Journal article
The presence of acidic and neutral drugs in treated sewage effluents and receiving waters in the Cornwallis and Annapolis River watersheds and the Mill CoveSewage Treatment Plant in Nova Scotia, Canada
Abstract
Pharmaceuticals are designed to have physiological effects on target organisms. Their presence and effect in aquatic ecosystems in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia is relatively unknown. Over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs are continually introduced to aquatic ecosystems through treated sewage effluent outflows into rivers and other bodies of water. Fouracidic and two neutral pharmaceuticals were monitored in the effluents from …
Authors
Crouse BA; Ghoshdastidar AJ; Tong AZ
Journal
Environmental Research, Vol. 112, , pp. 92–99
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.envres.2011.11.011
ISSN
0013-9351