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When the first green wave appeared in the mid and late 1960s, it was considered a f- sible task to solve pollution problems. The visible problems were mostly limited to point sources, and a comprehensive “end of the pipe technology” (= environmental technology) was available. It was even seriously discussed in the US that what was called “zero d- charge” could be attained by 1985. It became clear in the early 1970s that zero discharge would be too expensive, and that we should also rely on the self purification ability of ecosystems. That called for the development of environmental and ecological models to assess the self purifi- tion capacity of ecosystems and to set up emission standards, considering the re- tionship between impacts and effects in the ecosystems. This idea is illustrated in Fig. 0.1. A model is used to relate an emission to its effect on the ecosystem and its components. The relationship is applied to select a good solution to environmental problems by application of environmental technology.

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From the reviews of the third edition: This book gives a very good short, readable and impressive overview of the role and the fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment which was in the past totally neglected. It highlights the knowledge and the lack of knowledge of the today's fast growing research area. The book should be a standard-lecture not only for ecologists, chemists and pharmacists ! . Everybody whose work/interests stay in contact with the research ! or the application of drugs can find some suitable information in this book. (Moritz Schubler, Clean, Vol. 37 (7), 2009)

Aus den Rezensionen zur 3. Auflage: ... Dass es sich hierbei aber um eine ausserst spannende, vielschichtige und fur den Apotheker als Arzneimittelexperten auch hochrelevante Thematik handelt, macht das vorliegende Buch deutlich. Die ersten Kapitel des von international renommierten Experten verfassten Werks widmen sich kurz und pragnant einigen grundlegenden Aspekten des Themengebiets, so etwa dem Metabolismus und Bioabbau von Arzneistoffen ... sowie verschiedenen Quellen des Medikamenteneintrags in A-kosysteme. ... einen sehr nutzlichen und breiten Auberblick uber den Themenbereich sowie aktuelle Ansatze zum Umgang mit der Problematik. (Werner Christian Neubauer, in: Krankenhauspharmazie, 2009, Issue 8, S. 409)

From the reviews of the third edition: ""This book gives a very good short, readable and impressive overview of the role and the fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment which was in the past totally neglected. It highlights the knowledge and the lack of knowledge of the today’s fast growing research area. The book should be a standard-lecture not only for ecologists, chemists and pharmacists … . Everybody whose work/interests stay in contact with the research … or the application of drugs can find some suitable information in this book."" (Moritz Schübler, Clean, Vol. 37 (7), 2009)

Aus den Rezensionen zur 3. Auflage: ... Dass es sich hierbei aber um eine ausserst spannende, vielschichtige und fur den Apotheker als Arzneimittelexperten auch hochrelevante Thematik handelt, macht das vorliegende Buch deutlich. Die ersten Kapitel des von international renommierten Experten verfassten Werks widmen sich kurz und pragnant einigen grundlegenden Aspekten des Themengebiets, so etwa dem Metabolismus und Bioabbau von Arzneistoffen ... sowie verschiedenen Quellen des Medikamenteneintrags in Okosysteme. ... einen sehr nutzlichen und breiten Uberblick uber den Themenbereich sowie aktuelle Ansatze zum Umgang mit der Problematik. (Werner Christian Neubauer, in: Krankenhauspharmazie, 2009, Issue 8, S. 409)

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