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Pharmaceuticals in water

This dataset contains data that was collected for the HELCOM report on Pharmaceuticals in the Baltic sea ( http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP149.pdf). UNESCO and HELCOM, 2017 (to be published). Status report on pharmaceuticals in the Baltic Sea region. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 149. Partly funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region (EU Strategy support through Policy Area Hazards). Financial support was provided by Interreg Baltic Sea Region, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The report was prepared as a case study for the UNESCO-IHP International Initiative on Water Quality (IIWQ) UNESCO project: Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater Reuse in Developing Countries. Case Studies on Emerging Pollutants in Water and Wastewater.


The dataset contains compound name, species, biota matrix, concentrations and whether compound has been detected in the sample. This dataset presents a compilation of concentrations and effects of pharmaceuticals in the Baltic Sea marine environment based on data collected by all Baltic Sea states via working groups of the Helsinki Commission, HELCOM.


Data collected between the years 2003 to 2014, from coastal, open sea and transitional areas, was received from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland and Sweden.


• 4600 individual data posts were included in the complete data set


• 167 different pharmaceuticals have been measured and 74 of these were found in at least one of the sampling matrices (water, sediment, biota)


• 51 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in water (of 148 measured)


• 9 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in sediment samples (of 25 measured)


• 35 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in biota samples (of 116 measured)


• Pharmaceuticals from all drug classes were detected


See HELCOM BSEP 149 report chapter ”3. Data collection methodology and data availability” for further information.

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Date (Publication)
2016-08-30
Unique resource identifier
https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/eecf86bc-27fa-4230-8036-71156d17bf24
pointOfContact
  HELCOM Secretariat

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Human health and safety

GEMET

  • water pollutant

  • pharmaceutical waste

Keywords
  • MADS

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Use constraints: Data can be used freely given that the source is cited. See attribute "Reference" for reference to the original national dataset.

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Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2003
End date
2014-12-31
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3035
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( 1.0 )

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Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Data collected between the years 2003 to 2014, from coastal, open sea and transitional areas, was received from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland and Sweden and processed by Sweco Environment.


The resulting shapefiles was submitted to HELCOM Secretariat and added to the HELCOM Map and Data service in 9/2016.

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eecf86bc-27fa-4230-8036-71156d17bf24 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2017-10-16T14:40:31
pointOfContact
  HELCOM Secretariat
 
 

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Human health and safety

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