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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

An Integrative Approach to Hazardous Effects Caused by Pharmaceutical Contaminants on Aquatic Effluents.

Irina Meghea, Daniela Simina Stefan, Florina Ioniţă, Mihai Lesnic, Ana-Maria Manea-Saghin

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Irina MegheaDepartment of Mathematical Methods and Models, Faculty of Applied Sciences, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8471-1122
Daniela Simina StefanDepartment of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 1 Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9787-194X
Florina IoniţăDepartment of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 1 Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Mihai LesnicResearch Centre for Environmental Protection and Eco-Friendly Technologies, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 1 Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Ana-Maria Manea-SaghinResearch Centre for Environmental Protection and Eco-Friendly Technologies, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 1 Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1570-564X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents a general overview of the important problem of pharmaceutical pollutants, aiming to draw attention to the global danger they represent and the need for concrete solutions for their remediation. Here, we summarize the available advanced knowledge on the occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical residues in the environment, particularly in water effluents, since they need a special approach when one takes into account the increasing consumption of medicines by both humans and animals, that might be discharged in aqueous systems and bio-accumulated in aquatic flora and fauna. This review details the presence of pharmaceutical wastes in water sources; their trajectories from production to consumption and release in household taps; their concentrations in natural water; methods for monitoring them; their risks; and their worldwide impacts. Adequate methods and advanced removal techniques for selected contaminants or classes of pharmaceutical compounds are discussed, together with their remediation potential and strategies. Local and global limiting proposals for these types of contaminants and concrete solutions for their remediation are recommended.

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WastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalAnimalsEnvironmental MonitoringHumansPharmaceutical PreparationsPharmaceutical PreparationsWastewaterWater Pollutants, Chemicaladmitted limitshazardous environmental effectspharmaceutical contaminantspollution abatementrehabilitation of treatment stationsremediation strategieswastewater cleaning

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PMID40942011
PMCPMC12430043

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