The One Health Breakthrough Partnership (OHBP) is a unique group of researchers, academics, water providers and regulators, environment agency representatives, and public health specialists from five organisations across Scotland working together to reduce pharmaceutical pollution in the environment through sustainable One Health innovation.

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£1.19m research project to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare in Scotland

by lydianiemi, posted in Project Activity, Uncategorized

Researchers from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), working with the One Health Breakthrough Partnership and colleagues from The James Hutton Institute, NHS Highland, University of Nottingham, Heriot-Watt University, University of St Andrews have secured a new £1.19m research grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to tackle pharmaceutical pollution in the water … Continue reading £1.19m research project to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare in Scotland

A critical review of septic tanks as a pathway for active pharmaceutical ingredients to the aquatic environment – existing knowledge and future perspectives on their monitoring and management

by lydianiemi, posted in Publications, Uncategorized

Researchers from Robert Gordon University with Scottish Water published a new review on the role of septic tanks as an important source of pharmaceutical pollution in the water environment. Septic tanks are an understudied but frequently employed decentralised wastewater treatment system in remote and rural areas of Scotland. Pharmaceuticals and other organic contaminants cannot be … Continue reading A critical review of septic tanks as a pathway for active pharmaceutical ingredients to the aquatic environment – existing knowledge and future perspectives on their monitoring and management

Environmentally Safe and Just Pharmacy: A Framework and Action Plan for Operating within the Earth System Boundary for Novel Entities

by lydianiemi, posted in Uncategorized

A new publication in Environmental Science and Technology proposes a novel framework for Environmentally Safe and Just Pharmacy, establishing 4 overarching criteria and 12 sub-criteria designed to ensure that the pharmaceutical lifecycle is environmentally safe and just from a novel entities perspective. A 10-point roadmap for a transition to a sustainable future by 2050 is … Continue reading Environmentally Safe and Just Pharmacy: A Framework and Action Plan for Operating within the Earth System Boundary for Novel Entities

Publication: From medicine cabinets to ecosystems: a Europe-wide assessment of household pharmaceutical waste disposal practices

by lydianiemi, posted in Publications, Uncategorized

A new study published in Frontiers in Pharmacology provides a unique, expert-based overview from 35 European countries on how household pharmaceutical waste is managed in practice. Members of the OHBP contributed to the pan-European study and were involved in the stakeholder engagement activities to provide expertise and resources on medicine waste disposal practices in Scotland … Continue reading Publication: From medicine cabinets to ecosystems: a Europe-wide assessment of household pharmaceutical waste disposal practices

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