Journal
HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 1207-1221Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2018.1461009
Keywords
PPCPs; drinking water; priority; health risk
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- fourth round of the three-year action plan of Public Health on key subject Construction: Environmental and Labor Hygiene [15GWZK0201]
- Science and technology funds of Pudong [PKJ2015-C12]
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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) exist and are often grouped into categories according to their functional mechanism and effect on human health. In this study, six types of PPCPs were detected and characterized in the drinking water of Shanghai, covering 35 water treatment plants. The PPCPs concentrations were ranged from 2.57 ng/L to 19.4 ng/L and over 10 ng/L in nearly half of the samples. Hormones, blockers, and veterinary drugs were considered to contribute negligibly to the overall pollution from PPCPs for their low concentrations. However, dicyclohexylamine and psycholeptics were detected in all samples, with a maximum concentration of 11.8 ng/L, 7.82 ng/L, and 9.07 ng/L for dicyclohexylamine, sertraline, and sulpiride, respectively. In addition, high toxicity antitumor drug cyclophosphamide was detected in one-third of the samples and the highest concentration was 3.72 ng/L. In all, the four PPCPs evaluated accounted for over 80% of the detected PPCPs levels. Therefore, it was determined that the major PPCPs are contributing to water pollution in the region. While these compounds do not pose a potential human health risk at their present levels, close attention should be paid to the use of these PPCPs and their discharge into drinking water source.
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