Emerging chemical contaminants: How chemical development outpaces impact assessment

Shane A. Snyder, Tarun Anumol

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Abstract

The term "emerging contaminants'' is used both to describe substances that have been recently identified in the environment, as well as substances previously identified and quantified but for which new information related to health effects, persistence and/or prevalence has been discovered. Examples of such substances include pharmaceuticals and personal care products, perfluorinated compounds and endocrine disrupting chemicals. Using these classes of compounds, as well as other contaminants of emerging concern as examples, the changing regulatory environment and advances in analytical methodologies in recent decades are reviewed and discussed in the context of the implications for water sustainability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationStill Only One Earth
Subtitle of host publicationProgress in the 40 Years Since the First UN Conference on the Environment
EditorsRonald E. Hester, Roy M. Harrison
PublisherRoyal Society of Chemistry
Pages187-206
Number of pages20
Edition40
ISBN (Electronic)9781782620761
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Publication series

NameIssues in Environmental Science and Technology
Number40
Volume2015-January
ISSN (Print)1350-7583
ISSN (Electronic)1465-1874

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science

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