts on Human Health

In recent decades, crime levels have given increasing cause for alarm, bringing material and immaterial consequences that have still to be properly understood. Anti-crime strategies urgently need to be implemented in order to promote safe communities and contribute to their sustainable development. Crime needs to be taken into account during the planning process, as valuable components can be p...

Potential impact of pharmaceuticals on environmental health.

1 Environmental Processes and Water Technology Research Unit, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College, London, London SW7 2AZ, England. Correspondence should be sent to Dr Voulvoulis at this address (email: [email protected]). Ref. No. 03-006189 For much of the last thirty years, research on the effects of chemical pollution of the environment has focused ...

Heavy Metal Toxicity in Soils: Sources, Remediation Technologies and Challenges

Soil pollution with heavy metals draws a serious concern because of their detrimental effects on the living biota. The persistent and non-biodegradable nature of heavy metals eases their accumulation in the environment. Agricultural soils are receiving tremendous amount of pollutants from the various sources. During the last few decades, rapid urbanization, industrialization, injudicious and fa...

Pharmaceuticals in the environment – the global perspective