Vienna, 10 Apr 2018

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The fate of pharmaceuticals in freshwaters: a global model for decision making

Francesco Bregoli, Vicenç Acuña, Damià Barceló, Lluis Corominas, Antoni

Ginebreda, Mira Petrovic, Ignaci Rodríguez-Roda, Sergi Sabater, Rafael Marcé

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Future scenarios

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Pharmaceuticals highest concentrations can be found in freshwaters close

to metropolises and densely populated areas particularly (but not only) in

developing countries

Future scenario analyses suggest that technological improvement alone will

not solve the problem. Therefore consumption reduction strategies should

be implemented