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Source water protection from pharmaceutical contaminants: assessment of environmental quality act 1974 and its regulations

Pharmaceutical contaminants have become a global “emerging pollutant”. Many countries developed various policies and technologies to deal with the problem. In Malaysia, there is no serious attention given to this problem in the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA) and other regulations (Malaysian le...

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Main Authors: Othman, Adillah, Ariffin, Mariani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82216/1/Source%20water%20protection%20from%20pharmaceutical%20contaminants.pdf
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https://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/638
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spelling my.upm.eprints.822162021-08-23T01:46:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82216/ Source water protection from pharmaceutical contaminants: assessment of environmental quality act 1974 and its regulations Othman, Adillah Ariffin, Mariani Pharmaceutical contaminants have become a global “emerging pollutant”. Many countries developed various policies and technologies to deal with the problem. In Malaysia, there is no serious attention given to this problem in the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA) and other regulations (Malaysian legislation). Therefore, pharmaceutical contaminants still enter the environment and affect human health through water consumption and water usage. In response to this problem, this study aims to analyse Malaysian legislation and to identify potential protection provided to protect source water from pharmaceutical contaminants. This study employed a qualitative approach. A systematic search was carried out on existing pharmaceutical-related Malaysian legislation. Later, content analysis was conducted to discover patterns and ideas within the existing legislation. This would determine the provisions that could assist the protection of source water from pharmaceutical contaminants. The findings of this study demonstrate only few provisions addressed the problem of pharmaceutical contaminants and thus, this type of contaminant continues to harm the environment. It is hoped that the result of this study could enhance Malaysian legislation pertaining to the problem and minimise the risk of pharmaceutical contaminant in drinking water. Malaysian Institute of Planners 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82216/1/Source%20water%20protection%20from%20pharmaceutical%20contaminants.pdf Othman, Adillah and Ariffin, Mariani (2019) Source water protection from pharmaceutical contaminants: assessment of environmental quality act 1974 and its regulations. Planning Malaysia, 17 (2). pp. 168-178. ISSN 1675-6215; ESSN: 0128-0945 https://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/638 10.21837/pm.v17i10.638
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description Pharmaceutical contaminants have become a global “emerging pollutant”. Many countries developed various policies and technologies to deal with the problem. In Malaysia, there is no serious attention given to this problem in the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA) and other regulations (Malaysian legislation). Therefore, pharmaceutical contaminants still enter the environment and affect human health through water consumption and water usage. In response to this problem, this study aims to analyse Malaysian legislation and to identify potential protection provided to protect source water from pharmaceutical contaminants. This study employed a qualitative approach. A systematic search was carried out on existing pharmaceutical-related Malaysian legislation. Later, content analysis was conducted to discover patterns and ideas within the existing legislation. This would determine the provisions that could assist the protection of source water from pharmaceutical contaminants. The findings of this study demonstrate only few provisions addressed the problem of pharmaceutical contaminants and thus, this type of contaminant continues to harm the environment. It is hoped that the result of this study could enhance Malaysian legislation pertaining to the problem and minimise the risk of pharmaceutical contaminant in drinking water.
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title Source water protection from pharmaceutical contaminants: assessment of environmental quality act 1974 and its regulations
title_short Source water protection from pharmaceutical contaminants: assessment of environmental quality act 1974 and its regulations
title_full Source water protection from pharmaceutical contaminants: assessment of environmental quality act 1974 and its regulations
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publisher Malaysian Institute of Planners
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82216/1/Source%20water%20protection%20from%20pharmaceutical%20contaminants.pdf
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