This online event is part of the “Addressing Pharmaceuticals in the Environment through a Lifecycle Approach” Event Series, co-organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Geneva Environment Network (GEN).

Antibiotics, antidepressants and other drugs frequently leach into the environment, where they can impact ecosystems and human health.

Human pharmaceuticals are increasingly detected in environments around the world, with growing international calls to mitigate the ecological and huma…

Electrochemical oxidation is a treatment process that can achieve high degrees of removal of organic emerging pollutants from wastewater. The present …

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲! 💧 The General Court of the European Union has dismissed the legal challenges brought by pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries against the "Extended Produce...

A juvenile Atlantic salmon. Credit: Jörgen Wiklund While modern medicine allows us to manage or cure previously untreatable diseases and conditions, pharmaceuticals and their metabolites have untold...