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Pharmaceuticals in drinking water: A future water quality threat [1]

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Developed to promote human health and well being, certain pharmaceuticals are now attracting attention as a potentially new class of water pollutants. Little is known about the occurrence, transport, fate, accumulative, and/or long-term effects of pharmaceuticals and other personal care products following their end use.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2006
K. K. Banik [2], Suman Hossain [3]
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection [4]
26
10
926
Tags:
Water Pollution [5], Water Quality [6], Drinking Water [7], Drugs [8], Risk Assessment [9], Residue Monitoring [10], Indian Journal of Environmental Protection [4], K. K. Banik [2], Suman Hossain [3]
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