IWRA 2023 Online Conference - Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment
Theme 1: Emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems
Author(s): Nikola Rakonjac
Nikola Rakonjac
Oral: PDFAbstract
Veterinary Pharmaceuticals (VPs)
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VPs are compounds used to treat or prevent animals’ illness.
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They are characterized by diffuse and complex hydrogeochemical dynamics, and have potentially negative environmental effects. Classified as CEC.
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So far, environmental monitoring/modelling focus has been mostly on human pharmaceuticals, whereas there is a lack of knowledge for VPs.
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While VPs transport towards groundwater and possible soil/plant contamination has been partly addressed over the past decades, the transport of VPs to and along the stream network has received much less attention. For this reason, it has been highlighted by the European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (2019) as one of the research questions which remains to be tackled.