Rivers worldwide threatened by pharma waste: studies
River systems around world are coursing with over-the-counter and prescription drug waste harmful to the environment, researchers said Tuesday.
River systems around world are coursing with over-the-counter and prescription drug waste harmful to the environment, researchers said Tuesday.
Environment
Apr 10, 2018
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Experts from across Europe and the USA are calling for a 'one health' approach to the use of veterinary pharmaceuticals (VPs). In advance of a key European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommendation to the European Commission ...
Ecology
Dec 8, 2014
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Diclofenac (DCF) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for human, livestock and poultry. It has become a new pollutant of concern and can be frequently detected in the environment in surface water, groundwater and sediments. ...
Ecology
Sep 14, 2022
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(Phys.org) —How our bodies break down the common drugs ibuprofen, diclofenac and warfarin is the subject of a new study from the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The research ...
Biochemistry
May 24, 2013
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The population of South Asian vultures, which suffered a 99 percent drop since the 1990s, has stabilised for the first time, a study said, offering a glimmer of hope that the birds could be saved.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2012
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The ban on a veterinary drug which caused an unprecedented decline in Asian vulture populations has shown the first signs of progress, according to scientists. However, the recovery of the wild vulture populations requires ...
Ecology
May 11, 2011
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Vulture population declined at a catastrophic rate on the Indian subcontinent over the past 15 years. In 2004 scientists identified the cause: the drug Diclofenac. Meanwhile the use of this anti-inflammatory agent in veterinary ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- High levels of the anti-inflammatory substance diclofenac are released from wastewater plants, according to a study from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Umeå University that was commissioned ...
Environment
Jan 13, 2012
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Vultures in South Asia were on the brink of extinction until Lindsay Oaks and Richard Watson, from The Peregrine Fund in the US, undertook observational and forensic studies to find out why the number of birds was falling ...
Ecology
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Diclofenac (marketed under many brand names, see below: Trade names) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) taken to reduce inflammation and as an analgesic reducing pain in certain conditions.
The name is derived from its chemical name: 2-(2,6-dichloranilino) phenylacetic acid.
In the United Kingdom, India, Brazil and the United States, it may be supplied as either the sodium or potassium salt, in China most often as the sodium salt, while in some other countries only as the potassium salt. Diclofenac is available as a generic drug in a number of formulations. Over-the-counter (OTC) use is approved in some countries for minor aches and pains and fever associated with common infections.
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