Pharmaceuticals in tap water: human health risk assessment and proposed monitoring framework in China.

Wing Leung, Ho; Jin, Ling; Wei, Si; Mei Po Tsui, Mirabelle; Zhou, Bingsheng; Jiao, Liping; Chuen Cheung, Pak; Kan Chun, Yiu; Burkhardt Murphy, Margaret; Kwan Sing Lam, Paul

doi:10.1289/ehp.1206244

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Pharmaceuticals in tap water: human health risk assessment and proposed monitoring framework in China.

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Ho Wing Leung

Ling Jin

Si Wei

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pharmaceuticals are known to contaminate tap water worldwide, but the relevant human health risks have not been assessed in China. OBJECTIVES: We monitored 32 pharmaceuticals in Chinese tap water and evaluated the life-long human health risks of exposure in order to provide information f...

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