Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products across Different Water Bodies in Taihu Lake Basin, China : Occurrence, Source, and Flux

Although pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have attracted great attentions, their occurrence characteristics across different water bodies at a basin scale remain poorly understood. To grasp a more comprehensive understanding of PPCP pollution from the perspective of the whole basin, the occurrence, spatial and seasonal variation, source, and flux of thirteen PPCPs across the different environmental compartments of the northern Taihu Lake Basin (TLB) were studied. The results showed that the non-therapeutic pharmaceuticals caffeine (CFI) and n, n-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) were the main components across the different environmental compartments. The total concentrations of detected PPCPs ranged from 0.2 to 2437.9 ng/L. Higher concentrations of PPCPs were observed in spring and autumn, which were mainly attributed to seasonal differences in PPCP consumption. Generally, pollution level was higher in industry and agriculture area and in the inner bay and southwest of Taihu Lake. Source apportionment indicated that untreated water was the main source of PPCPs in river waters of the northern TLB. Flux estimation showed that the mean annual flux of PPCPs from northern TLB to Taihu Lake in 2021 was 1.6 t/a, which was higher in comparison with other areas. Overall, the resulting data will be useful to enrich the research of PPCPs in freshwater for environmental investigations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 19(2022), 17 vom: 05. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Jichao [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Jiannan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhenguo [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Lixing [VerfasserIn]
Song, Xiaojun [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Hua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
Cosmetics
Flux
Journal Article
Occurrence
PPCPs
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Source apportionment
TLB
Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 13.09.2022

Date Revised 06.01.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph191711135

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345959264