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Other publication in scientific journal2024Peer reviewed

The urgent need for designing greener drugs

Brodin, Tomas; Bertram, Michael G.; Arnold, Kathryn E.; Boxall, Alistair B. A.; Brooks, Bryan W.; Cerveny, Daniel; Joerg, Manuela; Kidd, Karen A.; Lertxundi, Unax; Martin, Jake M.; May, Lauren T.; Mccallum, Erin S.; Michelangeli, Marcus; Tyler, Charles R.; Wong, Bob B. M.; Kuemmerer, Klaus; Orive, Gorka

Abstract

The pervasive contamination of ecosystems with active pharmaceutical ingredients poses a serious threat to biodiversity, ecosystem services and public health. Urgent action is needed to design greener drugs that maintain efficacy but also minimize environmental impact.

Published in

Nature sustainability
2024, volume: 7, number: 8, pages: 949-951

SLU Authors

Global goals (SDG)

SDG3 Good health and well-being
SDG6 Clean water and sanitation

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01374-y

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/130231