Tuesday, July 14, 2026

11:15 AM - 1:15 PM

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Environmental Pharmacology is the study of chemical effects on living systems and the ecosystem encompassing a wide range of substances like pharmaceutical and hospital wastes, industrial chemicals, pesticides, herbicides e.t.c. These effects include extinction of living organisms, imbalance in ecosystems, diseases of diverse aetiologies and antimicrobial resistances e.t.c. Efforts from different parts of the world to establish regulatory frameworks in this respect varies in scope and successes and the effects of these agents on the ecosystem may continue unnoticed and the impacts speculative and unmeasured. Similarly, climate change and particularly heat waves do not only have an influence on human (and animal) health, but also on drug effects. Whereas high temperatures may change effectiveness, an increase of side effects has to be expected particularly in vulnerable populations, e.g. in older adults. The symposium therefore aims at identifying the successes achieved globally, the existing gaps and opportunities to inform future directions.

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