의약물질의 환경오염과 환경보건

• 영문명: Pharmaceuticals in Environment and Their Implication in Environmental Health
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 최경호(Kyung-Ho Choi) 김판기(Pan-Gyi Kim) 박정임(Jeong-Im Park)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국환경보건학회지』제35권 제6호, 433~446쪽, 전체 14쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.12.30

영문 초록

Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment are trace contaminants of growing importance in environmental health due to their physiologically active nature. Pharmaceuticals could affect non-target species and might eventually damage sustainability of susceptible populations in the ecosystem. Potentials for health consequences among susceptible human population cannot be ruled out since long-term exposure to cocktails of pharmaceuticals, which might be present in drinking water, is possible. Selection of antibiotic resistant microorganisms is of another concern. In order to understand, and if needed, to properly address the environmental health issues of pharmaceutical residues, knowledge gaps need to be filled. Knowledge gaps exist in many important areas such as prioritization of target pharmaceuticals for further risk studies, occurrence patterns in different environments, chronic toxicities, and toxicities of pharmaceutical mixtures. Appropriate treatment technologies for drinking water and wastewater could be developed when they are deemed necessary. One of the simplest, yet most efficient measures that could be undertaken is to implement a return program for unused or expired drugs. In addition, implementation of environmental risk assessment frameworks for pharmaceuticals would make it possible to efficiently manage potential environmental health problems associated with pharmaceutical residues in the environment.

목차

I. 문제의 배경: 환경오염물질로서 의약물질

II. 의약물질의 환경 중 유입경로

III. 환경보건 측면의 중요성

IV. 우리나라의 환경 중 오염수준과 위해성연구 현황

V. 의약물질 환경보건 문제의 대응방향

VI. 결 론

키워드

pharmaceutical environment health ecosystem water