Prioritizing research for trace pollutants and emerging contaminants in the freshwater environment

Murray, Kyle E.; Thomas, S. M.; Bodour, Adria A.

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“…Recent reviews have covered the occurrence of EOCs in surface waters used for public water supply (Houtman, 2010), the sources, occurrence and fate of 'emerging organic contaminants' (EOCs) in surface water sources (Pal et al, 2010), and trace pollutants and EOCs in fresh water sources (Murray et al, 2010). Díaz-Cruz and Barceló (2008) recently reviewed priority and emerging organic micro-pollutants in the different source waters used for artificial aquifer recharge purposes and Einsiedl et al (2010) assessed the occurrence and transport of pharmaceuticals in karst groundwater systems affected by domestic waste water treatment.…”

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“…To date, review articles concerning freshwater EOC occurrence have focused on surface water resources, or only drawn on groundwater data from a handful of case studies (e.g. Caliman and Gavrilescu, 2009;Murray et al, 2010;Pal et al, 2010;Houtman, 2010). There has not been a systematic review of published studies focusing on the occurrence of EOCs in groundwater.…”

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“…Agricultural pesticides and their degradates have not been included in this review; the environmental occurrence of this group of organic contaminants is better characterised and reviewed compared with many other groups of EOCs and are better regulated with respect to drinking water standards in many countries (Leistra and Boesten, 1989;Ritter, 1990;Kolpin et al, 1998;Murray et al, 2010;Stuart et al, 2011).…”

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“…Eckel et al, 1993;Holm et al, 1995), as well as indirectly through the process of groundwater-surface water (GW-SW) exchange (Buerge et al, 2009). Recent reviews have covered the occurrence of EOCs in surface waters used for public water supply (Houtman, 2010), the sources, occurrence and fate of 'emerging organic contaminants' (EOCs) in surface water sources (Pal et al, 2010), and trace pollutants and EOCs in fresh water sources (Murray et al, 2010 (Leistra and Boesten, 1989;Ritter, 1990;Kolpin et al, 1998;Murray et al, 2010;Stuart et al, 2011). …”

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Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

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Stuart

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Emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) detected in groundwater may have adverse effects on human health and aquatic ecosystems. This paper reviews the existing occurrence data in groundwater for a range of EOCs including pharmaceutical, personal care, 'life-style' and selected industrial compounds. The main sources and pathways for organic EOCs in groundwater are reviewed, with occurrence data for EOCs in groundwater included from both targeted studies and broad reconnaissance surveys. Nanogram-microgram per litre concentrations are present in groundwater for a large range of EOCs as well as metabolites and transformation products and under certain conditions may pose a threat to freshwater bodies for decades due to relatively long groundwater residence times. In the coming decades, more of these EOCs are likely to have drinking water standards, environmental quality standards and/or groundwater threshold values defined, and therefore a better understanding of the spatial and temporal variation remains a priority.Keywords: emerging contaminants; review; groundwater; pharmaceuticals; occurrence Capsule: A large range of emerging organic contaminants are now being detected in groundwater as a result of recent and historical anthropogenic activities. IntroductionA diverse array of synthetic organic compounds are used by society in vast quantities for a range of purposes including the production and preservation of food, industrial manufacturing processes, as well as for human and animal healthcare. In the last few decades there has been a growing interest in the occurrence of these, so called, 'micro-organic contaminants' in the terrestrial and aquatic environment, their environmental fate and their potential toxicity (Stan and Linkerhagner, 1992;Stan et al., 1994;Halling-Sørensen et al., 1998;Daughton and Ternes, 1999;Schwarzenbach et al., 2006;Kümmerer, 2009). The contamination of groundwater resources by micro-organics is a growing concern and relatively poorly understood compared to other freshwater resources. Groundwater provides the most reliable perennial source of freshwater on Earth. It maintains flows and levels in rivers and lakes, is essential for the health of groundwater-dependant ecosystems, and in many parts of the world is the most important source of drinking water.Of particular concern are 'emerging organic contaminants' (EOCs). This term is used to cover not only newly developed compounds but also compounds newly discovered in the environment -often due to analytical developments (Lindsey et al., 2001;Petrovic and Barceló, 2006;Richardson and Ternes, 2011) and compounds that have only recently been categorised as contaminants. EOCs include a wide array of different compounds (as well as metabolites and transformation products-collectively referred to here as degradates)including; pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, veterinary products, industrial compounds/by-products, food additives as well as engineered nanomaterials. Because of the vast array of possible comp...

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“…ECs include newly synthesized substances as well as ones that have long been present in the environment but whose presence and significance are only now being elucidated [3]. They include a wide array of different compounds and their transformation products: pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, veterinary products, industrial compounds/by-products, food additives, and engineered nano-materials [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. An estimated 23 million chemicals have been indexed, with more than 7 million commercially available but only 230,000 are inventoried or regulated by governments worldwide [11].…”

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Research trends on emerging environment pollutants – a review

Rykowska

Wasiak

2015

Open Chemistry

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Concern for the natural environment increasingly devotes more attention to growing potential hazards resulting from the release of various substances. Currently, one of the main problems associated with environmental pollution is the derivation of organic compounds from wastewater. Substances derived from sewage leaks into the environment in the form of a multicomponent mixtures often enhances the toxic effects caused by these compounds. While analyzing the reports in the literature of the last two decades it can be seen that substantial efforts are devoted to the determination of selected trace contaminants present in wastewater. Among the most marked there are endocrine disrupting compounds, residues of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, plastics and sunscreens. Recently, a new group of compounds joined the aforementioned contaminants, namely drugs, whose legality and availability is increasing every year. Exposure to these type of compounds, named in the literature as emerging contaminants (ECs), involves, among others, such effects as hormonal imbalance, reduction of the survivability of aquatic organisms and reproductive problems.This paper provides a review of the types of emerging organic groundwater contaminants (EGCs) which are beginning to be found in the natural environment in many countries all around the world.

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Trace Contaminants: Implications for Water Quality Sustainability

Khetan¹

2014

Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment

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Prioritizing research for trace pollutants and emerging contaminants in the freshwater environment

Cited by 522 publications

References 95 publications

Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Research trends on emerging environment pollutants – a review

Trace Contaminants: Implications for Water Quality Sustainability

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