Emissions from Medical Care Units

Klaus Kümmerer

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_3

Emissions from Medical Care Units

Klaus Kümmerer

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Aufsätze in Sammelwerken › Forschung › Begutachtung

Abstract

After administration, pharmaceuticals are excreted and released into the aquatic environment via wastewater effluent. Unused drugs are sometimes disposed of down drains, and, unless they are biodegraded or eliminated during sewage treatment, traces may enter the aquatic environment and eventually reach drinking water. It is also hypothesised that antibiotics and disinfectants disturb the wastewater treatment process and the microbial ecology in surface waters. Furthermore, resistant bacteria may be selected in the aeration tanks of STPs by the antibiotic substances present.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	Pharmaceuticals in the Environment : Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks
Redakteure/-innen	Klaus Kümmerer
Seitenumfang	18
Erscheinungsort	Berlin
Herausgeber (Verlag)	Springer Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum	2004
Auflage	2
Seiten	27-44
ISBN (Print)	3-540-21342-2, 978-3-662-09261-3
ISBN (elektronisch)	978-3-662-09259-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_3
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 2004
Extern publiziert	Ja

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