Contamination sources and distribution patterns of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Alpine rivers strongly affected by tourism

Mandarić, Ladislav; Diamantini, Elena; Stella, Elisa; Cano-Paoli, Karina; Valle-Sistac, Jennifer; Molins-Delgado, Daniel; Bellin, Alberto; Chiogna, Gabriele; Majone, Bruno; Díaz˗Cruz, M. Silvia; Sabater, Sergi; Barceló, Damià; Petrović, Mira

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.185

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“…For the three groups of chemicals considered in the analysis, the concentrations were higher in winter than in summer at all sampling sites. The concentrations of PCPs and PhACs detected during the two sampling campaigns were reported in a recent paper by Mandaric et al (). The most abundant PCP was octyl‐dimethyl‐ p ‐aminobenzoic acid (ODPABA), with concentrations reaching up to 748 ng L −1 (Mandaric et al, ) at Site 4.…”

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“…The concentrations of PCPs and PhACs detected during the two sampling campaigns were reported in a recent paper by Mandaric et al (). The most abundant PCP was octyl‐dimethyl‐ p ‐aminobenzoic acid (ODPABA), with concentrations reaching up to 748 ng L −1 (Mandaric et al, ) at Site 4. Diclofenac was the most abundant among PhACs, reaching concentrations up to 675 ng L −1 at Site 2.…”

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“…By adding the third axis (not shown inFigure 4), the explained variance increased to 77.3% of the total variance and confirmed the strength of the correlation between nitrate and PhACs, and Site 2 in winter on one side; and PCP and pesticides and Site 7 on the other. As shown byMandaric et al (2017), the joint effect of low streamflow and higher tourist presences during winter resulted in an overall higher concentration of PPCPs (pharmaceuticals and personal care products). The concentrations of pesticides were also higher in winter, although they are applied to crops in spring-summer.Higher water discharge in summer caused a global reduction of all pollutants due to higher dilution.…”

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“…2017). The most abundant PCP was octyl-dimethyl-p-aminobenzoic acid (ODPABA), with concentrations reaching up to 748 ng L −1(Mandaric et al, 2017) at Site 4. Diclofenac was the most abundant among PhACs, reaching concentrations up to 675 ng L −1 at Site 2.Pesticide concentrations were lower than for the other two families of chemicals.…”

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In this study, the combined effects of hydrological and chemical stressors on benthic macroinvertebrates were evaluated in order to explore the response of the biological community to multiple stressors. The Adige River, located in the south‐eastern Alps, was selected as a case study because representative of the situation of a large river in which the variety of stressors present in the Alpine region act simultaneously. As expected, streamflow showed a seasonal pattern, with high flows in the spring–summer period; however, locally, the natural hydrological regime was altered by the presence of hydropower systems, which chiefly affected low flows. Multivariate analysis showed seasonal and spatial patterns in both chemical and hydrological parameters with a clear gradient in the concentration of nitrate, personal care, and pharmaceutical products moving from headwaters to the main stem of the river. The macroinvertebrate community composition was significantly different in summer and winter and between up and downstream sites. Streamflow alteration chiefly due to water use by hydropower affected community composition but not richness or diversity. Gammarus sp., Hirudinea, and Psychomyia sp., were positively correlated with flow variability, increasing their densities in the sites with higher streamflow variability because of hydropeaking. The results obtained in this study show that the composition of the macroinvertebrate community responded to seasonality and to changes in the main stressors along the river and highlights the importance of the spatial and temporal variability of stressors in this Alpine river. Taking into account, this variability will help the decision‐making process for improving basin management.

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“…The increase of chemical pollutants detected in different aquatic environments over the past few years was in the focus of several studies, related to occurrence, transport, fate, and hazards, or risks to human and environmental health . OMPs, also called emerging contaminants, include a wide range of chemical substances extensively used in households and industrial applications, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, endocrine disrupting chemicals, pesticides, surfactants, nanomaterials, metabolites, and their transformation products …”

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This paper is dedicated to Prof. Paola Gramatica on the occasion of her retirement.Abstract: The increase of chemical pollutants detected in different aquatic environments over the past few years has been in the focus of several studies related to their occurrence, transport, fate, and hazards, or risks to human and environmental health. In Brazil, recent studies have been conducted on the occurrence of a series of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in aquatic environments. Nevertheless, the toxicological information and environmental behavior for most of these pollutants are still difficult to evaluate. We obtained consensus models using a combina-tion of VolSurf and Dragon descriptors and Random Forest approach to predict the toxicity against Daphnia magna and Pimephales promelas for compounds identified in different sources of water in Brazil. The models showed satisfactory performance when compared with other approaches, such as Toxicity Estimation Software Tool (T.E.S.T.), etc. Both models can be used as complementary tools to aid in the prediction of organic compounds against both organisms.

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Contamination sources and distribution patterns of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Alpine rivers strongly affected by tourism

Cited by 124 publications

References 90 publications

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Assessing the effects of hydrological and chemical stressors on macroinvertebrate community in an Alpine river: The Adige River as a case study

Predictive Computational Tools for Assessment of Ecotoxicological Activity of Organic Micropollutants in Various Water Sources in Brazil

Green Technologies for the Treatment of Pharmaceutical Contaminants in Wastewaters

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