Human Pharmaceuticals: Assessing the Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystems is the outcome of a workshop and months of discussion and review by respected scientists from academia, government, and industry. This book addresses issues such as identifying sources of pharmaceuticals in the environment, the adequacy of existing risk assessment science when examining the effect of human pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems, the characteristics of bioactivity, as well as the complexity and far-reaching implications for risk management.