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@article{1548604, author = {Sharma, Brij Mohan and Bečanová, Jitka and Scheringer, Martin and Sharma, Anežka and Bharat, Girija K. and Whitehead, Paul G. and Klánová, Jana and Nizzetto, Luca}, article_location = {Amsterdam}, article_number = {January}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.235}, keywords = {Emerging contaminants; Ganges River; Groundwater; Drinking water; Risk assessment}, language = {eng}, issn = {0048-9697}, journal = {Science of the Total Environment}, title = {Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718327323?via%3Dihub}, volume = {646}, year = {2019} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1548604 AU - Sharma, Brij Mohan - Bečanová, Jitka - Scheringer, Martin - Sharma, Anežka - Bharat, Girija K. - Whitehead, Paul G. - Klánová, Jana - Nizzetto, Luca PY - 2019 TI - Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India JF - Science of the Total Environment VL - 646 IS - January SP - 1459-1467 EP - 1459-1467 PB - Elsevier Science SN - 00489697 KW - Emerging contaminants KW - Ganges River KW - Groundwater KW - Drinking water KW - Risk assessment UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718327323?via%3Dihub L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718327323?via%3Dihub N2 - Pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PPCPs), and artificial sweeteners (ASWs) are contaminants of emerging concern commonly found in the aquatic environments. In India, studies reporting environmental occurrence of these contaminants are scarce. In this study, we investigated the occurrence and distribution of 15 PPCPs and five ASWs in the river and groundwater (used untreated as drinking water) at several sites along the Ganges River. Based on the measured groundwater concentrations, we estimated the life-long human health risk from exposure to PPCPs through drinking. In addition, we estimated the risk of exposure to PPCPs and ASWs in the river water for aquatic organisms. The sum of detected PPCPs in the river water ranged between 54.7-826 ng/L, with higher concentrations in the severely anthropogenically influenced middle and lower reaches of the Ganges. The highest concentration among the PPCPs in the river water was of caffeine (743 ng/L). The sum of detected ASWs in river water ranged between 0.2-102 ng/L. Similar to PPCPs, the sum of ASWs in the river water was higher in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges. In groundwater, the sum of detected PPCPs ranged between 34-293 ng/L, whereas of ASWs ranged between 0.5-25 ng/L. Negligible risk for humans was estimated from PPCPs in the drinking groundwater sources along the Ganges River, whereas moderate risks to PPCPs and ASWs (namely: caffeine, sulfamethoxazole, triclocarban, triclosan, and sucralose) were estimated for aquatic organisms in the Ganges River. ER -
SHARMA, Brij Mohan, Jitka BEČANOVÁ, Martin SCHERINGER, Anežka SHARMA, Girija K. BHARAT, Paul G. WHITEHEAD, Jana KLÁNOVÁ and Luca NIZZETTO. Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India. \textit{Science of the Total Environment}. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2019, vol.~646, January, p.~1459-1467. ISSN~0048-9697. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.235.
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