title: [Pharmaceuticals in the environment].
abstract: Drugs and their metabolites, once reached and spread over the soil and the aquatic environment, then exert their action on the living organisms belonging to such ecosystems. The present work provides a brief view on the main scientific experiences regarding the problem of the presence of drugs and/or their residues in the environment and of the related effects on the biokenosis and the human community.
authors.affiliation: DAUI, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellante De Martiis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellante
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiavola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Aprile
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sbaffoni
mesh_terms: D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D018505:Waste Management; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D012989:Soil Pollutants