title: [Where do drugs end up in the environment?].
abstract: A large part of harmful substances ending up to the water environment along with wastewaters is derived from consumer chemicals, drugs as well as surface treatment and flame retardant substances. The cocktail blending from them and causing environmental load may cause reproductive disorders to organisms, possibly reflecting to the whole population over a long time. Furthermore, combined effects of the substances are unknown. The consumption of medicines has greatly increased over the past decades, whereby environmental responsibility should be called for both in manufacture and trade by pharmaceutical companies. Consumers should be informed about proper disposal of medicaments.
authors.affiliation: Abo Akademi, Laboratoriet för Organisk kemi.
authors.forename: Jenny-Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brozinski
authors.forename: Leif
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kronberg
authors.forename: Jaakko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mannio
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D005411:Flame Retardants / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005411:Flame Retardants; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical