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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)—Part 1

Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor, and Alexander J. Reisinger

Release Date: 8/5/2025

Water Resources

Abstract

This publication is part of a series titled Contaminants in the Urban Environment. This series is intended to give state and local government officials, soil scientists, consulting engineers, extension agents, and citizens (1) a basic understanding of the occurrence, toxic effects, and source of various contaminants in the environment and (2) guidance on ways to protect human and environmental health.

About this Publication

This document is SL419, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2015. Revised July 2018, August 2021, and December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

 

About the Authors

Yun-Ya Yang, former postdoctoral researcher, Soil and Water Quality Laboratory, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Gurpal S. Toor, former associate professor, Soil and Water Quality Laboratory, UF/IFAS GCREC; and Alexander J. Reisinger, assistant professor, Urban Ecosystems Laboratory, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Gurpal Toor
Gurpal Toor

former associate professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Alexander Reisinger
Alexander Reisinger
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University of Florida

associate professor of urban soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, and state Extension specialist, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Program for Resource Efficient Communities

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