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Green and Sustainable Pharmacy. ed. / Klaus Kümmerer; Maximilian Hempel. Springer, 2010. p. 299-303.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Summary and Outlook
AU - Kümmerer, Klaus
AU - Hempel, Maximilian
AU - Schaefer, H.-C
AU - Keil, Florian
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The fact that pharmaceuticals are present in the environment where they impact on wildlife is widely accepted nowadays. Although there is general agreement that the presence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water does not constitute an acute risk to human health, there is uncertainty about possible long-term health and environmental risks caused by pharmaceuticals in the environment and a need for action has been identified. The public perception is often driven by concerns about the quality of drinking water and possible adverse or at least undesirable effects on humans and organisms in the environment. The presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment has therefore stimulated public discussion on drinking water safety and research into fate and effects of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and adjutants in water and soil, and the related risks is under way. However, learning about this problem can only be the starting point. For pharmacy in general a broader view is needed and it is about time to learn how pharmacy can be more sustainable in general. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
AB - The fact that pharmaceuticals are present in the environment where they impact on wildlife is widely accepted nowadays. Although there is general agreement that the presence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water does not constitute an acute risk to human health, there is uncertainty about possible long-term health and environmental risks caused by pharmaceuticals in the environment and a need for action has been identified. The public perception is often driven by concerns about the quality of drinking water and possible adverse or at least undesirable effects on humans and organisms in the environment. The presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment has therefore stimulated public discussion on drinking water safety and research into fate and effects of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and adjutants in water and soil, and the related risks is under way. However, learning about this problem can only be the starting point. For pharmacy in general a broader view is needed and it is about time to learn how pharmacy can be more sustainable in general. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
KW - Chemistry
KW - GREEN
KW - pharmaceuticals
KW - pharmaceutical
KW - ENVIRONMENT
KW - IMPACT
KW - drinking water
KW - DRINKING-WATER
KW - WATER
KW - water
KW - Human
KW - human health
KW - HEALTH
KW - uncertainty
KW - environmental
KW - environmental risks
KW - environmental risk
KW - PERCEPTION
KW - QUALITY
KW - ADVERSE
KW - effects
KW - effect
KW - HUMANS
KW - ORGANISMS
KW - SAFETY
KW - Research
KW - fate
KW - soil
KW - POINT
KW - time
KW - IT
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/1f4d2093-abe1-3869-b5c6-c0feeb899309/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-05199-9_21
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-05199-9_21
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-642-05198-2
SP - 299
EP - 303
BT - Green and Sustainable Pharmacy
A2 - Kümmerer, Klaus
A2 - Hempel, Maximilian
PB - Springer
T2 - 1st International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy - 2008
Y2 - 24 April 2008 through 25 April 2008
ER -