Occurrence and fate of psychiatric pharmaceuticals in the urban water system of Shanghai, China
Occurrence and fate of psychiatric pharmaceuticals in the urban water system of Shanghai, China
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中国上海城市供水系统中精神科药物的存在和归宿
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.07.002
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Xu G
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作者:
Wu Minghong;Xiang Jiajia;Que Chenjing;Chen Fenfen;Xu Gang;Wu Minghong;Xu G
Psychiatric pharmaceuticals are the most prescribed active substances throughout the world and their presence in the environment raised concerns. The occurrence and fate of 15 selected psychiatric pharmaceuticals, including eight benzodiazepines, four antidepressants, one antiepileptic and two metabolites of benzodiazepines were investigated in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) influents and effluents, surface water, and final drinking water in Shanghai. Psychiatric pharmaceuticals were in WWTPs influents ranging from low ng L−1to 68.2 ng L−1, dominated by carbamazepine, doxepin, diazepam and lorazepam. Target analytes were still detected in effluents from low ng L−1range to 47.3 ng L−1, with carbamazepine, diazepam, and oxazepam as most prevalent. WWTPs were low effective (<50%) in removing most of them, excluding amitriptyline (mean 60%), doxepin (mean 70%), temazepam (mean 78%) and lorazepam (mean 93%). In addition, carbamazepine, diazepam, oxazepam and lorazepam were detected in low ng L−1to 75.5 ng L−1in the surface water of Huang Pu Rive. The pattern of contaminants in surface water is similar to the effluent wastewater, which suggested the main source of organic trace pollutants might be WWTPs. Furthermore, carbamazepine (0.8–2.5 ng L−1), diazepam (0.5–3.2 ng L−1) and alprazolam (2.3 ng L−1) were also detected in drinking water and the concentrations were below the health based precautionary value. The investigation was within the range of those results reported in other countries. Our results indicate ubiquity of the investigated compounds in the aquatic system. These pollutants may potentially reach drinking water via WWTP effluents and/or surface waters and require constant attention.