Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater
This book describes how psychiatric pharmaceuticals, namely antidepressants, anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics are among the most prescribed active substances due to the higher occurrence of psychiatric disorders throughout the world. It goes on to dem
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Bruna Silva Filomena Costa Isabel C. Neves Teresa Tavares
Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater 123
SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science Green Chemistry for Sustainability
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Bruna Silva Filomena Costa Isabel C. Neves Teresa Tavares •
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Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater
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Bruna Silva Centre of Biological Engineering University of Minho Braga Portugal
Isabel C. Neves Centre of Chemistry University of Minho Braga Portugal
Filomena Costa Centre of Biological Engineering University of Minho Braga Portugal
Teresa Tavares Centre of Biological Engineering University of Minho Braga Portugal
ISSN 2191-5407 ISSN 2191-5415 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science ISSN 2212-9898 SpringerBriefs in Green Chemistry for Sustainability ISBN 978-3-319-20492-5 ISBN 978-3-319-20493-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20493-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015942485 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The industrial revolution brought different benefits to society, some translated into the exponential development of medicine and pharmacy. The identification and differential diagnosis of some not so uncommon psychiatric diseases implied the generalized usage of specific pharmaceuticals, mainly by the so-called developed societies and, as a consequence, some very complex molecules reach urban wastewater treatment plants, which are not prepared to deal with them, to remove or degrade them, before accumulating into environment. This condensed text tackles with the definition of the environmental problem resulting from the generalized consumption of psychiatric pharmaceutica
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