Anthropogenic impacts on the contamination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the coastal environments of the Yellow and Bohai seas

Yang, Lü; Zhou, Yunqiao; Shi, Bin; Meng, Jing; He, Bo; Yang, Hongfa; Yoon, Seo Joon; Kim, Taewoo; Kwon, Bong-Oh; Khim, Jong Seong; Wang, Tieyu

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.105306

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“…Roveri et al 2020b (0.0014 ng/L to 1.4000 ng/L); Ojemaye and Petrick, 2021(3.7 ng/L to 4.18 ng/L)].The other identi ed drugs, such as losartan, atenolol, orphenadrine, carbamazepine, valsartan and propranolol, were found in low concentrations compared to other studies (TableS3:Cortez et al, 2018;Roveri et al, 2020a;Yang et al, 2020). However, the fact that they have been positively quanti ed demonstrates that they have signi cance in environmental analysis.…”

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First report on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and cocaine in the coastal waters of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and its related ecological risk assessment

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Roveri

Guimarães

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The worldwide occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in aquatic ecosystems is reason for concern, since these emerging micro pollutants, includes a large and diverse group of organic compounds, with continuous input, high environmental persistence and potential threat to biota and human health. The aim of this study was to evaluate, for the rst time, the occurrence of twenty-seven PPCPs of various therapeutic classes (including cocaine and its primary metabolite, benzoylecgonine), in the coastal waters of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Water samples were taken in November 2020, during the low tide periods, at eight sampling points located along the coast of Santa Catarina, covering its entire geographical extension. Sampling was carried out in triplicate and at different depths of the water column. Nine compounds were detected through liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS): caffeine (12.58-119.80 ng/L), diclofenac (1.398-7.920 ng/L), losartan (0.432-3.200 ng/L), cocaine (0.0248-0.1686 ng/L) and benzoylecgonine (0.0146-1.094 ng/L) were quanti ed in 100% of the samples; carbamazepine (0.0242-0.2720 ng/L) was quanti ed in 75% of the samples; acetaminophen (0.212-10.040 ng/L) was quanti ed in 60% of the samples; and both atenolol (1.13-2.50 ng/L) and orphenadrine (0.073-0.0886 ng/L) were quanti ed in 25% of the samples. The other PPCPs were below the limit of detection (LOD). The highest occurrence of these compounds was detected in the northern and central coastal region of Santa Catarina, namely in Penha and Palhoça cities. The sources of these compounds may be associated with areas with high population density, awaited by tourism, with consequent production of sanitary sewage and solid waste. The ecological risk assessment of these substances in the aquatic ecosystems showed that 67% and 77% of the compounds respectively presented no ecological risk, acute and chronic, but 44% presented low to moderate risks for acute and chronic effects in the three trophic levels evaluated. The occurrence of these chemical compounds can imply deleterious effects on the environmental health of Santa Catarina coastal zone, and therefore deserve more acute and directed attention.

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First report on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and cocaine in the coastal waters of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and its related ecological risk assessment

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Roveri

Guimarães

et al. 2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Micropollutants, also called 'emerging pollutants', consist of a large group of substances including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, steroid hormones, and agrochemicals [1]. These chemicals are related to anthropogenic activities and are normally transported mainly through aquatic environments and can have harmful effects on both aquatic organisms and humans through direct and indirect exposure [2]. However, pharmaceutical compounds are found in trace concentrations of ng L À1 a μg L À1 , due to its wide use in veterinary medicine and humans, which then releases large amounts of pharmaceutical products into the environment [3].…”

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Obtention of biochar-Fe/Ce using Punica granatum with high adsorption of ampicillin capacity

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García-Rosales

Longoria-Gándara

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This research presents the obtaining of a biochar (CB) from the use of pomegranate peel (Punica granatum) conditioned with iron and cerium nanoparticles (C-Fe/Ce), as well as its characterization by SEM (Scanning Electronic Microscopy), FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry), TGA (Thermogravimetric analysis), EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy), XPS (X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) and evaluation of the adsorption capacity of ampicillin (AMP) in aqueous phase at 20, 30 and 40 C. The maximum adsorption capacity for CB was 18.97 mg g À1 and for C-Fe/Ce, 27.61 mg g À1 at pH of 7, observing that with increasing temperature, the sorption capacity decreases in both materials, the experimental data was fitted to various mathematical models and the best fit was the pseudo-second order model for the kinetics, whilst for the adsorption isotherms the best fit was with the Langmuir model, indicating that the adsorption process is carried out in a monolayer on a homogeneous surface, through a chemisorption process. According to the thermodynamic parameters this process is carried out through an exothermic reaction. The results obtained indicate that both materials are suitable for the removal of AMP in the aqueous phase and that they can be reused up to 5 times.

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“…ECs are present in parts per billion or less in aquatic matrices, forming than a thousand toxic compounds to date [10][11][12][13][14]. PPCPs have recently been identified as a group of ECs with persistent and bioaccumulative characteristics [15][16][17] that are used with increasing frequency, making their presence in the environment ubiquitous [9,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

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Sustainable Treatment Techniques for Emerging Pollutants—The Case of Personal Hygiene Products

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Personal care products (PCPs) enter wastewater primarily through greywater. Treatment plants have not been able to remove this type of contaminant, although PCP abatement techniques have been developed in recent years. The objective of the current study has been to encounter the sustainable technique that keeps the optimal balance between the criteria considered in the comparison. Therefore, a bibliographic review was conducted in scientific databases of the last eight years, demonstrating that co-composting, anaerobic–aerobic sequencing bioreactors and contaminant absorption through the use of carbon nanotubes are the ones with the least environmental impact. Subsequently, the Saaty and Modified Saaty methods were applied, with a comparative criteria of construction costs, maintenance costs, efficiency and the stage of development. The results indicated that the co-composting technique is the best sustainable technique of those studied, with a score of 0.86/1, which means that the criteria analyzed maintain very close values between them. The co-composting technique yields a low environmental impact in eliminating personal care products. This research work constitutes a practical and easy-to-use tool for decision makers, since it allows finding an optimal elimination treatment for PCPs.

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Anthropogenic impacts on the contamination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the coastal environments of the Yellow and Bohai seas

Cited by 113 publications

References 61 publications

First report on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and cocaine in the coastal waters of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and its related ecological risk assessment

First report on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and cocaine in the coastal waters of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and its related ecological risk assessment

Obtention of biochar-Fe/Ce using Punica granatum with high adsorption of ampicillin capacity

Sustainable Treatment Techniques for Emerging Pollutants—The Case of Personal Hygiene Products

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