Overview
- A comprehensive review
- Written by professionals in diverse disciplines
- Appeals to environmental managers, scientists and policymakers
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 66)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The indiscriminate use of medications and their inadequate disposal have resulted in them being released into the environment via municipal, hospital and industrial discharges.
This volume critically examines the presence of pharmaceuticals in aquatic ecosystems, the hazards they entail, and how to minimize their impact on the environment. The topics covered include: historical findings that have made the development of the discipline ecopharmacovigilance possible; the main exposure routes, fate and life cycle of pharmaceuticals in water; occurrence data and the impact on biodiversity; methods used for the detection, analysis and quantification of pharmaceuticals in water and for their removal; current legislation on the presence of emerging contaminants in water; biosensors for environmental analysis and monitoring; and the measures needed to reduce the existing problems.
This book is aimed at students, academics and research workers in the fields of toxicology, ecology, microbiology and chemistry, as well as those in the pharmaceutical industry, health sector professionals, and members of government bodies involved in environmental protection and legislation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecopharmacovigilance
Book Subtitle: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Safety of Medicines
Editors: Leobardo Manuel Gómez-Oliván
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73476-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73475-0Published: 12 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08795-1Published: 14 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73476-7Published: 28 June 2018
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 271
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Geochemistry, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis