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Mind the Gap: Persistent and Mobile Organic Compounds—Water Contaminants That Slip Through

2016; American Chemical Society; Volume: 50; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/acs.est.6b03338

1520-5851

Thorsten Reemtsma, Urs Berger, Hans Peter H. Arp, Hervé Gallard, Thomas P. Knepper, Michael Neumann, José Benito Quintana, Pim de Voogt,

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

The discharge of persistent and mobile organic chemicals (PMOCs) into the aquatic environment is a threat to the quality of our water resources. PMOCs are highly polar (mobile in water) and can pass through wastewater treatment plants, subsurface environments and potentially also drinking water treatment processes. While a few such compounds are known, we infer that their number is actually much larger. This Feature highlights the issue of PMOCs from an environmental perspective and assesses the gaps that appear to exist in terms of analysis, monitoring, water treatment and regulation. On this basis we elaborate strategies on how to narrow these gaps with the intention to better protect our water resources.