Investigating alcohol consumption in China via wastewater-based epidemiology

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V..

Alcohol abuse and addiction is a public health issue of global concern. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a forceful and effective complementary tool for investigating chemical consumption. This study examined alcohol consumption in major cities of China via WBE and compared WBE estimates with other data sources. A simple and valid ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method was developed for the determination of two alcohol metabolites, ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS) in wastewater. The optimized method was applied to 62 sewage samples collected from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in 31 provincial capital cities across China in the fourth quarter of 2020. The methodology established in this study was validated with the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) up to 0.1 μg/L, good linearity in the range of 0.1-50 μg/L, intra-day and inter-day precision less than 5.58% and 5.55%, respectively, and the recoveries of the extracts were higher than 97.14%. The consumption range of alcohol estimated via WBE was 6.09 ± 4.56 ethanol/person/day (EPD) in the capital cities of China. Alcohol consumption varies significantly between cities in China, with WBE estimating lower alcohol consumption than WHO and lower than foreign countries. Investing in alcohol consumption based on WBE has great potential to accurately and efficiently estimate alcohol consumption.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

Environmental geochemistry and health - 46(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 24

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yao, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jingya [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Yuling [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wenyu [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Yulan [VerfasserIn]
Su, Mengxiang [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

3K9958V90M
Alcohol
Ethanol
Ethyl sulfate
Journal Article
UPLC-MS/MS
Wastewater-based epidemiology

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.01.2024

Date Revised 31.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10653-023-01829-9

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367160625