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Press Release
EPA Continues Work to Understand Potential Impacts of Pharmaceuticals in Water (August 6, 2008)
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are being discovered in our Nation's waters at very low concentrations. Pharmaceuticals refer to prescription and over-the-counter therapeutic drugs and veterinary drugs. Personal care products refer to products used for personal and cosmetic reasons such as soaps, fragrances, and cosmetics.
We are responding to the issues of PPCPs in water with a four-pronged strategy aimed at:
- improving science;
- improving public understanding;
- identifying partnership and stewardship opportunities; and
- taking regulatory action when appropriate.
- Managing Unused Pharmaceuticals
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- Health Care Industry Study Information Collection Request August 2008
- Interim Report on Unused Pharmaceuticals in the Health Care Industry August 2008
- Universal Waste Rule November 2008
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Fish Tissue
- Aquatic Life
- Sewage Sludge/Biosolids
- Analytical Methods
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- PPCP Methods Development August 2008
- Other