Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in wastewater treatment

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) compounds have the potential to affect the efficiency of the biological wastewater treatment plants it is critical to screen these pharmaceuticals for toxicity towards the activated sludge PPCPs are chemicals that are manufactured and are used worldwide on a large scale. It is end up in the wastewater system as a result to disposal or human wastes. Wastewater is sent back to the river after being treated. Trace amounts of these chemicals are found in source water which contaminate drinking water.