Study of the Existence of some Pharmaceutical Residue and the Associated Human Risks

Mahmoud, Gamila R.; Abdullah, Ali M.; Nassar, Hossam F.

doi:10.21608/ejchem.2023.210182.7957

Study of the Existence of some Pharmaceutical Residue and the Associated Human Risks

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ Environmental Science and Industrial Development, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Science, Beni-Suef University

² The Holding Company for Water and Wastewater, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/ejchem.2023.210182.7957

Abstract

The modern study set out to measure the concentrations of some pharmaceutical residue in the ingesting water of the Beni-Suef Governorate in Northern Upper Egypt, the raw and outlet of the American-2, Raid Pasha, Idrasyah, and Foqai water therapy plants, as properly as to assess the risks related to these pharmaceutical compounds in the water. The water samples that accumulated from the 4 remedy plants uncooked consumption and treated water were both potentially toxicologically hazardous due to at least one medication. Metformin, Paracetamol, Salicylic Acid, Mefenamic Acid, Acetaminophen, and Caffeine all posed serious health dangers to human beings when ingested thru dealt with water, necessitating more care. The seasonal version results on the presences of medicinal compounds are extra extensive than the type of technological know-how used for water purification, as proven in Appendix, according to the ANOVA take a look at (two elements barring replication) of the plant's data. Seasonality can affect toxicological risk, and the toxicity of combined pharmaceutical residues is larger than that of person compounds. The use of more high quality applied sciences ought to be taken into consideration due to the fact conventional DWTPs can only partly cast off and reduce the chance of pharmaceutical residues.

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