Jornal de Química Analítica Ambiental

Global Analysis of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

Abstract

Neil Fitzgerald

Developing a computational tool to forecast the acute toxicity of biocidal active chemicals and its environmental degradation products for aquatic species is one of the objectives of the European project LIFE-COMBASE. Data on these compounds' toxicity to species in the freshwater/marine and sewage treatment plant compartments have been included in a database. In order to determine whether these substances could be hazardous to aquatic compartments, this study will assess the data that has been gathered. We looked up a number of governmental and scholarly databases. The taxonomic categories, including fish, invertebrates, algae, and sewage treatment plant (STP) microorganisms, were studied using data from 196 biocidal chemicals and 206 environmental metabolites.