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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Environmental Pollution from Pharmaceuticals.

Stefania Zampelli, Roberto Verna

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stefania ZampelliResearch and Training Center for Health and Social Issues, University Guglielmo Marconi, Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-6322-817X
Roberto VernaResearch and Training Center for Health and Social Issues, University Guglielmo Marconi, Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1869-3912

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmaceuticals are invaluable allies in human and veterinary medicine, but their indiscriminate use can transform them into formidable pollutants-a threat that remains largely underestimated. The growth of the pharmaceutical market has increased the environmental presence of drugs, both as original compounds during production and as metabolites following administration. Particularly concerning is the presence of antibiotics in wastewater, which contributes to the development and spread of bacterial resistance. This review analyzes the primary causes of environmental pharmaceutical pollution and its impact on ecosystems. We describe the most significant results obtained from analyzing wastewater, primarily in Italy, but also in other European countries, and examine the official positions of environmental protection organizations.

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drugsenvironmentpollution

Identifiers

PMID41010283
PMCPMC12471260

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