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| Deschamps,Eleonora; Vasconcelos,Olivia; Lange,Lisete; Donnici,Claudio Luis; Silva,Merces Coelho da; Sales,Juliana Aparecida. |
| Today the management of solid waste and wastewater is a major concern for humanity. In the last decade, traces of pharmaceuticals have been reported in the water cycle and have raised concerns among regulators, water suppliers and the public regarding the potential risks to human health. This study evaluated solid waste management in the state of Minas Gerais and concluded that the main fate of hazardous waste has been incineration, while the non-hazardous waste has been recycled or sent to landfills. However, complaints to the Environmental Agency - FEAM have indicated that a significant number of companies just send their hazardous wastes to landfills or even to garbage dumps, thus highlighting the urgent need for adequate waste management in Minas... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pharmaceutical industry/management of waste; Solid waste/management; Solid waste/pharmaceutical industry; Waste water/management; Waste water/pharmaceutical industry; Brazil/pharmaceutical industry. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000400017 |
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