title: [Research advance of toxicological risk of hospital wastewater to aquatic environment].
abstract: Recent studies indicate that hospitals may represent an incontestable release source of many toxic substances in the aquatic environment. The contact of hospital pollutants with aquatic ecosystems leads to a risk directly related to the existence of hazardous substances, which could have potential negative effects on biological balance of aquatic environments and drinking water sources. A review of the literatures on the risk to aquatic environment of hazardous substances from hospital wastewater and their deleterious effects are presented in this paper.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Ying-xue
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Guang-hui
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D006761:Hospitals; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D008506:Medical Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical