Environmentally Persistent Pharmaceutical Pollutants (EPPPs) - Assessment Report on Issues of Concern

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEconomy Division
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-16T10:25:05Z
dc.date.available2022-12-16T10:25:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.descriptionA two-page summary of the information on environmentally persistent pharmaceutical pollutants (EPPPs) contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment and the 2019 Global Chemicals Outlook II. Pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, and their metabolites can enter the environment through a variety of pathways, including wastewater and solid waste from pharmaceutical manufacturing, consumption and excretion, improper disposal of unused or expired products, animal husbandry and aquafarming.en
dc.description.urihttps://www.unep.org/resources/report/chemicals-and-waste-reports-unea-5
dc.formatpdf
dc.identifier.otherDTI/2306/GE
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41470
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number2 p.
dc.relationAn Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment
dc.relation.ispartofAn Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectchemical industry
dc.subjectpharmaceutical
dc.subjectantimicrobial resistance
dc.subjectpharmaceutical waste
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.themechemistry
dc.subject.themechemical pollution
dc.titleEnvironmentally Persistent Pharmaceutical Pollutants (EPPPs) - Assessment Report on Issues of Concernen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource
wd.identifier.institutionsUnited Nations Environment Assembly

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