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Environmental Pollution and Protection

A Critical Review of Criteria Used For the Selection of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Different Environmental Matrices

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DOI: 10.22606/epp.2020.51002

Author(s)

  • Jessica Rodrigues Pires da Silva*
    Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Posgraduation and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Cristiano Piacsek Borges
    Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Posgraduation and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Fabiana Valéria da Fonseca
    School of Chemistry. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are increasingly gaining attention in the context of emerging pollutants, and therefore deserve particular attention regarding criteria for their consideration in scientific research. This article presents a review of these criteria, concluding that one of the most common is selecting PPCPs that have already been previously cited in literature. This can create a biased selection because it ignores the possibility that additional, but previously unreported compounds that may also play important roles from an environmental point of view. There is an impending necessity to broaden representativeness of PPCPs in studies before they start to be regulated. Some recommendations for that were presented, the main one being to cross data from PPCPs most consumed by the population with the frequency of citing of these PPCPs in scientific databases, giving priority in research to compounds positioned as of high consumption but with low number of citations in environmental studies. Such efforts will require big data analyzes.

Keywords

environment, pharmaceuticals, prioritization, selection, water, wastewater.

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