Widespread detection of human pharmaceuticals in the environment, ranging between ng/L
and mg/L levels in surface waters and effluents and ng/kg to mg/kg levels in aquatic and …

The US Congress has passed legislation requiring the US Environmental Protection Agency
(US EPA) to develop, validate, and implement screening tests for identifying potential …

In response to the US National Academies' call for a better assessment of chemical
pollutants contained in the approximately 7 million dry tons of digested municipal sludge …

This study considers the implications and research needs arising from anticancer (also
referred to as antineoplastic) drugs being released into the aquatic environment, for the …

Nowadays, pharmaceuticals are found in every compartment of the environment. Hospitals
are one of the main sources of these pollutant emissions sent to wastewater treatment plants …

Amphibians are considered reliable indicators of environmental quality. In the western
United States, a general decline of frog populations parallels an apparent worldwide …

The fate and effects of cytostatic (anticancer or antineoplastic) pharmaceuticals in the
environment are largely unknown, but they can contaminate wastewater treatment effluents …

Significantly lower anuran species diversity and density was recorded in a vegetable
growing area relative to upstream and downstream sites in the Holland River watershed …

Organic wastewater contaminants, including pharmaceuticals, caffeine, and nicotine, have
received increased scrutiny because of their detection in water bodies receiving wastewater …

Due to the use of a limited number of species and subchronic exposures, current ecological
hazard assessment processes can underestimate the chronic toxicity of environmental …