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Can I read Environmental Pollution with Psychiatric Drugs on EtoBox?
Environmental Pollution with Psychiatric Drugs by Julene Argaluza; Saioa Domingo-Echaburu; Gorka Orive; Juan Medrano; Rafael Hernandez; Unax Lertxundi is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Environmental Pollution with Psychiatric Drugs about?
Among all contaminants of emerging interest, drugs are the ones that give rise to the greatest concern. Any of the multiple stages of the drug's life cycle (production, consumption and waste management) is a possible entry point to the different environmental matrices. Psychiatric drugs have received special attention because of two reasons. First, their use is increasing. Second, many of them act on phylogenetically highly conserved neuroendocrine systems, so they have the potential to affect many non-target organisms. Currently, wastewater is considered the most important source of drugs to the environment. Furthermore, the currently available wastewater treatment plants are not specifically prepared to remove drugs, so they reach practically all environmental matrices, even tap water. As drugs are designed to produce pharmacological effects at low concentrations, they are capable of producing ecotoxicological effects on microorganisms, flora and fauna, even on human health. It has also been observed that certain antidepressants and antipsychotics can bioaccumulate along the food chain. Drug pollution is a complicated and diffuse problem characterized by scientific uncertainties,
Who reads Environmental Pollution with Psychiatric Drugs?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Julene Argaluza; Saioa Domingo-Echaburu; Gorka Orive; Juan Medrano; Rafael Hernandez; Unax Lertxundi
- Publisher
- Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)