Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
51(18), P. 10652 - 10662
Published: Aug. 16, 2017
The
continuous
release
of
pharmaceuticals
and
personal
care
products
(PPCPs)
into
freshwater
systems
impacts
the
health
aquatic
organisms.
This
study
evaluates
concentrations
bioaccumulation
PPCPs
selective
uptake
antidepressants
in
fish
from
Niagara
River,
which
connects
two
North
American
Great
lakes
(Erie
Ontario).
River
receives
different
wastewater
treatment
plants
(WWTPs)
situated
along
river
Lake
Erie.
Of
22
targeted
PPCPs,
11
were
found
at
part-per-billion
levels
WWTP
effluents
part-per-trillion
water
samples.
major
pollutants
observed
(citalopram,
paroxetine,
sertraline,
venlafaxine,
bupropion,
their
metabolites
norfluoxetine
norsertraline)
antihistamine
diphenhydramine.
These
accumulate
various
organs,
with
norsertraline
exhibiting
highest
factor
(up
to
about
3000)
liver
rudd
(Scardinius
erythrophthalmus),
is
an
invasive
species
Lakes.
selectively
taken
up
by
trophic
levels,
further
metabolized
once
inside
organism.
was
brain,
followed
liver,
muscle,
gonads,
can
be
attributed
direct
exposure
effluent.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
741, P. 140199 - 140199
Published: June 16, 2020
Information
on
the
removal
of
antibiotics
and
ARGs
in
full-scale
WWTPs
(with
or
without
additional
treatment
technology)
is
limited.
However,
it
important
to
understand
efficiency
technologies
removing
under
a
variety
conditions
relevant
for
practice
reduce
their
environmental
spreading.
Therefore,
this
study
was
performed
evaluate
conventional
wastewater
plant
(WWTP
A)
two
combined
with
technologies.
WWTP
B,
activated
sludge
followed
by
an
carbon
filtration
step
(1-STEP®
filter)
as
final
step.
C,
using
aerobic
granular
(NEREDA®)
alternative
treatment.
Water
were
collected
analysed
52
from
four
target
antibiotic
groups
(macrolides,
sulfonamides,
quinolones,
tetracyclines)
(ermB,
sul
1,
2
tetW)
integrase
gene
class
1
(intI1).
Despite
high
percentages
(79–88%)
total
load
all
WWTPs,
some
detected
various
effluents.
Additional
technology
C)
showed
up
99%
(tetracyclines).
For
ARGs,
C
reduced
2.3
log
A
2.0
log,
B
1.3
log.
This
shows
that
are
promising
solutions
reducing
emissions
plants.
ARGS
cannot
be
achieved
types
ARGs.
In
addition,
more
abundant
compared
effluent
suggesting
reservoir
representing
source
later
ARG
upon
reuse,
i.e.
fertilizer
agriculture
resource
bioplastics
bioflocculants.
These
aspects
require
further
research.
