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Pharmacopollution is a public health and environmental outcome of some active pharmaceutical ingredients(API) and endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDC) dispersed through water and/or soil. Its most important sources are the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals), livestock, aquaculture, and households (patient excretion and littering). The last source is the focus of this presentation. Household Waste Medicine is part of the emerging contaminants, such as steroid hormones, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP), industrial chemicals, and pesticides. The presentation shows the evolution in the number of scientific articles related to pharmaceutical pollution published between 2023 and 2025 on Researchgate, as well as conference papers on the subject, highlighting the growing interest in this topic. It will also present data on the volume of unused medicines collected through the Brazilian reverse logistics program for the years 2020 to 2023.
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