期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
卷 41, 期 3, 页码 648-662出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5062
关键词
Pharmaceuticals; Water quality; Ecological risk assessment; Geographic information systems; Environmental modeling; Surface water; Toxic effects; Geo-referenced modeling
资金
- European Regional Development Fund of the European Union [142118]
APIs are widely used for treating illnesses in humans and animals, leading to increasing global consumption and environmental releases. This study in the Vecht River defined ecological risk profiles for 8 APIs and found that some APIs may exceed safe ecological concentration thresholds under different water flow scenarios.
Millions of people rely on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to prevent and cure a wide variety of illnesses in humans and animals, which has led to a steadily increasing consumption of APIs across the globe and concurrent releases of APIs into the environment. In the environment, APIs can have a detrimental impact on wildlife, particularly aquatic wildlife. Therefore, it is essential to assess their potential adverse effects to aquatic ecosystems. The European Water Framework Directive sets out that risk assessment should be performed at the catchment level, crossing borders where needed. The present study defines ecological risk profiles for surface water concentrations of 8 APIs (carbamazepine, ciprofloxacin, cyclophosphamide, diclofenac, erythromycin, 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol, metformin, and metoprolol) in the Vecht River, a transboundary river that crosses several German and Dutch regions. Ultimately, 3 main goals were achieved: 1) the geo-referenced estimation of API concentrations in surface water using the geography-referenced regional exposure assessment tool for European rivers; 2) the derivation of new predicted-no-effect concentrations for 7 of the studied APIs, of which 3 were lower than previously derived values; and 3) the creation of detailed spatially explicit ecological risk profiles of APIs under 2 distinct water flow scenarios. Under average flow conditions, carbamazepine, diclofenac, and 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol were systematically estimated to surpass safe ecological concentration thresholds in at least 68% of the catchment's water volume. This increases to 98% under dry summer conditions. (c) 2021 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC
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