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Evaluate the degradation of pharmaceutical wastes in water and their ecological impacts on aquatic environments.

Study of Degradation of Pharmaceutical Wastes in Water and Its Impact on Ecosystems

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Research uncovers that wastewater treatment plants inadequately reduce pharmaceutical pollution, highlighting risks of antimicrobial resistance.

Evaluate the degradation of pharmaceutical wastes in water and their ecological impacts on aquatic environments.
Assessment of pharmaceutical occurrences in surface and groundwater
Statistical evaluation of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) removal efficiencies
Ecological risk assessment using risk quotients (RQ) and analysis of variance (ANOVA)
One-quarter of monitored sites exceed predicted no-effect concentrations (PNECs)
Conventional WWTPs show removal efficiencies of 10–80%
Advanced treatment technologies achieve removals exceeding 90%
Correlation found between population density and pharmaceutical concentrations (R² ? 0.7)

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Research uncovers that wastewater treatment plants inadequately reduce pharmaceutical pollution, highlighting risks of antimicrobial resistance.