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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicology and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 3413

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i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Interests: zebrafish; neurotoxicity; teratogenicity; developmental toxicity; embryotoxicity; anaesthetics; natural products; oxidative stress; behaviour
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Dear colleagues,

Due to the widespread use, persistent discharge into the environment and ineffective treatment of WWTP, studies have reported a number of chemicals, including human and veterinary drugs, personal care products and household chemicals, in various water resources all over the world. As emerging contaminants, growing concerns to the scientific community have been raised for their potential harmful effects to the environment and human health. In particular, high awareness regarding cosmetic products is expected to drive the market's growth in the near future, especially due to the decline observed during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019, requiring new environmental monitoring and toxicological studies.   

Therefore, this Special Issue in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is devoted to the recent findings on "Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products". Consistent with this idea, experts are invited to contribute original research and review articles.

The contributions should be focused on new mechanisms and/or new approaches to advance our understanding on the environment and human health effects by these compounds to be used as an important source of information for the community.

Dr. Luís Félix
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • ecotoxicity
  • human toxicity
  • ecotoxicological risk assessment
  • pharmaceuticals and personal care products
  • human health risks
  • aquatic environment
  • environmental occurrence
  • emerging contaminants

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Comparing Environmental Policies to Reduce Pharmaceutical Pollution and Address Disparities
by Meghana Desai, Anuli Njoku and Lillian Nimo-Sefah
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(14), 8292; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph19148292 - 07 Jul 2022
Cited by 11 | Viewed by 2787
Abstract
Pharmaceutical products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and inactive ingredients such as packaging materials, have raised significant concerns due to their persistent input and potential threats to human and environmental health. Discourse on reducing pharmaceutical waste and subsequent pollution is often limited, as information [...] Read more.
Pharmaceutical products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and inactive ingredients such as packaging materials, have raised significant concerns due to their persistent input and potential threats to human and environmental health. Discourse on reducing pharmaceutical waste and subsequent pollution is often limited, as information about the toxicity of pharmaceuticals in humans is yet to be fully established. Nevertheless, there is growing awareness about ecotoxicity, and efforts to curb pharmaceutical pollution in the European Union (EU), United States (US), and Canada have emerged along with waste disposal and treatment procedures, as well as growing concerns about impacts on human and animal health, such as through antimicrobial resistance. Yet, the outcomes of such endeavors are often disparate and involve multiple agencies, organizations, and departments with little evidence of cooperation, collaboration, or oversight. Environmental health disparities occur when communities exposed to a combination of poor environmental quality and social inequities experience more sickness and disease than wealthier, less polluted communities. In this paper, we discuss pharmaceutical environmental pollution in the context of health disparities and examine policies across the US, EU, and Canada in minimizing environmental pollution. Full article
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