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

J 2019

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

SHARMA, Brij Mohan, Jitka BEČANOVÁ, Martin SCHERINGER, Anežka SHARMA, Girija K. BHARAT et. al.

Basic information

Original name

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

Authors

SHARMA, Brij Mohan (356 India, belonging to the institution), Jitka BEČANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin SCHERINGER (756 Switzerland, belonging to the institution), Anežka SHARMA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Girija K. BHARAT (356 India), Paul G. WHITEHEAD (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Luca NIZZETTO (380 Italy, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 2019, 0048-9697

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 6.551

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110323

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.235

UT WoS

000445164800142

Keywords in English

Emerging contaminants; Ganges River; Groundwater; Drinking water; Risk assessment

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

EF15_003/0000469, research and development project

Name: Cetocoen Plus

EF16_013/0001761, research and development project

Name: RECETOX RI

LM2015051, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX RI)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

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. 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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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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