Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the environment

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) encompass a wide range of substances such as pharmaceuticals, veterinary medicines, cosmetics and UV filters. A variety of PPCPs have been detected in environmental waters in Japan. As pharmaceuticals are substances intended to be biologically active, concerns have been raised about their possible adverse effects on organisms in the environment.
The Ministry of the Environment is collecting information on PPCPs in the environment and advancing its assessment of the environmental risks posed by PPCPs, utilising programs such as the Chemicals in the Environment (Environmental Survey and Monitoring of Chemicals) and the Initial Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals.
 

▶　Ecotoxicity testing  of PPCPs
▶　PPCPs surveyed under the Chemicals in the Environment (Environmental Survey and Monitoring of Chemicals)
▶　Ecological risk assessment of PPCPs under the Initial Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals
▶　Attempts to environmental risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple PPCPs (case studies) 　
▶　PPCPs related research funded by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund