"National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic
Wastewater Contaminants in Streams" Named as One of the Top 100 Science
Stories of the Year
Discover Magazine has named the
Toxic Substances Hydrology Program's "National Reconnaissance of
Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in
Streams" as one of the 100 top science stories of 2002. The
USGS study documented the presence of low levels of many organic wastewater
compounds, including prescription and non-prescription drugs, hormones,
and other wastewater compounds, in a network of 139 targeted streams across
the United States. The study, cited as Discover Magazine's 8th top science
story overall, was listed 2nd in the environmental sciences category.
The honor was shared with research focusing on anticonvulsants
and anticancer drugs in water being conducted by Johns Hopkins Whiting
School of Engineering for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"The goal of both research
teams is to provide a baseline of what organic compounds are in the
water, in what quantities, and how they are getting there..."
Robbins, M.W., 2003, 100 Top Science Stories of 2002-8 Drinking Water
Drugged: Discover Magazine, v. 24, no. 1., p. 43. |
More Information
- National Reconnaissance
of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants
in U.S. Streams is Making an Impact
- Pharmaceuticals,
Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams,
1999-2000: A National Reconnaissance: Environmental Science &
Technology, v. 36, no. 6, p. 1202-1211
- The companion USGS Data report - Water-Quality
Data for Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants
in U.S. Streams, 1999-2000: USGS Open-File Report 02-94
- Pharmaceuticals,
Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams:
USGS Fact Sheet FS-027-02
- Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Investigation, Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
- Research on the Environmental Occurrence of Emerging Contaminants
- Occurrence
and Fate of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Natural Waters, Johns Hopkins
Whiting School of Engineering
- Pharmaceuticals
and Antiseptics: Occurrence and Fate in Drinking Water, Sewage Treatment
Facilities, and Coastal Waters, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Project Description
- Pharmaceuticals
and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) as Environmental Pollutants,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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