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From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review
Sewage sludge, produced in the process of wastewater treatment and managed for agriculture, poses the risk of disseminating all the pollutants contained in it. It is tested for heavy metals or parasites, but the concentration of pharmaceuticals in the sludge is not controlled. The presence of these...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610246 |
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author | Bolesta, Wioleta Głodniok, Marcin Styszko, Katarzyna |
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description | Sewage sludge, produced in the process of wastewater treatment and managed for agriculture, poses the risk of disseminating all the pollutants contained in it. It is tested for heavy metals or parasites, but the concentration of pharmaceuticals in the sludge is not controlled. The presence of these micropollutants in sludge is proven and there is no doubt about their negative impact on the environment. The fate of these micropollutants in the soil is a new and important issue that needs to be known to finally assess the safety of the agricultural use of sewage sludge. The article will discuss issues related to the presence of pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge and their physicochemical properties. The changes that pharmaceuticals undergo have a significant impact on living organisms. This is important for the implementation of a circular economy, which fits perfectly into the agricultural use of stabilized sewage sludge. Research should be undertaken that clearly shows that there is no risk from pharmaceuticals or vice versa: they contribute to the strict definition of maximum allowable concentrations in sludge, which will become an additional criterion in the legislation on municipal sewage sludge. |
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spelling | pubmed-94080692022-08-26 From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review Bolesta, Wioleta Głodniok, Marcin Styszko, Katarzyna Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Sewage sludge, produced in the process of wastewater treatment and managed for agriculture, poses the risk of disseminating all the pollutants contained in it. It is tested for heavy metals or parasites, but the concentration of pharmaceuticals in the sludge is not controlled. The presence of these micropollutants in sludge is proven and there is no doubt about their negative impact on the environment. The fate of these micropollutants in the soil is a new and important issue that needs to be known to finally assess the safety of the agricultural use of sewage sludge. The article will discuss issues related to the presence of pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge and their physicochemical properties. The changes that pharmaceuticals undergo have a significant impact on living organisms. This is important for the implementation of a circular economy, which fits perfectly into the agricultural use of stabilized sewage sludge. Research should be undertaken that clearly shows that there is no risk from pharmaceuticals or vice versa: they contribute to the strict definition of maximum allowable concentrations in sludge, which will become an additional criterion in the legislation on municipal sewage sludge. MDPI 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9408069/ /pubmed/36011880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610246 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Bolesta, Wioleta Głodniok, Marcin Styszko, Katarzyna From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review |
title | From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review |
title_full | From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review |
title_fullStr | From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review |
title_short | From Sewage Sludge to the Soil—Transfer of Pharmaceuticals: A Review |
title_sort | from sewage sludge to the soil—transfer of pharmaceuticals: a review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610246 |
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