Environmental context Most human pharmaceutical waste is discharged to the environment. While presence of pharmaceuticals in freshwater systems well documented globally, little known impact on marine ecosystems. We measured a environment south-eastern Australia and found concentrations around 24 000 times higher benthic flora than surface waters. discuss potential use seaweeds as biological ind...

pharmaceutical industry is currently undergoing a transient phase with new orientation. loss of financial resources, presence of new therapeutic agents and increasing cost of research and development have called for a full.scale restructuring within the pharmaceutical industry to retain even the most basic competitiveness. the development of new technologies has been as one way out of the dilem...

Many potential neurotoxins exist and are classified (1-7) as: 1) pharmaceutical agents, 2) biological agents, 3) radiation and electricity, 4) heavy metals, 5) solvents and vapors, 6) insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides, 7) air pollution, 8) food additives, 9) social poisons. The reader is referred to sources of toxicology information available on the internet (6, 7). These i...

1. Modern Medical Practices: A Commentary 2. Medical Practice in Economically Developed Countries 3. General Medical Practice and Training of Medical Students 4. Laboratory Investigations, Medical Malpractice and Cost of Health Care Delivery 5. Patients' Expectations, the 'Magic Pill Syndrome' and Lifestyle-Inflicted Illnesses 6. Prevention and the General Practitioner 7. Modern Medical Practic...

This is a compilation of abstracts of articles identified during the preliminary toxicological evaluation of evidence on the developmental and reproductive toxicity of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP, CAS# 50-32-8). BaP is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and a component of air pollution. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are formed as a result of incomplete combustion of organic materials and are ubiquito...

Wastewater management in two companies representing the pharmaceutical industry was investigated and implemented. The results showed that the integration of the pollution prevention approach followed by an equalization tank reduced the organic load up to 70%, while further chemical treatment using either alum or ferric chloride aided with lime produced a quality of effluent suitable for restric...

In a world of dwindling fossil-based energy, global air pollution and warming, biocatalysis may be a perfect problem-solver. It has the potential to procure sustainable raw materials and energy from biomass, and enables chiral and highly functionalized compounds to be produced ecologically for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. At ZHAW Waedenswil on June 20, 2016, the Competence Center f...

METHODS The present report attempts to illustrate the positive impact on the microbiological quality of dialysis patients over a 15-year period through the progressive implementation of state-of-the-art technological strategies and the optimization of microbiological surveillance procedures in five dialysis units in Sardinia. RESULTS Following on better microbiological, quality controls of di...

A t this important time of crisis, I am reminded of the work of three of my good friends: Jonas Salk, Ernest Callenbach, Tarzie Vittachi. Each has contributed something very important in trying to understand the future. Jonas Salk, involved with bacteriology, chose as a metaphor the S shaped curve. In this curve, he states that when resources are infinite the growth of bacteria is rapid. There ...

Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) industries suffer inadequate effluent treatment due to the presence of recalcitrant substances, insufficient carbon source and nutrients. Biodegradation is the ability of microorganisms to metabolize pollutants in soil, sediment and water environment. There is great awareness in the positive impact that microorganisms play in protecting environm...