Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Environment

There is increasing concern about pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) during the last decade due to their environmental occurrence and potential physiological effects. These compounds can be continually discharged into the environment primarily via untreated and treated sewage since current wastewater treatment plant can not completely remove them. This results in chronic low concentration exposure of aquatic organisms by PPCPs, which potentially hazard the ecological system and human health. This paper reviews current studies on the environmental analytical methods, occurrence, fates in the wastewater treatment process, potential ecological impacts, and preliminary risk assessment of PPCPs.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000264790400012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Chemistry, MultidisciplinarySCI(E)中文核心期刊要目总览(PKU)中国科技核心期刊(ISTIC)3ARTICLE2-3,SI389-3992