Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are found in surface waters worldwide. Wastewater treatment plant effluent is a major source of these contaminants. The Sacramento–

Introduction There is growing environmental concern regarding the health impact of trace levels of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment. PPCPs and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) detected in surface and drinking waters, as well as in treated wastewater, are an issue of increasing international attention due to potential environmental impacts.1,2 These comp...

Background: Parents of children later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently raise concerns about their child’s behavior and development pediatric primary care providers (PPCPs). However, few PPCPs make timely referrals to ASD specialists following positive ASD-screening results, even fewer evaluate for themselves-actions that contribute the ASD-detection gap (i.e., time span ...

Information on how key environmental conditions such as natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) and water pH alter the possible risks posed by pharmaceuticals (PPCPs) is still scarce. In our previous study, presence of DOM at high reduced toxicity a mix waterborne PPCPs to algae. DOM-complexation effect speciation more hydrophobic neutral compounds was suggested be driving this behaviour. Howeve...

Digestion of municipal wastewater biosolids is a necessary prerequisite to their beneficial use in land application, in order to protect public health and the receiving environment. In this study, 13 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), 11 musks, and 17 polybrominated diphenyl ethers were analyzed in 84 samples including primary sludge, waste activated sludge, digested biosolids,...

A wide range of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) are present in the environment, and many of their adverse effects are unknown. The environmental risk assessment (ERA) of twenty six PPCPs of high consumption and occurrence in Spain was done in this work. Based on ecotoxicity values obtained by bioluminescence and respirometry assays, the compounds were classified as establishe...

Despite concerns about potential risks associated with the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment, few toxicological data address the effects of these compounds. In aquatic systems, which often represent the final repository for PPCPs, increasing toxicological information regarding aquatic biota is improving our capacity to assess potential risks. Howe...

Land application of municipal biosolids (sewage) is a common farming practice in many parts of the world. There is potential for transport of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from agricultural fields to adjacent surface waters via tile drainage systems. In this study, liquid municipal biosolids (LMB) (total solids=11,933 mg L(-1)), supplemented with selected PPCPs and the fluo...

Pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants have been detected in drinking water, groundwater, surface water, and soil around the world. Even in locations where wastewater treatment is required, they can be found in drinking water wells, municipal water supplies, and agricultural soils. It is clear conventional wastewater treatment technologies are not meeting the challenge of the mounting pressu...

This study assessed seasonal and regional trends of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) detected in monthly samples from two local wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, over the period of one year. Surface water of Charleston Harbor was also analyzed to examine environmental distribution in an estuarine ecosystem. Of the 19 compounds examined, 11...