Environmental ScienceMedicine

Pharmaceuticals as priority water contaminants

P. Bottoni, S. Caroli, A. Caracciolo

2010.3.1TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

DOI: 10.1080/02772241003614320

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Experimental evidence indicates that pharmaceuticals may cause harmful effects, such as morphological, metabolic and sex alterations on aquatic species, induction of antibiotic resistance in aquatic pathogenic microorganisms, and disruption of biodegradation activities in STPs.

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BOTTONI, P.; CAROLI, S.; CARACCIOLO, A. Pharmaceuticals as priority water contaminants. TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, 2010, 92: 549–565.