This template illustrates the circulation and consequences of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs). Unused PPCPs from households, hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry, and other sources like agricultural land and poultry farms flow into wastewater. This contaminated wastewater then affects multiple aspects.
For the environment, it causes soil imbalance, water pollution, contamination, and the spread of resistance. In terms of health, it leads to treatment failure and threats to medicine for human health, and in aqua health, it results in fish resistance, ecosystem disruption, and food safety risks. Understanding this flow helps in addressing the issues caused by PPCPs.
