TY - JOUR N2 - This paper aims at presenting the possibilities of applying gas chromatography for the determination of pharmaceutical residues in different matrices. Section one of the study underscores the environmental advantages of employing GC for such analyses. Section two presents the innovative methods for determining pharmaceuticals in the environment. The last section discusses the results of the analysis of the GC and GC-MS market in Poland. According to the literature data, the described methods were applied for the analysis of real samples: wastewaters, surface waters, soil samples. The samples were collected from the Pomerania region and the Gulf of Gdańsk. The pharmaceuticals were determined in various environmental samples. The highest concentrations were found in raw wastewater, medium – in a treated wastewater, and the lowest – in surface water. The most frequently detected pharmaceuticals were: ibuprofen, paracetamol, diclofenac and naproxen, all belonging to NSAIDs. Furthermore, the results of the study of the Polish GC market indicate that a very limited number of entities are currently using chromatographic techniques, and pharmaceutical residues tests are exceptions, mainly due to the lack of the legal requirements in this field and the lack of own laboratories. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/102503/PDF/aep-2017-0029.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/102503 PY - 2017 IS - No 3 DO - 10.1515/aep-2017-0029 KW - GC and GC-MS analyses KW - pharmaceutical residues KW - sector application of gas chromatography A1 - Kuśmierek, Krzysztof A1 - Idźkiewicz, Paulina A1 - Świątkowski, Andrzej A1 - Dąbek, Lidia PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 43 DA - 2017.09.30 T1 - Adsorptive removal of pentachlorophenol from aqueous solutions using powdered eggshell UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/102503 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -