Open AccessOccurrence and preliminarily environmental risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in the urban rivers, China
Author(s) -
Haidong Zhou,
Tianqi Ying,
Xuelian Wang,
Jianbo Liu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scientific reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.24
H-Index - 213
ISSN - 2045-2322
DOI - 10.1038/srep34928
Subject(s) - environmental science , azithromycin , sampling (signal processing) , caffeine , environmental chemistry , toxicology , biology , chemistry , antibiotics , filter (signal processing) , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , computer vision , endocrinology
Twelve selected pharmaceuticals including antibiotics, analgesics, antiepileptics and lipid regulators were analysed and detected in water samples collected from 18 sampling sections along the three main urban rivers in Yangpu District of Shanghai, China during four sampling campaigns. Besides, algal growth inhibition test was conducted to preliminarily assess the eco-toxicology induced by the target pharmaceuticals in the rivers. Mean levels for most of target compounds were generally below 100 ng/L at sampling sections, with the exception of caffeine and paracetamol presenting considerably high concentration. The detected pharmaceuticals in the urban rivers ranged from