Hospitals and households as primary emission sources for risk-posing pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater

A wide range of pharmaceutical residues is known to occur in the environment. While they are released into surface waters mainly through centralized wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), their primary emission sources are located upstream in the sewer network. Information on emissions from different...

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Main Authors: Lauri Äystö, Niina Vieno, Päivi Fjäder, Jukka Mehtonen, Taina Nystén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014765132300653X