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Contamination sources and distribution patterns of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Alpine rivers strongly affected by tourism

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 590, 期 -, 页码 484-494

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.185

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Alpine ecosystems; Adige River; Pharmaceutical compounds; Personal care products; Tourism; Spatiotemporal variability

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  1. Generalitat de Catalunya [ICRA 2014 SGR 291, 2014-SGR-418]
  2. Stiftungsfonds fur Umweltokonomie and Nachhaltigkeit GmbH (SUN)
  3. ICREA Funding Source: Custom

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Knowledge regarding the impact of tourism on the emergence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Alpine river waters is limited and scarce. Therefore, a study on the occurrence patterns and spatiotemporal variability of 105 PPCPs in an Alpine river basin located in the Trentino-Alto Adige region (North-Eastern Italy) has been conducted. We observed that the total concentration of analyzed PPCPs was generally higher in all sampling sites during winter than in the summer. The analysis of tourist data revealed that during both sampling campaigns the number of tourists was lower in the downstream sites in comparison with the upstream area of the basin (Val di Sole). Particularly, sampling sites located near important tourist resorts have shown the highest abundance of the PPCPs during winter, being analgesics/anti-inflammatories, antihypertensives and antibiotics the most abundant pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs). Diclofenac showed the highest concentration amongst PhACs, reaching concentrations up to 675 ng L-' in the sampling site situated downstream of the Tonale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Antihypertensives were found at concentrations >300 ng L-1, while antibiotics were quantified up to 196 ng L-1, respectively. Amongst personal care products (PCPs), the most abundant compound was octyl-dimethyl-p-aminobenzoic acid (ODPABA) with concentrations reaching up to 748 ng L-1 in the sampling site situated within the Rotaliana district In general, concentrations and detection frequencies were higher in water than in the sediment samples. The most frequently detected PhACs in sediments from both sampling campaigns were antibiotics, while amongst PCPs in sediments, octocrylene (OC) showed the highest concentration in both sampling campaigns. As a result, this study highlights the potential impact of tourism on the water quality of the Alpine aquatic ecosystems. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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