Filipe Guilherme Andrade de Godoi, MSc , Universidade de São Paulo - Brazil
Pharmaceuticals compounds (PCs) are commonly use in healthcare applications. Over the years, an increase in the consumption of PCs and wrong disposal results in negative impacts to aquatic ecosystems. Substances like lipid regulators, antibiotics, anti inflammatories drugs have been detected in those environments and investigations have reported their harmful effects to non-targeted aquatic species.