Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems
The detection of pharmaceutical residues remained elusive until instruments such as liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry became commonplace in environmental laboratories. The documentation of the occurrence of pharmaceutical residues and endocrine disrupting chemicals in water resources has raused questions about their long-term effects in the ecosystem and their potential effects on human health. Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems covers critical...
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The detection of pharmaceutical residues remained elusive until instruments such as liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry became commonplace in environmental laboratories. The documentation of the occurrence of pharmaceutical residues and endocrine disrupting chemicals in water resources has raused questions about their long-term effects in the ecosystem and their potential effects on human health. Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems covers critical issues regarding the occurrence, persistence, treatment, and transformations of pharmaceuticals in the environment and in drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.Acompilation of the recent literature, the book reviews advances in instrumentation and sample preparation techniques and includes an example of how risk assessment is conducted to investigate the fate and effects of pharmaceutical contaminants. Several chapters explore the behavior of pharmaceuticals in soil and the potential side effects of antibiotics on plants after uptake. Experts in drinking water and wastewater treatment systems present new findings on the effectiveness of current treatment practices to reduce the concentrations of pharmaceuticals at the source, providing new insights on how to better mitigate future problems brought about by emerging environmental contaminants.Contributing authors from academia, government, and industry provide a well-balanced multi-disciplinary perspective on the issues, discussing topics ranging from field studies documenting the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in environmental compartments, to laboratory studies determining the degradation kinetics and formation of by-products during treatment. The text discusses the factors that affect the environmental fate of pharmaceuticals in soil and water, facilitate the development of best management practices, and optimize treatment systems for removal of these compounds from the environment.
Preface viiEditor ixContributors xiOccurrence and Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in the EnvironmentEnvironmental Presence and Persistence of Pharmaceuticals: An Overview Susan T. Glassmeyer Dana W. Kolpin Edward T. Furlong Michael J. Focazio 3Advances in the Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment Sandra Perez Damia Barcelo 53Sample Preparation and Analysis of Solid-Bound Pharmaceuticals Christine Klein Seamus O'Connor Jonas Locke Diana Aga 81Gadolinium Containing Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Investigations on the Environmental Fate and Effects Claudia Neubert Reinhard Lange Thomas Steger-Hartmann 101Environmental Fate and Transformations of Veterinary PharmaceuticalsFate and Transport of Veterinary Medicines in the Soil Environment Alistair B.A. Boxall 123Sorption and Degradation of Selected Pharmaceuticals in Soil and Manure Nadia Carmosini Linda S. Lee 139Mobility of Tylosin and Enteric Bacteria in Soil Columns Keri L. Henderson Thomas B. Moorman Joel R. Coats 167Plant Uptake of Pharmaceuticals fromSoil: Determined by ELISA Rudolf J. Schneider 179Antibiotic Transformation in Plants via Glutathione Conjugation Michael H. Farkas James O. Berry Diana S. Aga 199Treatment of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water and WastewaterDrugs in Drinking Water: Treatment Options Howard S. Weinberg Vanessa J. Pereira Zhengqi Ye 217Removal of Endocrine Disruptors and Pharmaceuticals during Water Treatment Shane A. Snyder Hongxia Lei Eric C. Wert 229Reaction and Transformation of Antibacterial Agents with Aqueous Chlorine under Relevant Water Treatment Conditions Ching-Hua Huang Michael C. Dodd Amisha D. Shah 261Hormones in Waste from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Z. Zhao K.F. Knowlton N.G. Love 291Treatment of Antibiotics in Swine Wastewater Craig D. Adams 331Removal of Pharmaceuticals in Biological Wastewater Treatment Plants Sungpyo Kim A. Scott Weber Angela Batt Diana S. Aga 349Chemical Processes during Biological Wastewater Treatment Willie F. Harper, Jr. Tamara Floyd-Smith Taewoo Yi 363Index 383
