Screening for pharmaceuticals and other emerging pollutants in sediments of major European estuaries
Background
- Continuous production, distribution and discharge of organic pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and pesticides
- Biologically active substances
- Sediments important and often neglected sinks for organic pollutants
Research Aims
- Establishment of extraction, clean-up and screening method suitable for non-target screening
- Investigation of extent of sediment contamination with human pharmaceuticals and pesticides and assessment of pollution patterns in European estuaries