Useful links
- EU Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (2019)
- EMA Environmental risk assessment of medicinal products for human use (2006, Rev1 2019)
- International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP): Green Pharmacy Practice report (2015)
- United Nations sustainable development goals – Goal 4 Quality Education (4.7 Universities)
- EFPIA Eco-Pharmaco-Stewardship program
- Pharma Industry Finland (PIF) Medicines and the environment
Relevant literature, Projects & Reports
- DOSIS Farmaseuttinen aikakauskirja 3/2020 – Lääkkeet ja ympäristö -teemanumero (in Finnish, mostly)
- Vesitalous 1/2020 – Vesien lääkeaineet -teemanumero (in Finnish)
- HELCOM status report 2017: Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment of the Baltic Sea region
- CWPharma project (2017-2020)
- The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE): Kartoitus lääkeaineista yhdyskuntajätevedessä ja pintavedessä loppuraportti (pdf in Finnish)
- Vesilaitosyhdistys: Haitalliset aineet jätevedenpuhdistamoilla -hankkeen loppuraportti (pdf in Finnish)
- MistraPharma project 2008-2015: Identification and Reduction of Environmental Risks Caused by Human Pharmaceuticals
- Forum for Environmental Information:“Onko kaloilla päänsärkyä? Lääkejäämät ja vesistöt” (seminar 11 April, 2016)
Selected books
- Prevention, Control, Health Effects and Economic Impact. Edit. Walter E. Goldstein. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2014.
- Pharmaceuticals in the environment. Sources, fate, effects and risks. 3rd ed. Edit. Klaus Kummerer. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008.
- Pharma-ecology: The occurrence and Fate of the Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment. P.K. Jjemba. Wiley & Sons Inc., New Jersey, 2008.