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MORENO-BARRAGAN, Andrés Sebastián; BENALCAZAR-POZO, Carlos Andrés  y  BERMUDEZ-DEL SOL, Abdel. Environmental contamination by pharmaceuticals and its impact on human health. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2023, vol.27, suppl.1  Epub 01-Jul-2023. ISSN 1561-3194.

ABSTRACT Introduction: pharmacological contaminants are described as widely used compounds not regulated by environmental legislation. Objective: to characterize environmental contamination by drugs and their negative impact on human health. Methods: a narrative review of the available literature was carried out using synthetic and historical-logical analytical methods by means of articles retrieved from databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Cinhal, SciELO. A total of 600 articles were found, of which 26 were included. Results: at present, several problems have been identified regarding the environmental impact caused by contamination by excessive waste of pharmacological products in the environment, such as toxic affections in animals that have caused structural, morphological and reproductive damage in many of them, as well as the direct or indirect impact that human beings may receive. Conclusions: Environmental contamination by drugs affects both directly and indirectly human beings; this depends on complex interactions between drugs, compounds present in wastewater and ecosystem dynamics. Environmental contamination by drugs affects the behavior of animals, which influences the decrease in fish populations and the poisoning of others used in livestock farming. This phenomenon affects the agricultural and livestock sectors, which has an indirect impact on food and human health.

Palabras clave : PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; WASTE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION..

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