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EPA Continues Work to Understand Potential Impacts of Pharmaceuticals in Water (August 6, 2008)

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are being discovered in our Nation's waters at very low concentrations. Pharmaceuticals refer to prescription and over-the-counter therapeutic drugs and veterinary drugs. Personal care products refer to products used for personal and cosmetic reasons such as soaps, fragrances, and cosmetics.

We are responding to the issues of PPCPs in water with a four-pronged strategy aimed at:

  1. improving science;
  2. improving public understanding;
  3. identifying partnership and stewardship opportunities; and
  4. taking regulatory action when appropriate.
Managing Unused Pharmaceuticals

Health Care Industry Study Information Collection Request August 2008

Interim Report on Unused Pharmaceuticals in the Health Care Industry August 2008

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

NAS/National Research Council (NRC) Workshop on Approaches to Screening for Risk from Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO) Task Force to study important issues regarding PPCPs in drinking water

Fish Tissue

Pilot Study of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Fish Tissue in Five Urban Streams

Expanded Investigations of Pharmaceuticals in Fish Tissue

Aquatic Life

Aquatic Life Criteria for Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Challenges and Recommendations June 2008

Sewage Sludge/Biosolids

Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey (TNSSS)

Analytical Methods

PPCP Methods Development August 2008

Other

Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Wastewater Sampling Study

Take-back Programs or Events for Unneeded or Expired Pharmaceuticals

Water Quality Cooperative Agreements

Related:
Water Science and Technology | PPCPs | Research and Development

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