Medicating nature: Are human-use pharmaceuticals poisoning the environment?

Alistair B.A. Boxall; John L. Wilkinson; Alejandra Bouzas-Monroy

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2022.09.009

Medicating nature: Are human-use pharmaceuticals poisoning the environment?

Alistair B.A. Boxall^*, John L. Wilkinson, Alejandra Bouzas-Monroy

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Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are released into the environment during their production, use, and disposal. As pollutants, these “novel entities” can have significant impacts on human health and the natural environment. Here, we summarize the threat of API pollution to rivers around the world and call for global collaboration to address this threat.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1080-1084
Number of pages	5
Journal	One Earth
Volume	5
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.09.009
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2022

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