Article from 17.12.2024 | Last changed: 17.06.2025
Entry and occurrence of human pharmaceuticals in the environment
… Agency (EMA), they would require a detailed environmental assessment. Further information: Environmental aspects of the authorisation of human medicinal products … biocides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and various other chemicals. More about micropollutants: The German Centre for Micropollutants Entry pathways … 2020, 414 pharmaceutical substances, including their metabolites, were detected—145 more than in 2016 (12). Representatives of all major classes of active substances …