Emissions from Medical Care Units
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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks. ed. / Klaus Kümmerer. 2. ed. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2004. p. 27-44.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Emissions from Medical Care Units
AU - Kümmerer, Klaus
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - After administration, pharmaceuticals are excreted and released into the aquatic environment via wastewater effluent. Unused drugs are sometimes disposed of down drains, and, unless they are biodegraded or eliminated during sewage treatment, traces may enter the aquatic environment and eventually reach drinking water. It is also hypothesised that antibiotics and disinfectants disturb the wastewater treatment process and the microbial ecology in surface waters. Furthermore, resistant bacteria may be selected in the aeration tanks of STPs by the antibiotic substances present.
AB - After administration, pharmaceuticals are excreted and released into the aquatic environment via wastewater effluent. Unused drugs are sometimes disposed of down drains, and, unless they are biodegraded or eliminated during sewage treatment, traces may enter the aquatic environment and eventually reach drinking water. It is also hypothesised that antibiotics and disinfectants disturb the wastewater treatment process and the microbial ecology in surface waters. Furthermore, resistant bacteria may be selected in the aeration tanks of STPs by the antibiotic substances present.
KW - Chemistry
KW - Sewage Sludge
KW - Benzalkonium Chloride
KW - Cytostatic Agent
KW - Hospital Effluent
KW - Medical Care Unit
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c1031ebd-57b2-3ac0-8480-8f3801ffd45f/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_3
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 3-540-21342-2
SN - 978-3-662-09261-3
SP - 27
EP - 44
BT - Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
A2 - Kümmerer, Klaus
PB - Springer Verlag
CY - Berlin
ER -