On-farm Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Their Environmental Hazard: Case Study of a Tropical Dairy farm

Animal husbandry wastewaters represent an important source of pharmaceuticals into the environment. This work aimed to evaluate the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and their hazard in wastewater from a model dairy farm from Costa Rica. Among the seven pharmaceuticals detected (acetaminophen, caffeine,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2023-10, Vol.111 (4), p.51-51, Article 51
Hauptverfasser: Méndez-Rivera, Michael, Montiel-Mora, José R., Ramírez-Morales, Didier, Masís-Mora, Mario, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Carlos E.
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Zusammenfassung:Animal husbandry wastewaters represent an important source of pharmaceuticals into the environment. This work aimed to evaluate the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and their hazard in wastewater from a model dairy farm from Costa Rica. Among the seven pharmaceuticals detected (acetaminophen, caffeine, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, risperidone, sulfamethazine), caffeine, ibuprofen and acetaminophen showed the highest concentrations, while caffeine, carbamazepine and risperidone were the most frequently detected compounds. High (HQ ≥ 1) or medium (0.1 ≤ HQ 
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-023-03809-2