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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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