mondon-pharmaceuticalpollution-2022.pdf (3.17 MB)
Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers
journal contribution
posted on 2022-02-14, 00:00 authored by J L Wilkinson, A B A Boxall, D W Kolpin, K M Y Leung, R W S Lai, C Galban-Malag, A D Adell, Julie MondonJulie Mondon, M Metian, R A Marchant, A Bouzas-Monroy, A Cuni-Sanchez, A Coors, P Carriquiriborde, M Rojo, C Gordon, M Cara, M Moermond, T Luarte, V Petrosyan, Y Perikhanyan, C S Mahon, C J McGurk, T Hofmann, T Kormoker, V Iniguez, J Guzman-Otazo, J L Tavares, F G de Figueiredo, M T P Razzolini, V Dougnon, G Gbaguidi, O Traore, J M Blais, L E Kimpe, M Wong, D Wong, R Ntchantcho, J Pizarro, G G Ying, C E Chen, M Paez, J Martınez-Lara, J P Otamonga, J Pote, S A Ifo, P Wilson, S Echeverrıa-Saenz, N Udikovic-Kolic, M Milakovic, D Fatta-Kassinos, L Ioannou-Ttofa, V Belusova, J Vymazal, M Cardenas-Bustamante, B A Kassa, J Garric, A Chaumot, P Gibba, I Kunchulia, S Seidensticker, G Lyberatos, H P Halldorsson, M Melling, T Shashidhar, M Lamba, A Nastiti, A Supriatin, N Pourang, A Abedini, O Abdullah, S S Gharbia, F Pilla, B Chefetz, T Topaz, K M Yao, B Aubakirova, R Beisenova, L Olaka, J K Mulu, P Chatanga, V Ntuli, N T Blama, S Sherif, A Z Aris, L J Looi, M Niang, S T Traore, R Oldenkamp, O Ogunbanwo, M Ashfaq, M Iqbal, Z Abdeen, A O'Dea, J M Morales-Saldaña, M Custodio, H de la Cruz, I Navarrete, F Carvalho, A B GograSignificance
Despite growing evidence of the deleterious effects on ecological and human health, little is known regarding the global occurrence of pharmaceuticals in rivers. Studies assessing their occurrence are available for 75 of 196 countries, with most research conducted in North America and Western Europe. This leaves large geographical regions relatively unstudied. Here, we present the findings of a global reconnaissance of pharmaceutical pollution in rivers. The study monitored 1,052 sampling sites along 258 rivers in 104 countries of all continents, thus representing the pharmaceutical fingerprint of 471.4 million people. We show that the presence of these contaminants in surface water poses a threat to environmental and/or human health in more than a quarter of the studied locations globally.
Despite growing evidence of the deleterious effects on ecological and human health, little is known regarding the global occurrence of pharmaceuticals in rivers. Studies assessing their occurrence are available for 75 of 196 countries, with most research conducted in North America and Western Europe. This leaves large geographical regions relatively unstudied. Here, we present the findings of a global reconnaissance of pharmaceutical pollution in rivers. The study monitored 1,052 sampling sites along 258 rivers in 104 countries of all continents, thus representing the pharmaceutical fingerprint of 471.4 million people. We show that the presence of these contaminants in surface water poses a threat to environmental and/or human health in more than a quarter of the studied locations globally.
History
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA (PNAS)Volume
119Issue
8Pagination
1 - 10Publisher
National Academy of SciencesLocation
Washington, D.CPublisher DOI
Link to full text
ISSN
0027-8424eISSN
1091-6490Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalUsage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC