Pharmaceutical waste disposal: assessment of its effects on bacterial communities in soil and groundwater

Caracciolo, Anna Barra; Grenni, Paola; Falconi, Francesca; Caputo, Maria Clementina; Ancona, Valeria; Uricchio, Vito Felice

doi:10.1080/02757540.2010.534082

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“…This suggests that the additional organic carbon comes from the dump and that the microbial communities are sensitive to its origin and quality. This result, showing the negative effects on the microbial community of higher values of DOC in contaminated ecosystems, is in line with those found in in previous works [80][81][82]. Finally, it is interesting to note that in the third sampling campaign the lowest oxygen concentrations were found and the volatile organic compound 1,2 Dichloropropane detected above the legislation limits in the most vulnerable piezometers (CE-B and CE-F).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The presence of volatile organic compounds is an indicator of anthropogenic activities [83]. Negative effects on the microbial community due to high DOC values and trace contamination of chlorinated organics were found in previous studies in groundwater [80]. These results show that a contaminant threshold compliance alone does not exclude possible effects from the trace contaminant mixture on the groundwater ecosystem.…”

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confidence: 62%

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Groundwater Autochthonous Microbial Communities as Tracers of Anthropogenic Pressure Impacts: Example from a Municipal Waste Treatment Plant (Latium, Italy)

Rossi

Caracciolo

Grenni

et al. 2019

Water

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The groundwater behavior at a municipal solid waste disposal dump, located in Central Italy, was studied using a multi-parameter monitoring over 1 year consisting of 4 seasonal samples. The hydrological and hydrogeological dynamics of water circulation, microbiological parameters (microbial abundance and cell viability of the autochthonous microbial community), dissolved organic carbon, and several contaminants were evaluated and related to the geological structures in both two and three dimensions and used for geostatistical analysis in order to obtain 3D maps. Close relationships between geological heterogeneity, water circulation, pollutant diffusion, dissolved organic carbon, and cell viability were revealed. The highest cell viability values were found with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) values ≤0.5 mg/L; above this value, DOC negatively affected the microbial community. The highest DOC values were detected in groundwater at some sampling points within the site indicating its probable origin from the waste disposal dump. Although legislation limits for the parameters measured were not exceeded (except for a contaminant in one piezometer), the 1-year multi-parameter monitoring approach made it possible to depict both the dynamics and the complexity of the groundwater flux and, with “non-legislative parameters” such as microbial cell viability and DOC, identify the points with the highest vulnerability and their origin. This approach is useful for identifying the most vulnerable sites in a groundwater body.

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 62%

Groundwater Autochthonous Microbial Communities as Tracers of Anthropogenic Pressure Impacts: Example from a Municipal Waste Treatment Plant (Latium, Italy)

Rossi

Caracciolo

Grenni

et al. 2019

Water

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“…The relative abundance of Bacteroidetes is reduced in obese people in comparison with lean people, but this proportion increases along with weight loss on a low-calorie diet [85]. On the other hand, Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria are dominant phyla and are widely distributed across a range of ecosystems [17, 73–75, 86]. The members of Acidobacteria produce a wide range of enzymes with high activities under acidic conditions, whereas most of them grow along a narrow carbon resource spectrum, including disaccharides and oligosaccharides produced by the decomposition of cellulose, chitin and starch [87, 88].…”

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The rhizospheric microbial community structure and diversity of deciduous and evergreen forests in Taihu Lake area, China

Wei

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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Soil bacteria are important drivers of biogeochemical cycles and participate in many nutrient transformations in the soil. Meanwhile, bacterial diversity and community composition are related to soil physic-chemical properties and vegetation factors. However, how the soil and vegetation factors affect the diversity and community composition of bacteria is poorly understood, especially for bacteria associated with evergreen and deciduous trees in subtropical forest ecosystems. In the present paper, the microbial communities of rhizospheric soils associated with different types of trees were analyzed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. A total of 121,219 effective 16S rRNA gene sequences were obtained, which were classified into 29 bacterial phyla and 2 archaeal phyla. The dominant phyla across all samples (>5% of good-quality sequences in each sample) were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. The bacterial community composition and diversity were largely affected by both soil pH and tree species. The soil pH was the key factor influencing bacterial diversity, with lower pH associated with less diverse communities. Meanwhile, the contents of NO3− were higher in evergreen tree soils than those associated with deciduous trees, while less NH4+ than those associated with deciduous trees, leading to a lower pH and indirectly influencing the diversity and composition of the bacteria. The co-occurrence patterns were assessed by network analysis. A total of 415 pairs of significant and robust correlations (co-occurrence and negative) were identified from 89 genera. Sixteen hubs of co-occurrence patterns, mainly under the phyla Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, may play important roles in sustaining the stability of the rhizospheric microbial communities. In general, our results suggested that local environmental conditions and soil pH were important in shaping the bacterial community of the Taihu Lake zone in east China.

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“…antibiotics: macrolides (clarithromycin, erythromycin, roxithromycin, lincomycin), sulfonamides (sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, sulfadimethoxine, sulfamethazine, sulfathiazole), fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin), chloramphenicol, tetracycline [14,15,17,22–24,26–28,30,31,35–40,43–45,47,49,51,52,54,55–57];…”

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Green Pharmacy – A Narrative Review

Toma

Crişan

2018

Medicine and Pharmacy Reports

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IntroductionActive pharmaceutical ingredients are present in various sections of the environment, because of both the human and veterinary use of medicinal products. Ways of minimizing the risk of environmental contamination should be observed during all pharmaceutical activities (research, manufacturing, prescribing, dispensing and disposal of medicinal products).MethodsFor the present study we searched specific literature on this subject, using the main international databases (Thomson Reuters – Web of Science, SCOPUS and Science Direct).ResultsThis narrative review focuses on the main aspects concerning environmental contamination with medicinal products. Consequently, the present study is structured on four different topics: environmental research on medicinal products, minimizing environmental contamination, waste disposal management and towards a greener community pharmacy.ConclusionWaste management activities are important for reducing the presence of active pharmaceutical ingredients in the environment. Pharmacists should inform patients on proper pharmaceutical waste disposal and organize collection programs for unused and expired medicines, in order to develop a greener pharmacy for the future.

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Pharmaceutical waste disposal: assessment of its effects on bacterial communities in soil and groundwater

Cited by 19 publications

References 34 publications

Groundwater Autochthonous Microbial Communities as Tracers of Anthropogenic Pressure Impacts: Example from a Municipal Waste Treatment Plant (Latium, Italy)

Groundwater Autochthonous Microbial Communities as Tracers of Anthropogenic Pressure Impacts: Example from a Municipal Waste Treatment Plant (Latium, Italy)

The rhizospheric microbial community structure and diversity of deciduous and evergreen forests in Taihu Lake area, China

Green Pharmacy – A Narrative Review

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