Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal: Environmental Sciences Europe

Volume number: 25

ISSN: 2190-4707

eISSN: 2190-4715

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-4715-25-29

Publisher: SpringerOpen

Abstract: 

Pharmaceuticals, like antiepileptic drugs, are found regularly in surface waters, and consequently, advanced waste water treatment technologies are discussed for substance elimination. Because antiepileptic drugs have shown to transform to more toxic substances, their behavior in these treatment processes and resulting effects on ecotoxicity should be investigated. To validate if waste water from an epilepsy ward of a neurological hospital is appropriate for these investigations, it was treated with a membrane bioreactor (MBR), analyzed for antiepileptic drugs and screened for ecotoxicological effects with Danio rerio embryos. Further, the behavior of antiepileptic drugs in MBR treatment was estimated.

Harvard Citation style: Hartwig, C., Muth-Köhne, E. and Düring, R. (2013) Screening for ecotoxicological effects of antiepileptic drugs in biologically treated waste water originating from an epilepsy ward by Danio rerio embryos, Environmental Sciences Europe, 25, Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-4715-25-29

APA Citation style: Hartwig, C., Muth-Köhne, E., & Düring, R. (2013). Screening for ecotoxicological effects of antiepileptic drugs in biologically treated waste water originating from an epilepsy ward by Danio rerio embryos. Environmental Sciences Europe. 25, Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-4715-25-29