Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

L. Wilkinson, John; B. A. Boxall, Alistair; W. Kolpin, Dana; M. Y. Leung, Kenneth; W. S. Lai, Racliffe; Galbán-Malagón, Cristóbal; D. Adell, Aiko; Mondon, Julie; Metian, Marc; A. Marchant, Robert; Bouzas-Monroy, Alejandra; Cuni-Sanchez, Aida; Coors, Anja; Carriquiriborde, Pedro; Rojo, Macarena; Gordon, Chris; Cara, Magdalena; Moermond, Monique; Luarte, Thais; Petrosyan, Vahagn; Perikhanyan, Yekaterina; S. Mahon, Clare; J. McGurk, Christopher; Hofmann, Thilo; Kormoker, Tapos; Iniguez, Volga; Guzman-Otazo, Jessica; L. Tavares, Jean; Gildasio De Figueiredo, Francisco; T. P. Razzolini, Maria; Dougnon, Victorien; Gbaguidi, Gildas; Traoré, Oumar; M. Blais, Jules; E. Kimpe, Linda; Wong, Michelle; Wong, Donald; Ntchantcho, Romaric; Pizarro, Jaime; Ying, Guang-Guo; Chen, Chang-Er; Páez, Martha; Martínez-Lara, Jina; Otamonga, Jean-Paul; Poté, John; A. Ifo, Suspense; Wilson, Penelope; Echeverría-Sáenz, Silvia; Udikovic-Kolic, Nikolina; Milakovic, Milena; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Ioannou-Ttofa, Lida; Belušová, Vladimíra; Vymazal, Jan; Cárdenas-Bustamante, María; A. Kassa, Bayable; Garric, Jeanne; Chaumot, Arnaud; Gibba, Peter; Kunchulia, Ilia; Seidensticker, Sven; Lyberatos, Gerasimos; P. Halldórsson, Halldór; Melling, Molly; Shashidhar, Thatikonda; Lamba, Manisha; Nastiti, Anindrya; Supriatin, Adee; Pourang, Nima; Abedini, Ali; Abdullah, Omar; S. Gharbia, Salem; Pilla, Francesco; Chefetz, Benny; Topaz, Tom; Marcellin Yao, Koffi; Aubakirova, Bakhyt; Beisenova, Raikhan; Olaka, Lydia; K. Mulu, Jemimah; Chatanga, Peter; Ntuli, Victor; T. Blama, Nathaniel; Sherif, Sheck; Zaharin Aris, Ahmad; Juen Looi, Ley; Niang, Mahamoudane; T. Traore, Seydou; Oldenkamp, Rik; Ogunbanwo, Olatayo; Ashfaq, Muhammad; Iqbal, Muhammad; Abdeen, Ziad; O’Dea, Aaron; Manuel Morales-Saldaña, Jorge; Custodio, María; de la Cruz, Heidi; Navarrete, Ian; Carvalho, Fabio; Brima Gogra, Alhaji; M. Koroma, Bashiru; Cerkvenik-Flajs, Vesna; Gombač, Mitja; Thwala, Melusi; Choi, Kyungho; Kang, Habyeong; L. Celestino Ladu, John; Rico, Andreu; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Sobek, Anna; Horlitz, Gisela; K. Zenker, Armin; C. King, Alex; Jiang, Jheng-Jie; Kariuki, Rebecca; Tumbo, Madaka; Tezel, Ulas; T. Onay, Turgut; B. Lejju, Julius; Vystavna, Yuliya; Vergeles, Yuriy; Heinzen, Horacio; Pérez-Parada, Andrés; B. Sims, Douglas; Figy, Maritza; Good, David; Teta, Charles

doi:10.1073/pnas.2113947119

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Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

Shared by NobleBlocks on Feb 14, 2022 • 12:00 AM UTC

Authors:

John L. Wilkinson

Alistair B. A. Boxall

Dana W. Kolpin

Abstract

Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs in rivers, these employ different analytical methods, measure different APIs, and have ignored many of the countries of the ...

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