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1. Presence of drugs in the environment
1.1 From consumer to wastewater treatment plant
The first reports on pharmaceuticals in wastewater and surface water were published in the USA in the 1970s. Initially, consideration of the environmental contaminating effect of pharmaceuticals received little attention until the link was made between the active ingredient, ethinylestradiol, and its effects on fish . More recently, in 2008, the Académie Nationale de Pharmacie published...
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Bibliography
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• Work by Christa Mac Ardell, EAWAG http://www.eawag.ch
• Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 16, 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy. Official Journal L 348 of 24/12/2008 p. 0084-0097 http://www.eur-lex.europa.eu
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