Determination of 176 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Surface Water in China
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) are a new
series of pollutants with multiple sources, such as: antibiotics,
s y n t h e t i c m u s k , p a i n r e l i e v e r s , a n t i h y p e r t e n s i v e d r u g s ,
contraceptives, hypnotics, obesity drugs, hair gel, hair dye, fungicide,
etc. Many PPCPs have high bioactivity, optical activity and polarity,
and only exist in trace amounts in environment. Most PPCPs are
discharged into the sewage in original or transformed structures, and
then into the sewage treatment plants. Some PPCPs are discarded
into trash and permeate into the ground and surface water such as
rivers, lakes and wetlands.