Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers [Environmental Sciences]

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 world. This makes it difficult to quantify...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - February 14, 2022 Category: Science Authors: John L. Wilkinson, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Dana W. Kolpin, Kenneth M. Y. Leung, Racliffe W. S. Lai, Cristobal Galban–Malagon, Aiko D. Adell, Julie Mondon, Marc Metian, Robert A. Marchant, Aleȷandra Bouzas–Monroy, Aida Cuni–Sanchez, Tags: Environmental Sciences Physical Sciences Source Type: research