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Tap Water Pharmaceuticals: Back to the Future
Author(s) -
Pontius Fred
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2008.tb09647.x
Subject(s) - environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products , legislature , environmental science , metropolitan area , environmental protection , environmental chemistry , environmental planning , environmental engineering , sewage treatment , political science , chemistry , geography , law , archaeology
This article discusses legislative and regulatory proposals for pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) that have been detected in the drinking water of metropolitan areas. The article discusses PPCPs as emerging contaminants, the emergence of chloroform paralleling the emergence of PPCPs, the arousal of public attention by recent media coverage of PPCPs, efforts to regulate PPCPs in drinking water, and consideration of PPCPs for the draft third CCL (CCL3).