European hospitals as a source for platinum in the environment in comparison with other sources

European hospitals as a source for platinum in the environment in comparison with other sources

The concentration of platinum in the sewage of five European hospitals originating from excreted antineoplastic drugs, cisplatin and carboplatin, was analyzed in a short term study to provide an order of magnitude of Pt emissions from hospitals into aquatic environments. These emissions were compare...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Science of the total environment 1999-01, Vol.225 (1), p.155-165
Hauptverfasser: Kümmerer, Klaus, Helmers, Eckard, Hubner, Peter, Mascart, Georges, Milandri, Milena, Reinthaler, Franz, Zwakenberg, Mirriam
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antineoplastic Agents - analysis
Antineoplastics
Carboplatin - analysis
Catalytic converters
Cisplatin - analysis
Emission
Environmental Pollution
Europe
Hospital sewage
Hospitals
Humans
Medical Waste
Platinum
Platinum - analysis
Platinum - toxicity
Sewage - adverse effects
Sewage - analysis
Vehicle Emissions - adverse effects
Vehicle Emissions - analysis
Water pollution
Water Pollution, Chemical
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Zusammenfassung:The concentration of platinum in the sewage of five European hospitals originating from excreted antineoplastic drugs, cisplatin and carboplatin, was analyzed in a short term study to provide an order of magnitude of Pt emissions from hospitals into aquatic environments. These emissions were compared with a rough estimation of emissions by cars. The average daily concentrations in the hospital effluents were approximately
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00341-6