Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
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There is an increasing awareness of the presence and effects
of pharmaceuticals in the environment - particularly in watercourses.
Pharmaceuticals are present from veterinary and human use.
This meeting, which is aimed at regulators, industry and academics,
addresses recent regulatory advances, and include talks on
current research into the fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment
and their potential impacts on environmental and human health.
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Conference
programme (pdf 500 Kb) |
| 09:55 |
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Introduction |
| 10:00 |
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Usage and input routes of pharmaceuticals
into the environment
Emma Pemberton, Environment Agency, UK |
| 10:35 |
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Environmental
legislation for human and veterinary pharmaceuticals
in Europe (pdf 400 Kb)
Alex Tait, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, UK |
| 11:10 |
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Fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment
Alistair Boxall, University of York/Central Science
Laboratory, UK |
| 11.45 |
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Occurrence
of human pharmaceuticals in the UK aquatic environment
(pdf 4.3 Mb)
Kevin Thomas, CEFAS, UK |
| 12:20 |
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Lunch and Poster Exhibition |
| 13:30 |
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Challenges in exposure modelling for
pharmaceuticals
Kathrin Fenner, EAWAG, Switzerland |
| 14:05 |
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Impacts of clinical and non-clinical
usage of antibiotics and biocides on environmental reservoirs
and mobility of resistance genes
Liz Wellington, University of Warwick, UK |
| 14:40 |
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Tea Break |
| 15.10 |
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Ecotoxicity testing of human pharmaceuticals
- principles and practicalities
Tim Williams, AstraZeneca, UK |
| 15:45 |
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Indirect
effects of pharmaceuticals on consumers (pdf
200 Kb)
Len Levy, IEH Leicester, UK |
| 16:20 |
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Closing remarks |
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