Organic contaminants in the aquatic environment II. Behaviour and fate in the hydrological cycle

Bedding, N.D.; McIntyre, A.E.; Perry, R.; Lester, J.N.

doi:10.1016/0048-9697(83)90143-2

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“…These effects, particularly those associated with endocrine disruption (Sumpter, 2009), have received much attention in the last decade. Endocrine disruption in the aquatic environment was first reported by Dodds et al (1938) and the impact of organic micropollutants and heavy metals have been known for number of years (Bedding et al 1982;Lester et al 1980) and have been the subject of legislation for an extensive period in the UK (Bedding et al 1983;Lester, 1983). However, there has been a need within the EU to update and harmonize existing legislation (EC, 2000(EC, , 2008(EC, , 2012 including regulations to control of the introduction of more recently recognized hazardous chemicals (Behera et al 2009;Gabriel et al 2012;González et al 2012;Martínez Bueno et al 2012;Martin Ruel et al 2012;Rodil et al 2012).…”

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The significance of hazardous chemicals in wastewater treatment works effluents

Gardner

Comber

Scrimshaw

et al. 2012

Science of The Total Environment

124

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The advent of increasingly stringent and wider ranging European Union legislation relating to water and the environment has required regulators to assess compliance risk and to respond by formulating appropriate pollution control measures. To support this process the UK Water Industry has completed a national Chemicals Investigation Programme (CIP), to monitor over 160 wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) for 70 determinands. Final effluent concentrations of zinc, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene), "penta" congeners (BDEs) 47 and 99, tributyltin, triclosan, erythromycin, oxytetracycline, ibuprofen, propranolol, fluoxetine, diclofenac, 17β-estradiol and 17α-ethinyl estradiol exceeded existing or proposed Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) in over 50% of WwTWs. Dilution by receiving water might ensure compliance with EQSs for these chemicals, apart from the BDEs. However, in some cases there will be insufficient dilution to ensure compliance and additional management options may be required.

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The significance of hazardous chemicals in wastewater treatment works effluents

Gardner

Comber

Scrimshaw

et al. 2012

Science of The Total Environment

124

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“…A plethora of anthropogenic organic micropollutants have been discharged to sewer for many years (Bedding et al 1982) from both industrial and domestic sources (Meakins et al 1994) and surface run-off where combined sewers exist (Bedding et al 1983, Stangroom et al 1998. Some of these organic micropollutants are a cause for concern because of their potential detrimental impacts on human health should they enter the food chain or water supply, but such occurrences are very rare and regulation safeguards human health (Fawell et al 2001).…”

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The Pharmaceutical Use of Permethrin: Sources and Behavior During Municipal Sewage Treatment

Turner

Cartmell

Lester

et al. 2010

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol

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Permethrin entered use in the 1970's as an insecticide with a wide range of applications, including agriculture, horticultural and forestry, which have since been restricted. In the twenty first century, the presence of permethrin in the aquatic environment has been attributed to its use as a human and veterinary pharmaceutical, in particular as a pedeculicide, in addition to other uses such as a moth proofing agent. However, as a consequence of its toxicity to fish, sources of permethrin and its fate and behavior during wastewater treatment is a topic of concern. This study has established that high overall removal of permethrin (c. 90%) was achieved during wastewater treatment and that this was strongly dependent upon the extent of biological degradation in secondary treatment, with more limited subsequent removal in tertiary treatment processes. Sources of permethrin in the catchment matched well with measured values in crude sewage and indicated that 2 domestic use accounted for over half of the load to the treatment works. However, removal may not be consistent enough to achieve the environmental quality standards now being derived in many countries even where tertiary treatment processes are applied.

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“…the disparity in mutagenicity via the Hites versus the mill procedure for the secondary sludge sample (Table 1) may be attributable to the nature of the compounds present in the sample. Activated sludge contains many new chemicals in the secondary sludge as the result of biochemical reactions accomplishd by microorganisms (Bedding et al, 1983). Many metabolic intermediates and products are heat labile and thereby have a potential for conversion to different compounds, i.e., artifacts of the real sample, under the moderately high temperature conditions employed in the Hites procedure.…”

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Short-Term Bioassays in the Analysis of Complex Environmental Mixtures IV

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Organic contaminants in the aquatic environment II. Behaviour and fate in the hydrological cycle

Cited by 37 publications

References 116 publications

The significance of hazardous chemicals in wastewater treatment works effluents

The significance of hazardous chemicals in wastewater treatment works effluents

The Pharmaceutical Use of Permethrin: Sources and Behavior During Municipal Sewage Treatment

Short-Term Bioassays in the Analysis of Complex Environmental Mixtures IV

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