Pharmaceutical compounds are categorized as contaminants of emerging concern owing to
their widespread consumption, persistence in the aquatic environment, development of …

Sunlight photodegradation has long been considered a significant process in lowering the
concentrations of pharmaceuticals in surface waters and thus decreasing the ecological risk …

Most pharmaceutical compounds undergo a structural change in the bodies of humans and
animals before excretion, resulting in metabolites. After their excretion and introduction into …

Publisher Summary For a pharmaceutical compound to enter the aquatic environment
unaltered after having passed through a human or animal digestive system, it must be …

Pharmaceutical contamination, resulting from the discharge of active pharmaceutical
ingredients (APIs) and other related compounds into the water, has become a growing …

This work presents a critical assessment of the state and quality of knowledge around the
aquatic photochemistry of human-and veterinary-use pharmaceuticals from laboratory …

A review with 310 references. Photochemical degradation is likely to be an important loss
mechanism for many pharmaceutical pollutants in surface waters. This review summarizes …

Environmental context Many pharmaceuticals on the market have not undergone detailed
evaluation for potential aquatic toxicity. We found that most tested pharmaceuticals were …

The ubiquitous existence of various pharmaceuticals in the marine environment has
received global attention for their risk assessment. However, rather little is known thus far …

Photochemical transformation of pharmaceuticals plays an important role in their natural
attenuation, especially in lagoon-based wastewater treatment plants and surface waters …