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| − | '''4-Epitetracycline''' is a pharmaceutical. | + | '''4-Epitetracycline''' is a breakdown product of the [[pharmaceutical]] [[Tetracycline]]. |
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| + | Because humans and animals often do not fully metabolize pharmaceuticals in their body, they can excrete drugs or their breakdown products, which may the enter the environment.<ref>O.A.H. Jones, N. Voulvoulis, and J.N. Lester, [http://www.geol.lsu.edu/blanford/NATORBF/14%20Pharmaceuticals%20and%20RBF/Jones%20et%20al_Crit%20Reviews%20Env._2005.pdf Human Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treatment Processes], ''Environmental Science and Technology'', 2005.</ref> | ||
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| + | === In Sewage Sludge === | ||
| + | 4-Epitetracycline has been found in [[sewage sludge]]. In the [[Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey]], a 2009 test of 84 samples of sewage sludge from around the U.S., the [[EPA]] found 4-Epitetracycline in 80 samples (95%) in concentrations ranging from 47.2 to 4,380 parts per billion.<ref>[http://nsdi.epa.gov/waterscience/biosolids/tnsss-overview.html Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey Report], US EPA website, Accessed August 28, 2010.</ref> There are no federal regulations governing how much of this drug may be present in sewage sludge applied to land as fertilizer. | ||
==Articles and resources== | ==Articles and resources== | ||
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* [[Food Rights Network]] | * [[Food Rights Network]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:29, 4 September 2010
{{#badges: ToxicSludge}} 4-Epitetracycline is a breakdown product of the pharmaceutical Tetracycline.
Contents
As a Pollutant
Because humans and animals often do not fully metabolize pharmaceuticals in their body, they can excrete drugs or their breakdown products, which may the enter the environment.[1]
In Sewage Sludge
4-Epitetracycline has been found in sewage sludge. In the Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey, a 2009 test of 84 samples of sewage sludge from around the U.S., the EPA found 4-Epitetracycline in 80 samples (95%) in concentrations ranging from 47.2 to 4,380 parts per billion.[2] There are no federal regulations governing how much of this drug may be present in sewage sludge applied to land as fertilizer.
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch articles
References
- ↑ O.A.H. Jones, N. Voulvoulis, and J.N. Lester, Human Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treatment Processes, Environmental Science and Technology, 2005.
- ↑ Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey Report, US EPA website, Accessed August 28, 2010.
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