title: [Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the effluent of sewage treatment plants].
abstract: In recent years, there is an increasing concern about pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), newly identified as micro-pollutants, due to their potential ecological risks. Sewage treatment plant (STP) is well demonstrated as the most significant way for PPCPs to enter into the environment. Therefore, PPCPs' discharge control from STPs' effluents is the key to reduce their ecological risks. Based on the therapeutic classes of PPCPs, this paper individually reviews the pharmacology, function, application and ecotoxicology of antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, psychiatric drugs, beta-blockers, environmental estrogen, lipid regulators, musk fragrances and other PPCPs. A great attention is paid to typical PPCPs frequently detected in STPs' effluents worldwide and their maximum concentrations were reported during 1998-2012, which provides important information for PPCPs' discharge control in STPs. Finally, the potential research fields on this topic are proposed.
authors.affiliation: (MOE Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. zsk@bnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Shao-Kui
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiao-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003358:Cosmetics / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics; D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical