US EPA Bibliographic Database of Publications Relevant to Drug Disposal and Environmental Stewardship" http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/lit.html revised: 14 March 2013 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory NOTE: to correct an existing citation or suggest the addition of a new citation to the PPCPs bibliography, please send the complete citation to Dr. Christian Daughton (daughton.christian@epa.gov) or Sheila Scuderi (scuderi.sheila@epa.gov). If the reference is freely available to the public from the web, please include the URL; also note if the article is in a language other than English. For more information, see: http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/pdf/Synopsis-of-PPCPs.pdf. To Cite this Database - If this database is used for researching or preparing a published work, it can be cited as: Daughton CG and Scuderi MST. 2013. 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