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Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics
Pharmaceuticals are present in various water sources used by wildlife and as drinking water for humans. Research shows that certain pharmaceuticals, sold over the counter and by prescription only, can harm wildlife. Moreover, the human ingestion of water contaminated by polypharmacy presents a poten...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36564672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10912-022-09774-x |
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description | Pharmaceuticals are present in various water sources used by wildlife and as drinking water for humans. Research shows that certain pharmaceuticals, sold over the counter and by prescription only, can harm wildlife. Moreover, the human ingestion of water contaminated by polypharmacy presents a potential cause for concern for human health. Despite the wide scope of this problem, environmental bioethics has not adequately engaged with this topic and, instead, has concerned itself with healthcare waste products more generally. The present essay calls for more ethical investigation on the topic. |
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spelling | pubmed-97893042022-12-27 Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics Milovac, Thomas J Med Humanit Article Pharmaceuticals are present in various water sources used by wildlife and as drinking water for humans. Research shows that certain pharmaceuticals, sold over the counter and by prescription only, can harm wildlife. Moreover, the human ingestion of water contaminated by polypharmacy presents a potential cause for concern for human health. Despite the wide scope of this problem, environmental bioethics has not adequately engaged with this topic and, instead, has concerned itself with healthcare waste products more generally. The present essay calls for more ethical investigation on the topic. Springer US 2022-12-24 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9789304/ /pubmed/36564672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10912-022-09774-x Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Milovac, Thomas Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics |
title | Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics |
title_full | Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics |
title_fullStr | Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics |
title_full_unstemmed | Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics |
title_short | Pharmaceuticals in the Water: The Need for Environmental Bioethics |
title_sort | pharmaceuticals in the water: the need for environmental bioethics |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36564672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10912-022-09774-x |
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