PPCPS

Acronym	Definition
PPCPS	Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Pollutants

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276 Of those PPCPs which persist in the aquatic environment, which aquatic life act as robust sentinels of potential human health effects?

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?

Encourage nursing educators to include environmental concerns about PPCPs at all educational levels.

2011 WNA & WSNA Annual Meeting and Conference exceeds expectations

While the concentration of PPCPs in the environment is very low, researchers and policy makers in Canada and internationally have expressed a concern that these chemicals have the potential to harm ecosystems and human health over the long-term.

Disinfection & downstream effects: gender and the implications of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in our water

La Tabla 1 nos indica la formula quimica, CAS, uso comun, peso molecular, log[K.sub.ow], pKa, CAE o PEC, proporcion del producto excretado y la solubilidad en agua de los siete productos farmaceuticos y productos de cuidado personal (PPCPs).

Evaluacion del riesgo acuatico de siete productos farmaceuticos sobre Daphnia magna

PPCPs can enter the environment (in surface water, groundwater and even in drinking water) when PPCP residues in treated sewage effluent (or in terrestrial run-off or directly discharged raw sewage) are released from sewage treatment systems.

Approaches on management for pharmaceutical and personal care products in water

They have detected PPCPs in locations as varied as alpine lakes, urban streams, and even drinking water.

Down the drain: medicines and other chemicals are creating new headaches. (Hearth & Home)

This phase of the assessment entailed interviews with both pediatric primary care providers (PPCPs) and staff at ECC-partnered practices.

Connecticut's enhanced care clinic initiative: early returns from pediatric-behavioral health partnerships

The EPA announced in August 2005 that some PPCPs may be added to its next contaminant candidate list, a means of prioritizing research goals with the possibility of eventual regulation.

Fe-TAML: catalyst for cleanup

The occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment has received growing attention since the 1980s.

Cradle-to-cradle stewardship of drugs for minimizing their environmental disposition while promoting human health. I. Rationale for and Avenues toward a Green Pharmacy. (Green Pharmacy Mini-Monograph)

Participants included practicing PPCPs from Massachusetts and Indiana, identified through publicly available National Provider Identification lists.

Pediatric Primary Care Providers' Reported Likelihood to Refer to Mental Health Specialists

Analysis of PPCPs in environmental samples is typically performed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to quantify pharmaceutical concentrations based on triple quadrupole MS [3, 6,13].

Establishing Analytical Performance Criteria for the Global Reconnaissance of Antibiotics and Other Pharmaceutical Residues in the Aquatic Environment Using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry