Occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical products and by-products, from resource to drinking water.
Among all emerging substances in water, pharmaceutical products (PPs) and residues are a lot of concern. These last two years, the number of studies has increased drastically, however much less for water resources and drinking water than for wastewater. This literature review based on recent works, deals with water resources (surface or groundwater), focusing on characteristics, occurrence and fate of numerous PPs studied, and drinking water including water quality. Through this review, it appears that the pharmaceutical risk must be considered even in drinking water where concentrations are very low. Moreover, there is a lack of research for by-products (metabolites and transformation products) characterization, occurrence and fate in all water types and especially in drinking water.
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School of Public Health (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique), Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche en Environnement et Santé (LERES), Avenue Professeur Léon Bernard, 35000 Rennes, France.
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D004326:Drinking; D004777:Environment; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000517:prevention & control; D014881:Water Supply
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical