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Quality Of Wastewater In The El Paso, Texas Region--Analysis Of Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Rodolfo Guerrero Jr.
Quality Of Wastewater In The El Paso, Texas Region--Analysis Of Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Rodolfo Guerrero Jr.
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Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), such as household cleaning materials, prescription medication, and personal hygiene products, are pollutants of emerging concern that are found in 80% of our water system. Because of their applications, PPCPs are subsequently being released into wastewater; however, current wastewater treatment facilities are not regulated or designed to remove PPCPs. Therefore, these compounds are discharged into the environment on a continual basis. The effects of PPCPs on human health are not yet well known; however, recent research has found that exposure to these chemicals has some adverse developmental effects on aquatic species at low concentrations …