Assessment of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Hormones in Wastewater Treatment Plants Receiving Inflows from Health Facilities in North West Province, South Africa

The presence of 17 pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) belonging to various therapeutic categories was investigated in two hospital wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in North West Province, South Africa. The compounds were extracted from wastewater samples by solid-phase extraction a...

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Main Authors: Kwangu M. Kanama, Adegbenro P. Daso, Lizzy Mpenyana-Monyatsi, Marthie A. A. Coetzee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Toxicology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3751930