Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in Surface Waters from the Inner City of Beijing, China: Influence of Hospitals and Reclaimed Water Irrigation.

Autor: Lu GH; Key Laboratory of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, National Research Center for Geo-analysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China. guohui-lu@hotmail.com., Piao HT; Key Laboratory of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, National Research Center for Geo-analysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China.; China Institute of Geo-Environment Monitoring (CIGEM), Beijing, 100081, China., Gai N; Key Laboratory of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, National Research Center for Geo-analysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China., Shao PW; College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China., Zheng Y; College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China., Jiao XC; Key Laboratory of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, National Research Center for Geo-analysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China., Rao Z; Key Laboratory of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, National Research Center for Geo-analysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China., Yang YL; Key Laboratory of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, National Research Center for Geo-analysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology [Arch Environ Contam Toxicol] 2019 Feb; Vol. 76 (2), pp. 255-264. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Nov 02.
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-018-0578-y
Abstrakt: Surface waters from five districts in the inner city of Beijing were collected for analysis of 43 target compounds of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) to understand the spatial distribution patterns of different groups of PPCPs in the central urban area of a metropolitan city characterized by many hospitals and public parks. The total concentrations of PPCPs showed large spatial variability, ranging from 71.1 to 2400 ng/L. The x-ray contrast medium iopromide was the compound with the highest concentrations. Pharmaceuticals showed similar spatial distributional patterns with large hospitals. Positive correlations between iopromide and pharmaceuticals were observed. In contrast, in general there is no correlation between iopromide and personal care products. The concentrations of PPCPs in the landscape waters were not high but were characterized by high proportions of acidic, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with low or even negative removal efficiencies in the WWTP in Beijing, suggesting that the reclaimed water irrigation can be another source of PPCPs in surface waters in the inner city of Beijing.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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