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Wu QY, Liang ZF, Wang WL, Du Y, Hu HY, Yang LL, Huang WC. Non-volatile disinfection byproducts are far more toxic to mammalian cells than volatile byproducts. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 183:116080. [PMID: 32622238 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Water is often chlorinated to protect public health, but chlorination causes harmful disinfection byproducts to form. Currently available in vitro assays generally determine non-volatile disinfection byproduct (NVDBP) toxicities because of the limitation of pretreatments used, but chemical analyses and regulations are focused on volatile disinfection byproducts (VDBPs) such as trihalomethanes. The gap of VDBP toxicities have been of concern for some time. In this study, we extracted VDBPs from two chlorinated effluent organic matters and one chlorinated natural organic matter, using a helium aeration-liquid nitrogen condensation system, and systematically assessed the VDBP and NVDBP toxicities to mammalian cells. VDBPs accounted for 10%-20% of the total organic halogen concentrations in three chlorinated water samples. VDBPs were much less cytotoxic, caused fewer DNA double-strand breaks, induced less reactive oxygen species and DNA/RNA oxidative damage marker of 8-hydroxyl(deoxy)guanosine in cells than did NVDBPs. Moreover, by collecting the VDBPs, toxicity measurement of the full range of DBPs was achieved. Cytotoxicity, reactive oxygen species and 8-hydroxyl(deoxy)guanosine levels were significantly higher for cells exposed to the mixture of VDBPs and NVDBPs than only NVDBPs, but not by large percentages (20%-30% for cytotoxicity), suggesting NVDBPs mainly contributed to the toxicity of chlorinated water. Our study suggested that future research should focus more on NVDBP toxicity and identifying toxicity drivers from NVDBPs.
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- Qian-Yuan Wu
- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China.
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, PR China
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Bulman DM, Remucal CK. Role of Reactive Halogen Species in Disinfection Byproduct Formation during Chlorine Photolysis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:9629-9639. [PMID: 32598837 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The multiple reactive oxidants produced during chlorine photolysis effectively degrade organic contaminants during water treatment, but their role in disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation is unclear. The impact of chlorine photolysis on dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition and DBP formation is investigated using lake water collected after coagulation, flocculation, and filtration at pH 6.5 and pH 8.5 with irradiation at three wavelengths (254, 311, and 365 nm). The steady-state concentrations of hydroxyl radical and chlorine radical decrease by 38-100% in drinking water compared to ultrapure water, which is primarily attributed to radical scavenging by natural water constituents. Chlorine photolysis transforms DOM through multiple mechanisms to produce DOM that is more aliphatic in nature and contains novel high molecular weight chlorinated DBPs that are detected via high-resolution mass spectrometry. Quenching experiments demonstrate that reactive chlorine species are partially responsible for the formation of halogenated DOM, haloacetic acids, and haloacetonitriles, whereas trihalomethane formation decreases during chlorine photolysis. Furthermore, DOM transformation primarily due to direct photolysis alters DOM such that it is more reactive with chlorine, which also contributes to enhanced formation of novel DBPs during chlorine photolysis.
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- Devon Manley Bulman
- Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 660 North Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 660 North Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 660 North Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Li Y, Jiang J, Li W, Zhu X, Zhang X, Jiang F. Volatile DBPs contributed marginally to the developmental toxicity of drinking water DBP mixtures against Platynereis dumerilii. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 252:126611. [PMID: 32443275 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Halogenated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are formed during chlorine disinfection of drinking water. The complicated natural organic matter in source water causes the formation of an even more complicated mixture of DBPs. To evaluate the toxicity of a DBP mixture in a disinfected water sample, the sample needs to be pretreated in order to attain an observable acute adverse effect in the toxicity test. During sample pretreatment, volatile DBPs including trihalomethanes, haloacetonitriles and haloketones may be lost, which could affect the toxicity evaluation of the DBP mixture. In this study, we intentionally prepared "concentrated" simulated drinking water samples, which contained sufficiently high levels of volatile and nonvolatile DBPs and thus enabled directly evaluating the toxicity of the DBP mixtures without sample pretreatment. Specifically, the natural organic matter and bromide concentrations and the chlorine dose in the concentrated water samples were 250 times higher than those in a typical drinking water sample. Each concentrated water sample was divided into two aliquots, and one of them was nitrogen sparged to eliminate volatile DBPs; then, both aliquots were used directly in a well-established developmental toxicity test. No significant difference (p > 0.10) was found between the developmental toxicity indexes of each concentrated water sample without and with nitrogen sparging, indicating that the contribution of volatile DBPs to the developmental toxicity of the DBP mixture might be marginal. A reasonable interpretation is that nonvolatile halogenated DBPs (especially the aromatic ones) in the DBP mixture could be the major developmental toxicity contributor that warrants more attention.
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- Yu Li
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; School of Environment, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety & MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
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- School of Environment, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety & MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Wei X, Yang M, Zhu Q, Wagner ED, Plewa MJ. Comparative Quantitative Toxicology and QSAR Modeling of the Haloacetonitriles: Forcing Agents of Water Disinfection Byproduct Toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:8909-8918. [PMID: 32551543 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The haloacetonitriles (HANs) is an emerging class of nitrogenous-disinfection byproducts (N-DBPs) present in disinfected drinking, recycled, processed wastewaters, and reuse waters. HANs were identified as primary forcing agents that accounted for DBP-associated toxicity. We evaluated the toxic characteristics of iodoacetonitrile (IAN), bromoacetonitrile (BAN), dibromoacetonitrile (DBAN), bromochloroacetonitrile (BCAN), tribromoacetonitrile (TBAN), chloroacetonitrile (CAN), dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN), trichloroacetonitrile (TCAN), bromodichloroacetonitrile (BDCAN), and chlorodibromoacetonitrile (CDBAN). This research generated the first quantitative, comparative analyses on the mammalian cell cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and thiol reactivity of these HANs. The descending rank order for HAN cytotoxicity was TBAN ≈ DBAN > BAN ≈ IAN > BCAN ≈ CDBAN > BDCAN > DCAN ≈ CAN ≈ TCAN. The rank order for genotoxicity was IAN ≈ TBAN ≈ DBAN > BAN > CDBAN ≈ BDCAN ≈ BCAN ≈ CAN ≈ TCAN ≈ DCAN. The rank order for thiol reactivity was TBAN > BDCAN ≈ CDBAN > DBAN > BCAN > BAN ≈ IAN > TCAN. These toxicity metrics were associated with membrane permeability and chemical reactivity. Based on their physiochemical parameters and toxicity metrics, we developed optimized, robust quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) models for cytotoxicity and for genotoxicity. These models can predict cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of novel HANs prior to analytical biological evaluation.
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- Xiao Wei
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000 China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000 China
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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DeMarini DM. A review on the 40th anniversary of the first regulation of drinking water disinfection by-products. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2020; 61:588-601. [PMID: 32374889 PMCID: PMC7640377 DOI: 10.1002/em.22378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Water disinfection, primarily by chlorination, is one of the greatest achievements of public health. However, more than half a century after its introduction, studies in the 1970s reported that (a) chlorine interacted with organic matter in the water to form disinfection by-products (DBPs); (b) two DBPs, chloroform and bromoform, both trihalomethanes (THMs), were rodent carcinogens; (c) three brominated THMs were mutagenic; in six studies chlorinated drinking waters in the United States and Canada were mutagenic; and (d) in one epidemiological study there was an association between bladder cancer mortality and THM exposure. This led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue its first DBP regulation in 1979. Forty years later, >600 DBPs have been characterized, 20/22 have been shown to be rodent carcinogens, >100 have been shown to be genotoxic, and 1000s of water samples have been found to be mutagenic. Data support a hypothesis that long-term dermal/inhalation exposure to certain levels of the three brominated THMs, as well as oral exposure to the haloacetic acids, combined with a specific genotype may increase the risk for bladder cancer for a small but significant population group. Improved water-treatment methods and stricter regulations have likely reduced such risks over the years, and further reductions in potential risk are anticipated with the application of advanced water-treatment methods and wider application of drinking water regulations. This 40-year research effort is a remarkable example of sustained cooperation between academic and government scientists, along with public/private water companies, to find answers to a pressing public health question.
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- David M. DeMarini
- Biomolecular and Computational Toxicology Division, Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Ateia M, Kanan A, Karanfil T. Microplastics release precursors of chlorinated and brominated disinfection byproducts in water. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 251:126452. [PMID: 32443227 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs) are prevalent global pollutants that are being detected in aquatic ecosystems and drinking water sources around the world. In addition to plastic polymers, MPs contain various chemical substances (known as "additives") that can leach and risk water quality. In this paper, we investigated for the first time the potential release of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) precursors when MPs are exposed to hydrolysis and/or degradation by simulated sunlight. Seventeen MPs with seven different polymer types were collected either as commercial products (e.g. drinking water bottles, shopping bags, recycled plastics, etc.) or pure/virgin polymers. Results showed high release of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from five MP samples and a significant increase in bromide concentrations from four MPs. DBPs formation potential (DBPFP) experiments with MPs' leachates showed higher concentrations of chlorinated trihalomethanes (THMs), haloacetonitriles (HANs), and total organic halogens (TOX) in three samples, while a significant shift to brominated DBPs was observed in samples containing bromide. Extending the leaching experiments to four consecutive cycles showed that the leaching of DOC and DBPs' precursor significantly decreased after the second leaching cycle. Further analysis revealed that the reactivity of the leached DOC - indicated by THMFP yields - was comparable to those of several raw waters that supply drinking water treatment plants. The leached THMs and TOX from MPs that were exposed to UVA irradiation were in general higher than MPs that were run under dark conditions.
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- Mohamed Ateia
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson University, SC, USA; Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States.
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- Department of Environment and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al-Quds University, Palestine
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson University, SC, USA.
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Lau SS, Wei X, Bokenkamp K, Wagner ED, Plewa MJ, Mitch WA. Assessing Additivity of Cytotoxicity Associated with Disinfection Byproducts in Potable Reuse and Conventional Drinking Waters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:5729-5736. [PMID: 32275830 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Recent studies used the sum of the measured concentrations of individual disinfection byproducts (DBPs) weighted by their Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell cytotoxicity LC50 values to estimate the DBP-associated cytotoxicity of disinfected waters. This approach assumed that cytotoxicity was additive rather than synergistic or antagonistic. In this study, we evaluated whether this assumption was valid for mixtures containing DBPs at the concentration ratios measured in authentic disinfected waters. We examined the CHO cell cytotoxicity of defined DBP mixtures based on the concentrations of 43 regulated and unregulated DBPs measured in eight drinking and potable reuse waters. The hypothesis for additivity was supported using three experimental approaches. First, we demonstrated that the calculated additive toxicity (CAT) and bioassay-based calculated additive toxicity (BCAT) of the DBP mixtures agree within 12% on a median basis. We also found an additive toxicity response (CAT ≈ BCAT) between the regulated and unregulated DBP classes. Finally, the empirical biological cytotoxicity of the DBP subset mixtures, independent of the calculated toxicity, was additive. These results support the validity of using the sum of cytotoxic potency-weighted DBP concentrations as an estimate of the CHO cell cytotoxicity associated with known DBPs in real disinfected waters.
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- Stephanie S Lau
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Shi Y, Ma W, Han F, Geng Y, Yu X, Wang H, Kimura SY, Wei X, Kauffman A, Xiao S, Zheng W, Jia X. Precise exposure assessment revealed the cancer risk and disease burden caused by trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids in Shanghai indoor swimming pool water. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 388:121810. [PMID: 31831286 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Swimming pool disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are becoming increasingly common worldwide. Precise exposure and health risk assessment for DBPs in swimming pool water with optimized parameters for local and specific population is more urgently needed. This study aimed to determine the levels of trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) in 16 public indoor swimming pools in Shanghai, China. Swimming habits were also investigated to obtain more accurate exposure assessment parameters. Precise exposure assessment through multiple pathways, resulting cancer risk, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were assessed. Results indicated that the highest total level of THMs and HAAs occurred in autumn. The surveyed swimmers 9-17 years of age had higher average daily dose (ADD) of DBPs than swimmers ≥18 years of age. The total lifetime cancer risk (LCR) attributable to THMs and HAAs exceeded 10-6, which represents a negligible risk level (NRL). The cancer risk from inhalation exposure predominantly by THMs contributed more than 99% of the total risk. Annual disease burden was 19.0 person-years attributed to exposure of DBPs in swimming pool water in Shanghai. This study provides a paradigm and strategic reference of precise exposure assessments, risk assessments, and disease burden estimation of hazards in swimming pool water for other regions.
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- Yewen Shi
- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Health Technology Assessment, Shanghai Health Development Research Center, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Key Laboratory of the Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Center for Water and Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
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Tian D, Moe B, Huang G, Jiang P, Ling ZC, Li XF. Cytotoxicity of Halogenated Tyrosyl Compounds, an Emerging Class of Disinfection Byproducts. Chem Res Toxicol 2020; 33:1028-1035. [PMID: 32200635 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Halogenated amino acids and peptides are an emerging class of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), having been detected in drinking water and in washed food products. However, the toxicological significance of these emerging DBPs remains unclear. In this study, the cytotoxicity of eight halogenated tyrosyl compounds was investigated in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells using real-time cell analysis (RTCA). Dihalogenated tyrosyl compounds are more cytotoxic than their monohalogenated analogues. The cytotoxicity of the dihalogenated compounds is associated with their ability to induce intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), suggesting that oxidative stress is an important toxicity pathway of these compounds. Pearson correlation analysis of the cytotoxicity (IC50 values) of these compounds with eight physicochemical parameters showed strong associations with their lipophilicity (logP) and reactivity (polarizability, ELUMO). Finally, cytotoxicity testing of the concentrated extracts of a chloraminated mixture of eight dipeptides with bromide or iodide showed the cytotoxicity of these mixtures in the order: iodinated peptides > brominated peptides ≥ chlorinated peptides. These results demonstrate that halogenated peptide DBPs are toxicologically relevant, and further research is needed to understand the implications of long-term exposure for human health.
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- Dayong Tian
- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3.,College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang 455000, Henan, P. R. China
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3.,Alberta Centre for Toxicology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaT2N 4N1
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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- Alberta Centre for Toxicology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaT2N 4N1
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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Cuthbertson AA, Kimura SY, Liberatore HK, Knappe DRU, Stanford B, Summers RS, Dickenson ER, Maness JC, Glover C, Selbes M, Richardson SD. GAC to BAC: Does it make chloraminated drinking water safer? WATER RESEARCH 2020; 172:115432. [PMID: 32004911 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Biological activated carbon (BAC) is widely used as a polishing step at full-scale drinking water plants to remove taste and odor compounds and assimilable organic carbon. BAC, especially with pre-ozonation, has been previously studied to control regulated disinfection by-products (DBPs) and DBP precursors. However, most previous studies only include regulated or a limited number of unregulated DBPs. This study explored two full-scale drinking water plants that use pre-chloramination followed by BAC and chloramine as the final disinfectant. While chloramine generally produces lower concentrations of regulated DBPs, it may form increased levels of unregulated nitrogenous and iodinated DBPs. We evaluated 71 DBPs from ten DBP classes including haloacetonitriles, haloacetamides, halonitromethanes, haloacetaldehydes, haloketones, iodinated acetic acids, iodinated trihalomethanes, nitrosamines, trihalomethanes, and haloacetic acids, along with speciated total organic halogen (total organic chlorine, bromine and iodine) across six different BAC filters of increasing age. Most preformed DBPs were well removed by BAC with different ages (i.e., operation times). However, some preformed DBPs were poorly removed or increased following treatment with BAC, including chloroacetaldehyde, dichloronitromethane, bromodichloronitromethane, N-nitrosodimethylamine, dibromochloromethane, tribromomethane, dibromochloroacetic acid, and tribromoacetic acid. Some compounds, including dibromoacetaldehyde, bromochloroacetamide, and dibromoacetamide, were formed only after treatment with BAC. Total organic halogen removal was variable in both plants and increases in TOCl or TOI were observable on one occasion at each plant. While calculated genotoxicity decreased in all filters, decreases in overall DBP formation did not correlate with decreases in calculated cytotoxicity. In three of the six filters, calculated toxicity increased by 4-27%. These results highlight that DBP concentration alone may not always provide an adequate basis for risk assessment.
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- Amy A Cuthbertson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Water Quality Research and Development Division, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Henderson, NV, 89015, USA
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Water Quality Research and Development Division, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Henderson, NV, 89015, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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Tsamba L, Correc O, Couzinet A. +Chlorination by-products in indoor swimming pools: Development of a pilot pool unit and impact of operating parameters. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2020; 137:105566. [PMID: 32106046 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Chlorine addition in swimming pools ensures the microbiological quality of the water and the bathers' safety. However, water chlorination is associated with disinfection byproducts (DBP) formation and adverse health effects. The impact of operating parameters and innovative water treatment systems on DBPs levels has been reported in several studies, but sampling campaign in real pools remain difficult to carry out, mainly due to unexpected attendance variations. This study presents the development of a pilot pool plant allowing to perform experiments under controlled and reproducible conditions. Bathers inputs were simulated both for the organic load and for the mechanical agitation of water. Two sampling campaigns were performed during the building of the pilot, before and after the hall was closed. Key operating parameters such as chlorine dose, water temperature and attendance were controlled and monitored. DBP levels in the pilot plant were representative of French indoor swimming pools and the impact of bathers' activity was visible on volatile DBPs. Furthermore, correlations could be stated between operating parameters and DBP levels. Stripping effectively reduced volatile DBP concentrations in water. Moreover, energy consumption data, which are usually very scarce in experimental studies, showed the influence of heat pump consumption on the global energy consumption.
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- Lucie Tsamba
- Scientific and Technical Center for Buildings, 11 rue Henri Picherit, 44323 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Scientific and Technical Center for Buildings, 11 rue Henri Picherit, 44323 Nantes Cedex 3, France.
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- Scientific and Technical Center for Buildings, 11 rue Henri Picherit, 44323 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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Xu J, Kralles ZT, Hart CH, Dai N. Effects of Sunlight on the Formation Potential of Dichloroacetonitrile and Bromochloroacetonitrile from Wastewater Effluents. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:3245-3255. [PMID: 32068383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Sunlight plays an important role in transforming effluent organic matter as wastewater effluents travel downstream, but the corresponding effects on the formation of haloacetonitriles (HANs), a group of toxic disinfection byproducts, in wastewater-impacted surface water have not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, we observed that sunlight preferentially attenuated the formation potential of bromochloroacetonitrile (BCAN-FP) over that of dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN-FP) in chlorine- and UV-disinfected secondary effluents. For four effluent samples from different plants, 36 h of irradiation by simulated sunlight removed 28-33% of DCAN-FP and 41-48% of BCAN-FP. Across a larger set of effluent samples (n = 18), 8 h of irradiation (equivalent to 2-3 d of natural sunlight) decreased the calculated cytotoxicity contributed by dihaloacetonitrile-FP in most samples. Similar behavior was observed for a mixture of wastewater and surface water (volume ratio 1:1). For UV-disinfected effluents, the higher the UV dose, the more likely was there a reduction in DCAN-FP and BCAN-FP in the subsequent sunlight irradiation. Experiments with model compounds showed that fulvic acid and UV photoproducts of tryptophan yield excited triplet-state organic matters during sunlight irradiation and play an important role in promoting the attenuation of HAN precursors.
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- Jiale Xu
- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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McKenna E, Thompson KA, Taylor-Edmonds L, McCurry DL, Hanigan D. Summation of disinfection by-product CHO cell relative toxicity indices: sampling bias, uncertainty, and a path forward. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2020; 22:708-718. [PMID: 31894210 DOI: 10.1039/c9em00468h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The cyto- and genotoxic potencies of disinfection by-products (DBPs) have been evaluated in published literature by measuring the response of exposed Chinese hamster ovary cells. In recent publications, DBP concentrations divided by their individual toxicity indices are summed to predict the relative toxicity of a water sample. We hypothesized that the omission or inclusion of certain DBPs over others is equivalent to statistical sampling bias and may result in biased conclusions. To test this hypothesis, we removed or added actual or simulated DBP measurements to that of published studies which evaluated granular activated carbon as a treatment to reduce the relative toxicity of the effluent. In several examples, it was possible to overturn the conclusions (i.e., activated carbon is detrimental or beneficial in reducing toxicity) by preferentially including specific DBPs. In one example, removing measured haloacetaldehydes caused the predicted cytotoxicity of a treated sample to decrease by up to 47%, reversing the initial conclusion that activated carbon increased the toxicity of the water. We also discuss measurements of statistical error, which are rarely included in publications related to predicted toxicity, but strongly influence the outcomes. Finally, we discuss future research needs in the light of these and other concerns.
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- Elizabeth McKenna
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0258, USA.
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Linge KL, Kristiana I, Liew D, Holman A, Joll CA. Halogenated semivolatile acetonitriles as chloramination disinfection by-products in water treatment: a new formation pathway from activated aromatic compounds. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2020; 22:653-662. [PMID: 32150177 DOI: 10.1039/c9em00603f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The use of monochloramine as an alternative disinfectant to chlorine in drinking water treatment can lead to increased formation of emerging nitrogenous halogenated disinfection by-products (DBPs), even when the formation of regulated halogenated DBPs has decreased. In this study, we investigated formation of the semivolatile haloacetonitriles (HANs) from model nitrogen-containing compounds (6 amines, 1 amide, 6 amino acids, and 2 nitrogen-containing aromatic chemicals) and natural organic matter (NOM) reference materials after chloramination. In agreement with previous studies, most amino acids formed dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN). Additionally, DCAN formed from two amines containing aromatic rings (N,N-dimethylaniline and 3-(dimethylamino-methyl)indole) and the two nitrogen-containing aromatic chemicals (cotinine and phenytoin). This is the first report of DCAN formation from these precursors. DCAN also formed after chloramination of NOM reference materials, with the highest formation from the NOM material with the highest aromaticity. The results provide new evidence of a DCAN formation pathway from cleavage of activated aromatic structures after electrophilic substitution of chlorine and addition of monochloramine to the ring system. In particular, the results suggest that the previously proposed aldehyde pathway from the amino acid group is not responsible for the majority of DCAN formation from amino acids with an activated aromatic ring system. This newly proposed formation pathway for DCAN from activated aromatic organic matter has significant implications for NOM removal during water treatment to minimise DBP formation. Studies using 15N-labelled monochloramine showed that there was significant incorporation of nitrogen from monochloramine into DCAN, demonstrating that monochloramine disinfection promotes the formation of HANs.
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- Kathryn L Linge
- Curtin Water Quality Research Centre, Chemistry, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia.
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Zhang Z, Zhu Q, Huang C, Yang M, Li J, Chen Y, Yang B, Zhao X. Comparative cytotoxicity of halogenated aromatic DBPs and implications of the corresponding developed QSAR model to toxicity mechanisms of those DBPs: Binding interactions between aromatic DBPs and catalase play an important role. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 170:115283. [PMID: 31739241 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Halogenated aromatic disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are a new group of emerging DBPs identified recently. They have been detected in disinfected drinking water, wastewater effluents, recreational water and oil/gas produced water, at concentrations of ng/L to μg/L in general. Previously studies have demonstrated that most of them can induce developmental toxicity and growth inhibition in aquatic organisms based on in vivo bioassays. In this study, to further understand the adverse effects of aromatic DBPs to human health, the comparative cytotoxicity of 15 halogenated aromatic DBPs belonging to four subgroups (i.e., halophenols, halonitrophenols, halohydroxybenzaldehydes and halohydroxybenzoic acids) was evaluated with mammalian Chinese Hamster Ovary cells. The results indicated that the selected aromatic DBPs exhibited an in vitro toxicity rank order of halonitrophenols > halophenols > halohydroxybenzaldehydes > halohydroxybenzoic acids. The potential toxicity mechanisms involved with the antioxidant system were investigated by using molecular docking analysis between key antioxidant enzymes (i.e., catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione S-transferase) and aromatic DBPs. Based on the observed cytotoxicity data and screening the candidate descriptors (including binding energies between the aromatic DBPs and key antioxidant enzymes as well as physical-chemical/quantum-chemical/topological descriptors), a QSAR model was developed as log (LC50) -1 = - 1.050ECAT + 0.300EHOMO - 0.238ELUMO- 0.164, indicating the importance of the interactions of aromatic DBPs towards catalase and the electrophilic/nucleophilic reactivity of aromatic DBPs in the toxicity mechanisms. In addition, the occurrence of the aromatic DBPs in tap water and finished water was studied in a mega city Shenzhen located in South China. Results showed that halogenated aromatic DBPs commonly existed in Shenzhen drinking water at ng/L levels, and three nitrogenous aromatic DBPs were detected in real drinking water for the first time. The major toxicity drivers among the target aromatic DBPs were identified through the integration of the measured concentrations and observed cytotoxicity; notably, DBPs with the highest concentrations may not contribute the highest proportions of overall toxicity.
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- Zhenxuan Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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Jiang J, Han J, Zhang X. Nonhalogenated Aromatic DBPs in Drinking Water Chlorination: A Gap between NOM and Halogenated Aromatic DBPs. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:1646-1656. [PMID: 31909989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Halogenated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are generated via reactions with natural organic matter (NOM) in chlorine disinfection of drinking water. How large NOM molecules are converted to halogenated aliphatic DBPs during chlorination remains a fascinating yet largely unresolved issue. Recently, many relatively toxic halogenated aromatic DBPs have been identified in chlorinated drinking waters, and they behave as intermediate DBPs to decompose to halogenated aliphatic DBPs. There is still one gap between NOM and halogenated aromatic DBPs. In this study, nine nonhalogenated aromatic compounds were identified as new intermediate DBPs in chlorination, including 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3-formyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid, salicylic acid, 5-formyl-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxyphthalic acid, 4'-hydroxyacetophenone, 4-methylbenzoic acid, and 4-hydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde. These nonhalogenated aromatic DBPs formed quickly and reached the maximum levels at relatively low chlorine doses within a short contact time, and their formation pathways were proposed. The formation kinetics of three nonhalogenated aromatic DBPs and their corresponding monochloro-/dichloro-substitutes during chlorination were then modeled. The nonhalogenated aromatic DBPs contributed up to 84% of the formed monochloro-substitutes and 22% of the formed dichloro-substitutes, demonstrating that they somewhat acted as intermediates between NOM and halogenated aromatic DBPs. Furthermore, the formed nonhalogenated aromatic DBPs were found to be removed by >50% by granular activated carbon adsorption.
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- Jingyi Jiang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong 999077 , China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong 999077 , China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong 999077 , China
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Dong H, Cuthbertson AA, Richardson SD. Effect-Directed Analysis (EDA): A Promising Tool for Nontarget Identification of Unknown Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:1290-1292. [PMID: 31951395 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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- Huiyu Dong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 , China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
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Cuthbertson AA, Bach C, Richardson SD, Dauchy X. A novel automated method for the quantification of ten halobenzoquinones in drinking water using online solid-phase extraction coupled with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1612:460642. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cuthbertson AA, Liberatore HK, Kimura SY, Allen JM, Bensussan AV, Richardson SD. Trace Analysis of 61 Emerging Br-, Cl-, and I-DBPs: New Methods to Achieve Part-Per-Trillion Quantification in Drinking Water. Anal Chem 2020; 92:3058-3068. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Amy A. Cuthbertson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Yu Y, Reckhow DA. Formation of metastable disinfection byproducts during free and combined aspartic acid chlorination: Effect of peptide bonds and impact on toxicity. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 168:115131. [PMID: 31622913 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The formation and occurrence of haloacetonitriles (HANs) in drinking water is of increasing concern because recent data have shown that they are the major contributors to DBP-associated toxicity of disinfected waters. Earlier research on HAN formation had established free amino acids as important HAN precursors due to their high reactivity with chlorine. However, free amino acids are unlikely to be the primary precursors for HANs in natural waters, mainly because the actual concentrations of these compounds are too low to sufficiently account for observed HAN formation. On the other hand, combined amino acids (i.e., peptides and proteins) are of much higher abundance even though it is unclear if they can contribute to HAN formation given that nearly all the amino nitrogen is tied up in peptide linkages. In order to clarify the reactivity of combined amino acids with chlorine to form HANs, dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN) formation kinetics was compared between free aspartic acid and two aspartyl-containing tetrapeptides (i.e., Asp-Asp-Asp-Asp and Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser). Results indicated that aspartyl residue could also lead to DCAN formation upon chlorination, whereas the rate of DCAN formation was much slower compared to that from free aspartic acid chlorination. Moreover, DCAN formation from the two model peptides was catalyzed by high pH. This is because chlorine-induced peptide backbone degradation is the key to DCAN formation from the chlorination of combined amino acids and this slow stepwise process is base-catalyzed. Perhaps most importantly, regardless of the precursors, DCAN was continuously formed but simultaneously degraded especially at alkaline pHs, leaving the corresponding N-chloro-2,2-dichloroacetamide (N-Cl-DCAM) and dichloroacetic acid (DCAA) as major end products. It was observed that over increasing chlorine exposure, there exists an important transition from initial organic precursors through metastable chlorination intermediates (e.g., DCAN and N-Cl-DCAM) and finally to stable end products (e.g., DCAA). By weighting DBP concentrations by their respective cytotoxic potencies, it is estimated that the aggregate cytotoxicity of chlorinated water would reach its maximum at relatively short chlorine contact times. In general, shorter water age and lower pH both resulted in higher levels of metastable intermediates (i.e., DCAN) and thus higher levels of aggregate calculated cytotoxicity. The resulting toxicity profile is different from the prevailing notion that supports current DBP regulations. Therefore, there is a risk that by placing regulatory limits and control strategies exclusively on regulated end products (e.g., HAAs), the overall toxicity of drinking water might be inadvertently elevated.
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- Yun Yu
- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO, 80303, United States.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 18 Marston Hall, 130 Natural Resources Road, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States.
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Ersan MS, Liu C, Amy G, Plewa MJ, Wagner ED, Karanfil T. Chloramination of iodide-containing waters: Formation of iodinated disinfection byproducts and toxicity correlation with total organic halides of treated waters. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 697:134142. [PMID: 31484087 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Revised: 08/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The formation of iodinated disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) in drinking waters is of a concern due to their higher cyto- and genotoxicity than their chlorinated and brominated analogues. This study investigated the formation of I-DBPs under chloramination conditions using preformed chloramine and associated cyto- and geno-toxicities obtained with Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell assay. Cyto- and geno-toxicity of the samples were also calculated using DBP toxicity index values and correlated with total organic halide (TOX) formation. In low iodide (I-) (0.32 μM, 40 μg L-1) water, increasing dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration of selected waters from 0.1 to 0.25 mg L-1 increased the formation of iodinated trihalomethanes (I-THMs), while further increases from 0.25 to 4 mg L-1 produced an opposite trend. In high iodide water (3.2 μM, 400 μg L-1), increasing DOC from 0.5 to 4 mg L-1 gradually increased the I-THM formation, while a decrease was observed at 5.4 mg L-1 DOC. Iodoform was the most influenced species from the changes in DOC concentration. While increasing the initial iodide concentration from 0 to 5 μM increased the formation of iodoform, it did not make any considerable impact on the formation of other I-THMs. The measured cytotoxicity of samples was significantly correlated with increasing DOC concentration. Unknown TOCl and TOI showed a high correlation with measured cytotoxicity, while calculated total organic chlorine (TOCl) and total organic iodine (TOI) did not correlate. The comparison of measured and calculated cytotoxicity values showed that the calculated values do not always represent the overall cytotoxicity, since the formation of unknown DBPs are not taken into consideration during the toxicity calculations.
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- Mahmut S Ersan
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA.
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Dong F, Lin Q, Li C, Zhang T. Evaluation of disinfection byproduct formation from extra- and intra-cellular algal organic matters during chlorination after Fe(vi) oxidation. RSC Adv 2019; 9:41022-41030. [PMID: 35540056 PMCID: PMC9076362 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06449d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Blue-green algae commonly bloom in fresh water in summer, producing extra- and intra-cellular algal organic matters, which are important precursors for disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation. In this study, we evaluated the effect of pre-oxidation with ferrate(vi) (FeO4 2-, Fe(vi)) on the characterization of intracellular organic matter (IOM) and extracellular organic matter (EOM). The results indicated that soluble microbial-like products of EOM and IOM decreased and humic acid-like products of IOM increased, which would influence the DBP formation in the subsequent chlorination step. Therefore, in this study, the effect of Fe(vi) pre-oxidation on the DBP formation from IOM and EOM with subsequent chlorination was also investigated. For Chlorella sp., EOM presented no significant change, and IOM presented a reduction of THMs (8.2%) after Fe(vi) oxidation at a dosage of 16 mg L-1. For P. limnetica, EOM and IOM both exhibited reduction of trihalomethanes (THMs) and chloral hydrate (CH) after Fe(vi) oxidation. Besides, THMs had the lowest concentration at pH 8.0 in all four solutions. Haloacetonitriles (HANs) and haloketones (HKs) showed slight changes with increasing pH values. Due to the frequent detection of bromide (Br-) in surface water, the effect of bromide existence on THM formation was also investigated. The results indicated that all brominated DBPs increased, and chlorinated DBPs decreased with the increase in bromide concentration. In addition, the bromine substitution factor (BSF) of Chlorella sp. and P. limnetica both increased with the increase in Br- concentration.
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- Feilong Dong
- College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200433 China
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- College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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Yang J, Li W, Zhu Q, Yang M, Li J, Zhang J, Yang B, Zhao X. Identification, Formation, and Predicted Toxicity of Halogenated DBPs Derived from Tannic Acid and Its Biodegradation Products. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:13019-13030. [PMID: 31609596 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Humic substances are commonly known disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors. Tannic acid is one precursor of humic substances in organic degradation, and it occurs ubiquitously in both source water and wastewater. In this study, the biological degradation process was simulated under laboratory conditions, and the characteristics of DBP formation generated from the chlorination of tannic acid samples with different biodegradation times were explored. Twenty-six emerging halogenated DBPs were identified, and the formation pathways of the tannic acid-derived DBPs were tentatively proposed. Moreover, results demonstrated that the profile of the chlorinated DBP formation was significantly different from its brominated counterpart during biodegradation, and a general increasing trend of the ratio of TOBr/TOX or TIIPIS79/(TIIPIS79+TIIPIS35) as biodegradation time increasing was noticeable. The observed trend could be mainly ascribed to the reactive sites of tannic acid shifting from relatively fast to slow sites during biodegradation. In addition, the comparative toxicity of the detected DBPs derived from tannic acid was predicted by using two quantitative structure-activity relationship models established previously. On the basis of both the two toxicity metrics (involving developmental toxicity and growth inhibition potency), the predicted toxicity data indicated that the emerging DBP group trihalo-(di)hydroxycyclopentane-1,3-diones may possess extremely high toxic potencies.
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- Juan Yang
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-products , Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Kunming 650000 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 , China
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Huang WC, Du Y, Liu M, Hu HY, Wu QY, Chen Y. Influence of UV irradiation on the toxicity of chlorinated water to mammalian cells: Toxicity drivers, toxicity changes and toxicity surrogates. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 165:115024. [PMID: 31473357 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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UV irradiation was reported to be able to degrade some kinds of DBPs, yet its influence on the toxicity of chlorinated water to mammalian cells remains unknown. This study systematically investigated the influence of low-pressure UV irradiation on the DBPs and toxicity of chlorinated drinking water (DW) and reclaimed water (RW). The apparent first-order rate constant (kobs) of degradation kinetics of known DBPs increased with the increased Br substitutions. Haloacetonitriles were identified as toxicity drivers among the detected DBPs, which even contributed more to the toxicity after UV irradiation, mainly due to the refractory bromochloroacetonitrile (BCAN) and dichloroacetonitrile (dCAN). Both total organic halogen, cytotoxicity and genotoxicity were significantly removed under UV irradiation, with the removal rate of 22.9%-41.7% for cytotoxicity and a higher rate of 33.1%-55.5% for genotoxicity under 2400 mJ/cm2 irradiation. UV irradiation significantly decreased the UV254, SUVA254 and fluorescence intensity (FLU) of chlorinated water. Results from high performance size exclusion chromatography revealed that chlorinated DW mainly contained high molecular weight (MW) compounds (>1000 Da) while chlorinated RW mainly contained lower MW compounds (100-500 Da). Chromophores and fluorophores in compounds of 100-500 Da increased in chlorinated DW while decreased in chlorinated RW under UV irradiation. Both the removal of UV254, SUVA254, FLU, MW-based UV254 (>1000 Da) and MW-based FLU (each fractions) were significantly correlated (p < 0.05) with the removal of toxicity under UV irradiation. The UV254 of chlorinated water was recommended as the optimal surrogate for toxicity removal.
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- Wen-Cheng Huang
- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, PR China
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- Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, PR China
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- Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China.
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, PR China.
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Procházka E, Melvin SD, Escher BI, Plewa MJ, Leusch FD. Global Transcriptional Analysis of Nontransformed Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells (FHs 74 Int) after Exposure to Selected Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2019; 127:117006. [PMID: 31755747 PMCID: PMC6927499 DOI: 10.1289/ehp4945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Drinking water disinfection inadvertently leads to the formation of numerous disinfection by-products (DBPs), some of which are cytotoxic, mutagenic, genotoxic, teratogenic, and potential carcinogens both in vitro and in vivo. OBJECTIVES We investigated alterations to global gene expression (GE) in nontransformed human small intestine epithelial cells (FHs 74 Int) after exposure to six brominated and two chlorinated DBPs: bromoacetic acid (BAA), bromoacetonitrile (BAN), 2,6-dibromo-p-benzoquinone (DBBQ), bromoacetamide (BAM), tribromoacetaldehyde (TBAL), bromate (BrO3-), trichloroacetic acid (TCAA), and trichloroacetaldehyde (TCAL). METHODS Using whole-genome cDNA microarray technology (Illumina), we examined GE in nontransformed human cells after 4h exposure to DBPs at predetermined equipotent concentrations, identified significant changes in gene expression (p≤0.01), and investigated the relevance of these genes to specific toxicity pathways via gene and pathway enrichment analysis. RESULTS Genes related to activation of oxidative stress-responsive pathways exhibited fewer alterations than expected based on prior work, whereas all DBPs induced notable effects on transcription of genes related to immunity and inflammation. DISCUSSION Our results suggest that alterations to genes associated with immune and inflammatory pathways play an important role in the potential adverse health effects of exposure to DBPs. The interrelationship between these pathways and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) may explain the common occurrence of oxidative stress in other studies exploring DBP toxicity. Finally, transcriptional changes and shared induction of toxicity pathways observed for all DBPs caution of additive effects of mixtures and suggest further assessment of adverse health effects of mixtures is warranted. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4945.
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- Erik Procházka
- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Environmental Toxicology, Centre for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Furst KE, Coyte RM, Wood M, Vengosh A, Mitch WA. Disinfection Byproducts in Rajasthan, India: Are Trihalomethanes a Sufficient Indicator of Disinfection Byproduct Exposure in Low-Income Countries? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:12007-12017. [PMID: 31549828 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The implementation of chlorine disinfection in low-income countries reduces the risk of waterborne illness but initiates exposure to disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Like high-income countries, low-income countries typically are adopting regulations focusing on trihalomethanes (THM4) as an indicator of overall DBP exposure. However, the use of impaired water sources can decouple the formation of THM4 from other DBP classes that are more potent toxins. The documentation of DBP species other than THM4 is rare in low-income countries, where water sources may be degraded by inadequate sanitation infrastructure and other uncontrolled wastewater discharges. We measured THM4 and 21 unregulated DBPs in tap waters and laboratory-treated source waters from two cities in northwestern India. The contribution of each DBP class to the cumulative toxicity was estimated by weighting each species by metrics of toxic potency; haloacetonitriles typically were the dominant contributor, while the contribution of THM4 was negligible. THM4 concentrations did not correlate with the total toxic potency-weighted DBP concentrations. Although THM4 rarely exceeded international guidelines, DBPs of greater toxicological concern were observed in high concentrations. The total toxic potency-weighted DBP concentrations in some waters were elevated compared to conventional drinking waters in high-income countries and more closely resembled chlorine-disinfected wastewater effluents. Artificial sweeteners confirmed widespread contamination of both surface and groundwaters by domestic sewage. The results suggest that THM4 may not be an adequate indicator of overall DBP exposure in impaired water supplies prevalent in some low-income nations.
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- Kirin E Furst
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Stanford University , 473 Via Ortega , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Stanford University , 473 Via Ortega , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Stanford University , 473 Via Ortega , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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Liu C, Ersan MS, Plewa MJ, Amy G, Karanfil T. Formation of iodinated trihalomethanes and noniodinated disinfection byproducts during chloramination of algal organic matter extracted from Microcystis aeruginosa. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 162:115-126. [PMID: 31255781 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The increasing occurrence of harmful algal blooms in surface waters may increase the input of algal organic matter (AOM) to the dissolved organic matter pool. The formation of iodinated trihalomethanes (I-THMs) and noniodinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in synthetic waters containing AOM extracted from Microcystis aeruginosa was investigated in chloramination (preformed and in-situ formed chloramine, NH2Cl and Cl2-NH2Cl, respectively) and chlorination (Cl2) processes. AOM is much more favorable for iodine incorporation than natural organic matter (NOM). For example, the formation of I-THM from AOM is much higher than NOM isolate extracted from treated water (e.g., 3.5 times higher in the NH2Cl process), and thus higher iodine utilization and substitution factors from AOM were observed. Short contact time (2 min) chlorination in Cl2-NH2Cl process leading to the formation of halogenated intermediates favored I-THM formation, compared with NH2Cl process. However, further increasing chlorine contact time from 5 min to 24 h facilitated the conversion from iodide to iodate and thus I-THM formation decreased. Meanwhile, the formation of noniodinated THM4, haloacetonitriles (HANs), and haloacetaldehydes (HALs) increased. Factors including concentrations of AOM and bromide, pH, and chlorine/nitrogen ratios influenced the formation of I-THMs and noniodinated DBPs. To evaluate the benefit of mitigating I-THM formation over the risk of noniodinated DBP formation, measured DBPs were weighed against their mammalian cell toxicity indexes. Increasing the chlorine exposure increased the calculated cytotoxicity based on concentrations of measured I-THMs and noniodinated DBPs since unregulated HANs and HALs were the controlling agents.
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- Chao Liu
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC, 29625, United States
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC, 29625, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences and the Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC, 29625, United States
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC, 29625, United States.
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Wu H, Long K, Lu D, Mo Y, Yang Q, Wei X. Occurrence and formation of halobenzoquinones in indoor and outdoor swimming pool waters of Nanning City, Southwest China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:31537-31545. [PMID: 31482527 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06341-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in swimming pool have elicited increasing worldwide concern due to their potential health risks. However, only trihalomethanes (THMs) are regulated by several local governing bodies. Studies indicated that specific unregulated DBP classes would drive disinfected water toxicity in addition to THMs. Halobenzoquinones (HBQs), a type of emerging unregulated DBPs, have been shown to be possible bladder cancer carcinogens. This study aimed to determine the distribution and formation of HBQs in indoor and outdoor swimming pool waters of Nanning City, Southwest China. Seven HBQs in water from seven public indoor and outdoor swimming pools were examined using an effective ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method. Results suggest the presence of 2,6-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone in all the swimming pool waters in the range of 4.56-45.30 ng/L. Furthermore, 2,6-dibromo-1,4-benzoquinone and 3,4,5,6-tetrachloro-1,2-benzoquinone (TetraC-1,2-BQ) were detected in two pools at concentrations of < 0.38-14.20 and < 0.54-2.60 ng/L, respectively. The swimming pool water featured higher HBQs than input tap water, and TetraC-1,2-BQ was only detected in pool water. Higher HBQ levels were observed in the indoor pools than in the outdoor pools. These findings demonstrate that low NH3-N, high chloride, humic acid, chemical oxygen demand, and UV254 in the indoor pools increased the HBQ formation. This study is the first to reveal the occurrence and formation of HBQs in water from Chinese indoor and outdoor swimming pools. The findings should be useful in the management of these governing factors and HBQ controls in swimming pools.
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- Huan Wu
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Shuang Yong Road 22, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Shuang Yong Road 22, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Shuang Yong Road 22, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Shuang Yong Road 22, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Shuang Yong Road 22, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Shuang Yong Road 22, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
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Chaves RS, Guerreiro CS, Cardoso VV, Benoliel MJ, Santos MM. Hazard and mode of action of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in water for human consumption: Evidences and research priorities. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 223:53-61. [PMID: 31136853 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Disinfection of water system is an essential strategy to protect human health from pathogens and prevent their regrowth during water distribution, but the reaction of disinfectant agents with organic matter can lead to the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs). Given their widespread occurrence, potential human health impacts and (eco)toxicity associated with exposure to DBPs are of particular interest due to their potential carcinogenicity and vary non-carcinogenic effects, such as endocrine disruption. Understanding the public health implications of this emerging issue is crucial for societies and decision-makers, supporting more effective water safety plans. Here, we review the recent literature on the effects of DBPs presented in drinking water and treated swimming pools water, focusing particularly in unregulated compounds and the putative underlying mode of action, linking the available data with adverse health outcomes. Overall, the majority of studies highlight the limited knowledge in the understanding of the underlying mode of action of DBPs. Yet, available evidences indicate that different signaling pathways seem to be involved in the adverse outcomes associated with distinct DBPs classes. The main knowledge gaps in this field are also identified, and future research priorities discussed.
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- Raquel S Chaves
- Institute of Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; EPAL- Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres, S.A., Direção Laboratórios e de Controlo da Qualidade da Água, Lisbon, Portugal; CIMAR/CIIMAR, LA- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Group of Endocrine Disruptors and Emerging Contaminants, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
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- Laboratory of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- EPAL- Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres, S.A., Direção Laboratórios e de Controlo da Qualidade da Água, Lisbon, Portugal
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- EPAL- Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres, S.A., Direção Laboratórios e de Controlo da Qualidade da Água, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR, LA- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Group of Endocrine Disruptors and Emerging Contaminants, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Dong S, Page MA, Massalha N, Hur A, Hur K, Bokenkamp K, Wagner ED, Plewa MJ. Toxicological Comparison of Water, Wastewaters, and Processed Wastewaters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:9139-9147. [PMID: 31283199 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Drinking water utilities will increasingly rely on alternative water sources in the future, including wastewater reuse. Safety must be assured in the application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and supporting treatments for wastewater effluent reuse. This study developed toxicological profiles for source and tap waters, wastewaters, and treated effluents by different processes from four military installation locations. The objective of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of extracted organics from diverse source waters and after reuse treatments. The toxicity analyses included thiol reactivity, mammalian cell cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity. Differences in toxicity between source or tap waters and effluents from wastewater treatment processes supported AOP treatment to reduce risks of potable reuse. An anoxic and aerobic activated sludge process followed by sand filtration controlled toxicity to levels similar to a municipal drinking water. An anaerobic membrane bioreactor process exceeded the toxicity levels of a typical drinking water. Two AOP processes (ultraviolet (UV) + reverse osmosis (RO) + chlorination (NaOCl) or RO + UV-H2O2 + NaOCl) significantly reduced toxicity. The integration of the wastewater systems with ultrafiltration, AOP, and RO was effective to reduce the toxicity to levels comparable to, or better than, tap water samples.
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- Shengkun Dong
- Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Water Security Regulation and Control for Southern China, Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Water Security in Southern China of Guangdong Higher Education Institute , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou , Guangdong 510275 , China
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 205 N. Mathews Ave. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
- Safe Global Water Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center , 2902 Newmark Dr. , Champaign , Illinois 61822 , United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 205 N. Mathews Ave. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
- Safe Global Water Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
- The Galilee Society Institute of Applied Research , Shefa-Amr , 20200 , Israel
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center , 2902 Newmark Dr. , Champaign , Illinois 61822 , United States of America
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- Department of Crop Sciences , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
- Safe Global Water Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
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- Department of Crop Sciences , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
- Safe Global Water Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
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- Department of Crop Sciences , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
- Safe Global Water Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
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- Department of Crop Sciences , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
- Safe Global Water Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States of America
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Yang M, Zhang X, Liang Q, Yang B. Application of (LC/)MS/MS precursor ion scan for evaluating the occurrence, formation and control of polar halogenated DBPs in disinfected waters: A review. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 158:322-337. [PMID: 31051377 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Water disinfection can result in the unintended formation of halogenated disinfection byproducts (DBPs), which have been the subject of intensive investigation over the past 40 years. Robust methods for evaluating and characterizing the formation of halogenated DBPs are prerequisites for ultimately controlling the formation of DBPs and ensuring quality and safe disinfected water. Only a fraction of the total organic halogen (TOX) formed during disinfection has been chemically identified or even well characterized by the classical (derivatization-)gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) method. Such a method may not be amenable to the detection of polar halogenated DBPs, which constitute a major portion of the TOX that is still unaccounted for. Accordingly, a novel precursor ion scan (PIS) method using (liquid chromatography/) electrospray ionization-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry was developed for the rapid selective detection of all polar halogenated DBPs-no matter whether the DBPs are known or unknown-in water. This article reviews recent literature on the application of the PIS method for evaluating the occurrence, formation and control of polar halogenated DBPs in disinfected waters. The challenges in developing the PIS method were briefly summarized. Application of the powerful method pinpointed >150 previously unknown DBPs and revealed the formation, speciation and transformation of halogenated DBPs in disinfected drinking water, wastewater effluents, and swimming pool water. For the same source water, positive correlations were found between the total ion intensity (TII) levels in the PIS spectra of m/z 35/79/126.9 and the total organic chlorine/bromine/iodine levels in the disinfected water sample, and a disinfected sample with a higher TII level generally showed a higher toxic potency. Accordingly, the TII value can be used as a surrogate to comparatively reflect the water quality and assess the efficiency of a DBP control approach. To achieve a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of the DBP compositions in different waters and thus better control the DBP formation and reduce their overall toxicity, topics for future work were discussed.
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- Mengting Yang
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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Neale PA, Leusch FDL. Assessing the role of different dissolved organic carbon and bromide concentrations for disinfection by-product formation using chemical analysis and bioanalysis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:17100-17109. [PMID: 31001769 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05017-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Concerns regarding disinfection by-product (DBP) formation during drinking water treatment have led water utilities to apply treatment processes to reduce the concentration of DBP precursor natural organic matter (NOM). However, these processes often do not remove bromide, leading to high bromide to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) ratios after treatment, which can increase the formation of more toxic brominated DBPs. In the current study, we investigated the formation and effect of DBPs in a matrix of synthetic water samples containing different concentrations of bromide and DOC after disinfection with chlorine. Trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids were analysed by chemical analysis, while effect was evaluated using in vitro bioassays indicative of the oxidative stress response and bacterial toxicity. While the addition of increasing bromide concentrations did not alter the sum molar concentration of DBPs formed, the speciation changed, with greater bromine incorporation with an increasing Br:DOC ratio. However, the observed effect did not correlate with the Br:DOC ratio, but instead, effect increased with increasing DOC concentration. Water samples with low DOC and high bromide did not exceed the available oxidative stress response effect-based trigger value (EBT), while all samples with high DOC, irrespective of the bromide concentration, exceeded the EBT. This suggests that treatment processes that remove NOM can improve drinking water quality, even if they are unable to remove bromide. Further, iceberg modelling showed that detected DBPs only explained a small fraction of the oxidative stress response, supporting the application of both chemical analysis and bioanalysis for monitoring DBP formation.
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- Peta A Neale
- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia.
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- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia
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Ateia M, Erdem CU, Ersan MS, Ceccato M, Karanfil T. Selective removal of bromide and iodide from natural waters using a novel AgCl-SPAC composite at environmentally relevant conditions. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 156:168-178. [PMID: 30913420 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The removal of bromide (Br-) and iodide (I-) from source waters mitigates the formation of brominated and iodinated disinfection by-products (DBPs), which are more toxic than their chlorinated analogues. In this study, we report on our recently developed environmental-friendly method for the preparation of novel silver chloride/superfine activated carbon composite (AgCl-SPAC) to rapidly and selectively remove Br- and I- from surface waters. The material characteristics were tracked, before and after treatment, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) spectroscopies. The results showed very fast removal kinetics of Br- and I- by AgCl-SPAC with equilibrium times at 150 s and <10 s, respectively (i.e., 2-3 orders of magnitudes faster than previously tested Ag-based composites). In addition, AgCl-SPAC was evaluated under eight different Cl- concentrations up to 400 mg/L and exhibited high removal efficiencies for I- (i.e., >90% at all tested conditions) and Br- (i.e, >80% at Cl- = 0.5-200 mg/L, and 60-75% at extreme Cl- conditions = 300-400 mg/L). Unlike previous Ag-based composites, AgCl-SPAC performance was not affected by elevated concentrations of two types of natural organic matter (2-16 mg-NOM/L). The superior performance was further confirmed in four different surface waters and one groundwater. After the removal of Br- and I- from all waters by AgCl-SPAC, the subsequent DBPs formation (trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, and haloacetonitriles), total organic halogens (TOX), bromine substitution factor (BSF), and calculated cytotoxicity under the uniform formation conditions (UFC) decreased significantly. Overall, this novel composite represents a promising alternative approach, to be integrated continuously or seasonally, for controlling the formation of brominated and/or iodinated DBPs at water treatment plants.
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- Mohamed Ateia
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson University, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson University, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson University, SC, 29634, USA; Water Quality Research and Development Division, Southern Nevada Water Authority, P.O. Box 99954, Las Vegas, NV, 89193-9954, USA
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- Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC) - Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson University, SC, 29634, USA.
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Cuthbertson AA, Kimura SY, Liberatore HK, Summers RS, Knappe DRU, Stanford BD, Maness JC, Mulhern RE, Selbes M, Richardson SD. Does Granular Activated Carbon with Chlorination Produce Safer Drinking Water? From Disinfection Byproducts and Total Organic Halogen to Calculated Toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:5987-5999. [PMID: 31038939 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption is well-established for controlling regulated disinfection byproducts (DBPs), but its effectiveness for unregulated DBPs and DBP-associated toxicity is unclear. In this study, GAC treatment was evaluated at three full-scale chlorination drinking water treatment plants over different GAC service lives for controlling 61 unregulated DBPs, 9 regulated DBPs, and speciated total organic halogen (total organic chlorine, bromine, and iodine). The plants represented a range of impacts, including algal, agricultural, and industrial wastewater. This study represents the most extensive full-scale study of its kind and seeks to address the question of whether GAC can make drinking water safer from a DBP perspective. Overall, GAC was effective for removing DBP precursors and reducing DBP formation and total organic halogen, even after >22 000 bed volumes of treated water. GAC also effectively removed preformed DBPs at plants using prechlorination, including highly toxic iodoacetic acids and haloacetonitriles. However, 7 DBPs (mostly brominated and nitrogenous) increased in formation after GAC treatment. In one plant, an increase in tribromonitromethane had significant impacts on calculated cytotoxicity, which only had 7-17% reduction following GAC. While these DBPs are highly toxic, the total calculated cytotoxicity and genotoxicity for the GAC treated waters for the other two plants was reduced 32-83% (across young-middle-old GAC). Overall, calculated toxicity was reduced post-GAC, with preoxidation allowing further reductions.
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- Amy A Cuthbertson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , University of Calgary , 2500 University Drive , NW Calgary , Alberta T2N 1N4 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado 80309-0428 , United States
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering , North Carolina State University , Campus Box 7908, Raleigh , North Carolina 27695-7908 , United States
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- Hazen and Sawyer , 143 S. Union Blvd., Suite 200 , Lakewood , Colorado 80228 , United States
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering , North Carolina State University , Campus Box 7908, Raleigh , North Carolina 27695-7908 , United States
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado 80309-0428 , United States
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- Hazen and Sawyer , 4035 Ridge Top Road, Suite 400 , Fairfax , Virginia 22030 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
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An Adverse Outcome Pathway Linking Organohalogen Exposure to Mitochondrial Disease. J Toxicol 2019; 2019:9246495. [PMID: 31057609 PMCID: PMC6463576 DOI: 10.1155/2019/9246495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) are pragmatic tools in human health hazard characterization and risk assessment. As such, one of the main goals of AOP development is to provide a clear, progressive, and linear mechanistic representation of pertinent toxicological key events (KEs) occurring along the different levels of biological organization. Here, we present an AOP framework that depicts how exposure to organohalogens can lead to mitochondrial disease. Organohalogens are disinfectant by-products (DBPs) found in our drinking water. Chloroform, trichloroacetic acid, and trichlorophenol were selected to represent specific types of organohalogens for the development of this AOP. Although each of these compounds contains chlorine atoms, they differ in aromaticity and solubility, which have a significant impact on their potency. This AOP consists of two main pathways, both of which are triggered by the molecular initiating event (MIE) of excessive reactive oxygen species generation. Pathway 1 details the downstream consequences of oxidative stress, which include mitochondrial DNA damage, protein aggregation, and depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane. Pathway 2 shows the KEs that result from inadequate supply of glutathione, including calcium dysregulation and ATP depletion. Pathways 1 and 2 converge at a common KE: opening of the mitochondrial membrane transition pore (mPTP). This leads to the release of cytochrome c, caspase activation, apoptosis, and mitochondrial disease. This AOP was developed according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidance, including critical consideration of the Bradford Hill criteria for Weight of Evidence assessment and key questions for evaluating confidence. The presented AOP is expected to serve as the basis for designing new toxicological tests as well as the characterization of novel biomarkers for disinfectant by-product exposure and adverse health effects.
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Dong H, Qiang Z, Richardson SD. Formation of Iodinated Disinfection Byproducts (I-DBPs) in Drinking Water: Emerging Concerns and Current Issues. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:896-905. [PMID: 30919613 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Formation of iodinated disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) in drinking water has become an emerging concern. Compared to chlorine- and bromine-containing DBPs, I-DBPs are more toxic, have different precursors and formation mechanisms, and are unregulated. In this Account, we focus on recent research in the formation of known and unknown I-DBPs in drinking water. We present the state-of-the-art understanding of known I-DBPs for the six groups reported to date, including iodinated methanes, acids, acetamides, acetonitriles, acetaldehyde, and phenols. I-DBP concentrations in drinking water generally range from ng L-1 to low-μg L-1. The toxicological effects of I-DBPs are summarized and compared with those of chlorinated and brominated DBPs. I-DBPs are almost always more cytotoxic and genotoxic than their chlorinated and brominated analogues. Iodoacetic acid is the most genotoxic of all DBPs studied to date, and diiodoacetamide and iodoacetamide are the most cytotoxic. We discuss I-DBP formation mechanisms during oxidation, disinfection, and distribution of drinking water, focusing on inorganic and organic iodine sources, oxidation kinetics of iodide, and formation pathways. Naturally occurring iodide, iodate, and iodinated organic compounds are regarded as important sources of I-DBPs. The apparent second-order rate constant and half-lives for oxidation of iodide or hypoiodous acid by various oxidants are highly variable, which is a key factor governing the iodine fate during drinking water treatment. In distribution systems, residual iodide and disinfectants can participate in reactions involving heterogeneous chemical oxidation, reduction, adsorption, and catalysis, which may eventually affect I-DBP levels in finished drinking water. The identification of unknown I-DBPs and total organic iodine analysis is also summarized in this Account, which provides a more complete picture of I-DBP formation in drinking water. As organic DBP precursors are difficult to completely remove during the drinking water treatment process, the removal of iodide provides a cost-effective solution for the control of I-DBP formation. This Account not only serves as a reference for future epidemiological studies to better assess human health risks due to exposure to I-DBPs in drinking water but also helps drinking water utilities, researchers, regulators, and the general public understand the formed species, levels, and formation mechanisms of I-DBPs in drinking water.
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- Huiyu Dong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Andersson A, Ashiq MJ, Shoeb M, Karlsson S, Bastviken D, Kylin H. Evaluating gas chromatography with a halogen-specific detector for the determination of disinfection by-products in drinking water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:7305-7314. [PMID: 29492811 PMCID: PMC6447507 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1419-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The occurrence of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water has become an issue of concern during the past decades. The DBPs pose health risks and are suspected to cause various cancer forms, be genotoxic, and have negative developmental effects. The vast chemical diversity of DBPs makes comprehensive monitoring challenging. Only few of the DBPs are regulated and included in analytical protocols. In this study, a method for simultaneous measurement of 20 DBPs from five different structural classes (both regulated and non-regulated) was investigated and further developed for 11 DBPs using solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography coupled with a halogen-specific detector (XSD). The XSD was highly selective towards halogenated DBPs, providing chromatograms with little noise. The method allowed detection down to 0.05 μg L-1 and showed promising results for the simultaneous determination of a range of neutral DBP classes. Compounds from two classes of emerging DBPs, more cytotoxic than the "traditional" regulated DBPs, were successfully determined using this method. However, haloacetic acids (HAAs) should be analyzed separately as some HAA methyl esters may degrade giving false positives of trihalomethanes (THMs). The method was tested on real water samples from two municipal waterworks where the target DBP concentrations were found below the regulatory limits of Sweden.
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- Anna Andersson
- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden.
- Research Unit: Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
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Brezinski K, Gorczyca B. An overview of the uses of high performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) in the characterization of natural organic matter (NOM) in potable water, and ion-exchange applications. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 217:122-139. [PMID: 30414544 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Natural organic matter (NOM) constitutes the terrestrial and aquatic sources of organic plant like material found in water bodies. As of recently, an ever-increasing amount of effort is being put towards developing better ways of unraveling the heterogeneous nature of NOM. This is important as NOM is responsible for a wide variety of both direct and indirect effects: ranging from aesthetic concerns related to taste and odor, to issues related to disinfection by-product formation and metal mobility. A better understanding of NOM can also provide a better appreciation for treatment design; lending a further understanding of potable water treatment impacts on specific fractions and constituents of NOM. The use of high performance size-exclusion chromatography has shown a growing promise in its various applications for NOM characterization, through the ability to partition ultraviolet absorbing moieties into ill-defined groups of humic acids, hydrolysates of humics, and low molecular weight acids. HPSEC also has the ability of simultaneously measuring absorbance in the UV-visible range (200-350 nm); further providing a spectroscopic fingerprint that is simply unavailable using surrogate measurements of NOM, such as total organic carbon (TOC), ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (UV254), excitation-emission matrices (EEM), and specific ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (SUVA254). This review mainly focuses on the use of HPSEC in the characterization of NOM in a potable water setting, with an additional focus on strong-base ion-exchangers specifically targeted for NOM constituents.
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- Kenneth Brezinski
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Salas LA, Baker ER, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Marsit CJ, Christensen BC, Karagas MR. Maternal swimming pool exposure during pregnancy in relation to birth outcomes and cord blood DNA methylation among private well users. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 123:459-466. [PMID: 30622071 PMCID: PMC6599635 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Swimming in pools during pregnancy may expose the fetus to water disinfection by-products (DBP). As yet, our understanding of the impacts on DBPs on the fetus is uncertain. Individuals with public water systems are typically exposed to DBPs through drinking, showering and bathing, whereas among those on private water systems, swimming in pools may be the primary exposure source. We analyzed the effects of maternal swimming on birth outcomes and cord blood epigenetic changes in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study, a cohort of pregnant women with households on private water systems. Information about swimming in pools during pregnancy was obtained from 1033 women via questionnaires. Swimming pool use and duration were modeled using linear regression with newborn weight, length, and head circumference (z-scores) and genome wide cord blood DNA methylation as the outcomes and with adjustment for potential confounders. Overall 19.7% of women reported swimming in a pool during pregnancy. Among swimmers, duration of swimming was inversely related to head circumference (-0.02 z-score per 10% increase in duration, P = 0.004). No associations were observed with birth weight, length or DNA methylation modifications. Our findings suggest swimming pool exposure may impact the developing fetus although longer-term studies are needed.
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- Lucas A Salas
- Department of Epidemiology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA; The Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA.
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- ISGlobal, The Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta 30322, GA, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA; Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA; Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA; The Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Lebanon 03756, NH, USA.
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Vu TN, Kimura SY, Plewa MJ, Richardson SD, Mariñas BJ. Predominant N-Haloacetamide and Haloacetonitrile Formation in Drinking Water via the Aldehyde Reaction Pathway. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:850-859. [PMID: 30522267 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In drinking water disinfection, switching from free chlorine to alternative chemical disinfectants such as monochloramine may result in the formation of different classes of toxic disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Haloacetonitriles (HANs) and haloacetamides (HAMs) are two currently unregulated nitrogen-containing DBP (N-DBP) groups commonly found in water disinfected with monochloramine that have been shown to be more cyto- and genotoxic than regulated DBPs. For the first time, this study confirms the formation of HAN and HAM dominant species found in disinfected water, dichloroacetonitrile and dichloroacetamide, from the reaction between monochloramine and dichloroacetaldehyde via the aldehyde reaction pathway. Results from experiments with natural water treated with labeled 15 N-monochloramine confirmed the relevance of the aldehyde pathway. Monochloramine reacted quickly with dichloroacetaldehyde reaching equilibrium with the carbinolamine 2,2-dichloro-1-(chloroamino)ethanol ( K1 = 1.87 × 104 M-1 s-1). Then, 2,2-dichloro-1-(chloroamino)ethanol underwent two parallel reactions where, (1) it slowly dehydrated to 1,1-dichloro-2-(chloroimino)ethane ( k2 = 1.09 × 10-5 s-1) and further decomposed to dichloroacetonitrile, and (2) it was oxidized by monochloramine ( k3 = 4.87 × 10-2 M-1 s-1) to form a recently reported N-DBP, the N-haloacetamide N,2,2-trichloroacetamide. At high pH, dichloroacetonitrile hydrolyzed to dichloroacetamide ( k40 = 3.12 × 10-7 s-1, k4OH = 3.54 M-1 s-1). Additionally, trichloroacetaldehyde was also produced from the reaction of dichloracetaldehyde and monochloramine ( k5 = 2.12 × 10-2 M-1 s-1) under the presence of monochlorammonium ion, a product of monochloramine protonation. Within the N-haloacetamide family, N,2,2-trichloroacetamide (LC50 = 3.90 × 10-4 M) was found to be more cytotoxic than N-chloroacetamide but slightly less potent than N,2-dichloroacetamide.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States
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Good KD, VanBriesen JM. Coal-Fired Power Plant Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization Bromide Discharges to U.S. Watersheds and Their Contributions to Drinking Water Sources. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:213-223. [PMID: 30512930 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater discharges from coal-fired power plants may increase bromide concentrations at downstream drinking water intakes, leading to increased formation of toxic disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Despite this, bromide was not regulated in FGD wastewater in the 2015 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category (ELGs). Case-by-case management was recommended instead, depending on downstream drinking water effects. The present work seeks to identify U.S. regions where power plant discharges could affect drinking water. Bromide loads were evaluated for all coal-fired power plants operating wet FGD, and flow paths were used to identify downstream surface water sources. A population-concentration metric was used to evaluate the effect of wet FGD on downstream drinking water and the vulnerability of drinking water to upstream discharges. On a hydrologic region level, results indicate the Ohio, South Atlantic Gulf, and Missouri Regions are the most likely to see effects of power plant bromide discharges on populations served by surface water. Increased refined coal use, which may be treated with bromide, contributes to uncertainty in potential bromide effects on drinking water. Measurement of bromide concentrations in wet FGD discharges would reduce this uncertainty, and control of bromide discharges may be needed in some watersheds.
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- Kelly D Good
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Carnegie Mellon University , 5000 Forbes Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Carnegie Mellon University , 5000 Forbes Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
- Department of Engineering and Public Policy , Carnegie Mellon University , 5000 Forbes Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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Kimura SY, Cuthbertson AA, Byer JD, Richardson SD. The DBP exposome: Development of a new method to simultaneously quantify priority disinfection by-products and comprehensively identify unknowns. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 148:324-333. [PMID: 30391861 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Disinfected drinking water contains hundreds of disinfection by-products (DBPs) that are formed by the reaction of disinfectants with natural and anthropogenic organic matter, bromide, and iodide. Understanding what these DBPs are is important because millions of people worldwide consume drinking water every day, and human epidemiologic studies have reported cancer, miscarriage, and birth defects from consuming such waters. While more than 600 DBPs are reported in the literature, very few studies quantify complete classes of chlorinated, brominated, and iodinated DBPs. Also, very few studies conduct comprehensive non-target analyses of unknown DBPs to characterize the complete DBP exposure (the exposome). We developed a new gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry (MS) method that simultaneously quantifies 39 priority unregulated DBPs from six different chemical classes (haloacetaldehydes, haloketones, haloacetamides, haloacetonitriles, halonitromethanes, and iodinated-trihalomethanes) and analyzes unknown DBPs with mass accuracy <600 ppm under full-scan conditions. Using a new type of time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer, which combines selected ion monitoring (SIM)-level sensitivity with mass accuracy of ±0.05 Da, method detection limits of 3-61 ng/L were achieved. These levels were found to be quite comparable to those of a widely used single quadrupole mass spectrometer (2-90 ng/L) operated in SIM mode. However, analysis using this TOF mass spectrometer offers two additional advantages over traditional quadrupole-MS: (1) full-scan data, which provides additional confidence for target analytes, as well as complete mass spectra for unknown analysis, and (2) two decimal place mass accuracy, which allows additional confidence for target analytes and importantly, molecular formula indication for unknowns. High resolution accurate mass TOF was also used to validate identification of selected compounds. This new method was demonstrated on finished drinking waters from three different drinking water plants, where target quantification and non-target unknown analyses were performed simultaneously during the same run. This enabled the quantification of 39 DBPs, along with the non-target identification of many other drinking water contaminants, including two additional non-target DBPs: N,N-dimethylacetamide and N-nitrosodibutylamine.
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- Susana Y Kimura
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States; Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States
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- LECO Corp., 3000 Lakeview Ave., St. Joseph, Michigan, 49085, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States.
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Hong H, Wu H, Chen J, Wu B, Yu H, Yan B, Liang Y. Cytotoxicity induced by iodinated haloacetamides via ROS accumulation and apoptosis in HepG-2 cells. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 242:191-197. [PMID: 29980037 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Iodinated haloacetamides (I-HAcAms) are emerging disinfection by-products and have received great concern due to their extremely high health risk. Previous studies have demonstrated the cytotoxicity of I-HAcAms, but the biological mechanism remained unclear. In this study, cytotoxicity mechanisms of 4 I-HAcAms species were preliminarily examined using HepG-2 cells. The results showed that the cytotoxicity could be ranked as follows: diiodoacetamide (DIAcAm)> iodoacetamide (IAcAm)> bromoiodoacetamide (BIAcAm)> chloroiodoacetamide (CIAcAm). Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and apoptosis played an important role in the cytotoxicity for all I-HAcAms species. Moreover, the ROS and cytotoxicity could be completely reversed by the addition of an antioxidant (N-acetylcysteine (NAC)), but the apoptosis could not. Specifically, the apoptosis induced by DIAcAm and IAcAm was partially reversed by NAC, suggesting that in addition to ROS, other pathways were also possible; While For BIAcAm and CIAcAm, the apoptosis was not reversed by NAC at all, which is potentially due to ROS-independent pathways. The apoptosis mechanisms were further analyzed via Bax and Bcl-2 gene expression and the corresponding protein expression in HepG-2 cells, that mitochondrial pathway was important in the apoptosis of HepG-2 cells induced by all I-HAcAms species. Overall, the mitochondrial pathway provided a potential explanation for BIAcAm and CIAcAm-induced apoptosis, while both ROS and mitochondrial pathways explained DIAcAm and IAcAm-induced apoptosis.
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- Huachang Hong
- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China; Laboratory for Food Safety and Environmental Technology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Laboratory for Food Safety and Environmental Technology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China; Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- Laboratory for Food Safety and Environmental Technology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- Laboratory for Food Safety and Environmental Technology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China; School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China; Laboratory for Food Safety and Environmental Technology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China; Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China.
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Dong S, Massalha N, Plewa MJ, Nguyen TH. The impact of disinfection Ct values on cytotoxicity of agricultural wastewaters: Ozonation vs. chlorination. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 144:482-490. [PMID: 30077909 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.07.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Toxicity arising from toxic disinfection byproducts is an unintended result of disinfection during water reclamation. To ensure safe water reclamation treatment, it is important to develop a disinfection strategy with minimal formation of overall toxicity in the reclaimed water. The cumulative disinfectant concentration over time (Ct) is a useful concept for pathogen control during reuse water disinfection. We evaluated the toxicity impact of Ct values and different methods to achieve identical Ct values by ozonation or chlorination of wastewaters from four agricultural sources on mammalian cells. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) reactivity of the wastewater organic extracts was determined to reveal their impact on the thiol-specific biological detoxification mechanism. The results demonstrated that for two sources and for both ozonation and chlorination, higher Ct values enhanced cytotoxicity. The ozonated waters were at least 10% less toxic and as much as 22.4 times less toxic than either the non-disinfected controls or the chlorinated waters. Chlorination consistently induced higher cytotoxicity than ozonation by between 2.2 and 22.4 fold, respectively, and induced similar or higher cytotoxicity than the non-disinfected controls, by at most 4.4 fold. Given the same Ct values, the combination of high disinfectant concentration and short contact time produced finished wastewaters with higher toxicity, than the combination of low disinfectant concentration and long contact time. NAC thiol reactivity was positively and significantly correlated with mammalian cell cytotoxicity, and agreed with 80% of the cytotoxicity rank order. This suggests that the induction of cytotoxicity involved reactions with agents that acted as thiol pool quenchers. The overall results indicate that the cytotoxicity of wastewaters may increase when higher Ct values are applied to inactivate recalcitrant pathogens. To counteract the potential increase in cytotoxicity at high Ct values, for both ozonation and chlorination, lower disinfectant dose and longer contact time may be adopted.
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- Shengkun Dong
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Liu C, Ersan MS, Plewa MJ, Amy G, Karanfil T. Formation of regulated and unregulated disinfection byproducts during chlorination of algal organic matter extracted from freshwater and marine algae. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 142:313-324. [PMID: 29890479 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Revised: 05/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Seasonal algal blooms in freshwater and marine water can increase the input of algal organic matter (AOM) to the pool of dissolved organic matter. The impact of bromide (Br-) and iodide (I-) on the formation of regulated and unregulated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) was studied from chlorination of AOM solutions extracted from three species of cultured isolates of freshwater and marine algae (Microcystis aeruginosa (MA), Synechococcus (SYN), and Alexandrium tamarense (AT)). Comparable concentrations of DBPs were formed from three types of AOM. In the absence of Br-, trihalomethanes (THMs), haloacetic acids (HAAs), and haloacetaldehydes (HALs) were the main groups of DBP formed, and haloacetonitriles (HANs) were formed at lower concentrations. In contrast, the formation of iodinated THMs was <8 nM (1.7 μg/L) since most of initial I- was oxidized to iodate. Increasing initial Br- concentrations increased the formation of THMs and HANs, while concentrations of total organic halogen and HAA remained stable. On the contrary, total HAL concentrations decreased due to the instability of bromated HALs. Decreasing the specific UV absorbance (SUVA) value of AOM favours bromine substitution since bromine more preferentially reacts with low reactivity organic matter than chlorine. Increasing the pH enhanced the formation of THMs but decreased the formation of HANs. Concentrations of HANs and HALs decreased at high pH (e.g., 9.0), high initial chlorine concentration and long reaction time due to the decomposition. Based on the cytotoxicity calculations, unregulated HANs and HALs were the main contributors for the total toxicity of DBPs measured, even though based on the weight regulated THMs and HAAs predominated.
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- Chao Liu
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, and the Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29625, USA.
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Han J, Zhang X. Evaluating the Comparative Toxicity of DBP Mixtures from Different Disinfection Scenarios: A New Approach by Combining Freeze-Drying or Rotoevaporation with a Marine Polychaete Bioassay. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:10552-10561. [PMID: 30125089 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The unintended formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) may compromise the safety of drinking water. Since no specified DBPs have been found to be responsible for the overall adverse effects and over half of total organic halogen (TOX) remains unidentified, DBP mixture toxicity is gaining increasing interest as a potential indicator of how risky drinking water might be. In this study, a new approach to evaluating the toxicity of drinking water DBP mixtures was developed by combining freeze-drying or rotoevaporation pretreatment with an in vivo high-salinity-tolerance bioassay with the embryos of a marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii. The DBP recoveries by freeze-drying or rotoevaporation were compared with those by commonly applied liquid-liquid-extraction (LLE). For drinking water subjected to typical disinfection processes (i.e., chlorination, chloramination, chlorine dioxide treatment, and ozonation with or without postchlorination), LLE led to the lowest TOX recovery (11-18%) and the loss of all inorganic DBPs, while freeze-drying and rotoevaporation recovered 28-58% and 35-61% of TOX, respectively, and effectively recovered 81-99% and 85-104% of inorganic DBPs, respectively. Thus, LLE caused an underestimation of the toxicity of DBP mixtures compared with freeze-drying and rotoevaporation. Besides, the comparative toxicity varied significantly for water samples pretreated with different methods due to the effect of inorganic DBPs and a synergistic effect of organic and inorganic DBPs. The new approach revealed that the bromide-rich source water disinfected with ozone caused the highest developmental toxicity, followed by those disinfected with chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and chloramine in that order.
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- Jiarui Han
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China
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Yao D, Chu W, Bond T, Ding S, Chen S. Impact of ClO 2 pre-oxidation on the formation of CX 3R-type DBPs from tyrosine-based amino acid precursors during chlorination and chloramination. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 196:25-34. [PMID: 29289848 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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ClO2 is frequently used as a pre-oxidant in water treatment plants. However, the effects of ClO2 pre-oxidation on disinfection by-product (DBP) formation, especially the highly toxic nitrogenous DBPs, during subsequent chlor (am)ination have not been studied thoroughly. There is also limited information about DBP formation from combined amino acids (AAs), which are more abundant than free AAs in source waters. Many typical DBPs (including representative N-DBPs) have a similar structure of "CX3R" (X = H, Cl, Br or I). In the study, tyrosine and forms representing its reactivity in combined AAs (tyrosine tert-butyl ester and Boc-tyrosine) were selected as model precursors. The formation of various regulated and unregulated CX3R-type DBPs from ClO2 pre-oxidation and subsequent chlor (am)ination were studied at a wide-range of ClO2 and chlor (am)ine doses (ClO2/precursors and chlor (am)ine/precursors are at the range of 0-2.5 and 1-20 [Mol/Mol], respectively). Chloroform and chloral hydrate (CH) yields increased with chlorine dose, while haloacetonitrile and haloacetamide maximized at median chlorine dose (Cl2/Precursors = 10). All DBP yields increased with chloramine dose. ClO2 pre-oxidation increased chloroform, haloacetonitrile, trichloronitromethane and CH yields during chlorination, but ClO2 increased chloroform, CH, trichloroacetamide while decreased dichloroacetonitrile and trichloronitromethane yields during chloramination. The overall toxicity of the formed DBPs was evaluated by cytotoxicity index (CTI). ClO2 pre-oxidation increased CTI from all precursors during post-chlorination while reduced it during post-chloramination. Results imply that ClO2 is probably more suitable for use in combination with chloramination disinfection, rather than chlorination, in the integrated control of CX3R-type DBPs from source waters abundant in AAs.
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- Dechang Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Central and Southern China Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd., Wuhan 430010, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Wang W, Qian Y, Li J, Aljuhani N, Siraki AG, Le XC, Li XF. Characterization of Mechanisms of Glutathione Conjugation with Halobenzoquinones in Solution and HepG2 Cells. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:2898-2908. [PMID: 29420883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Halobenzoquinones (HBQs) are a class of emerging disinfection byproducts. Chronic exposure to chlorinated drinking water is potentially associated with an increased risk of human bladder cancer. HBQ-induced cytotoxicity involves depletion of cellular glutathione (GSH), but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here we used ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to study interactions between HBQs and GSH and found that HBQs can directly react with GSH, forming various glutathionyl conjugates (HBQ-SG) in both aqueous solution and HepG2 cells. We found that the formation of HBQ-SG varies with the initial molar ratio of GSH to HBQ in reaction mixtures. Higher molar ratios of GSH to HBQ facilitate the conjugation of more GSH molecules to an HBQ molecule. We deduced the reaction mechanism between GSH and HBQs, which involves redox cycling-induced formation of halosemiquinone (HSQ) free radicals and glutathione disulfide, Michael addition, as well as nucleophilic substitution. The proposed reaction rates are in the following order: formation of HSQ radicals > substitution of bromine by GSH > Michael addition of GSH on the benzoquinone ring > substitution of chlorine by GSH > substitution of the methyl group by GSH. The conjugates identified in HBQ-treated HepG2 cells were the same as those found in aqueous solution containing a 5:1 ratio of GSH:HBQs.
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- Wei Wang
- Department of Environmental Science , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China
- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2G3 , Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2G3 , Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2G3 , Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2H7 , Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2H7 , Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2G3 , Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2G2 , Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2G3 , Canada
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Li XF, Mitch WA. Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) and Human Health Effects: Multidisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:1681-1689. [PMID: 29283253 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 389] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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While drinking water disinfection has effectively prevented waterborne diseases, an unintended consequence is the generation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Epidemiological studies have consistently observed an association between consumption of chlorinated drinking water with an increased risk of bladder cancer. Out of the >600 DBPs identified, regulations focus on a few classes, such as trihalomethanes (THMs), whose concentrations were hypothesized to correlate with the DBPs driving the toxicity of disinfected waters. However, the DBPs responsible for the bladder cancer association remain unclear. Utilities are switching away from a reliance on chlorination of pristine drinking water supplies to the application of new disinfectant combinations to waters impaired by wastewater effluents and algal blooms. In light of these changes in disinfection practice, this article discusses new approaches being taken by analytical chemists, engineers, toxicologists and epidemiologists to characterize the DBP classes driving disinfected water toxicity, and suggests that DBP exposure should be measured using other DBP classes in addition to THMs.
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- Xing-Fang Li
- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta , Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3 Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University , 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Dos Santos ABK, Claro EMT, Montagnolli RN, Cruz JM, Lopes PRM, Bidoia ED. Electrochemically assisted photocatalysis: Highly efficient treatment using thermal titanium oxides doped and non-doped electrodes for water disinfection. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2017; 204:255-263. [PMID: 28888703 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Electrochemically assisted photocatalysis (by electronic drainage) is a highly promising method for disinfection of water. In this research, the efficiency of photolytic oxidation using UV-A radiation and electrochemically assisted photocatalysis (with electric potential of 1.5 V) was studied by using electrodes prepared by thermal treatment and doped with silver, for inactivation of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The Chick-Watson microorganism inactivation model was applied and the electrical energy consumption of the process was calculated. It was observed no significant inactivation of microorganisms when UV-A light or electric potential were applied separately. However, the electrochemically assisted photocatalytic process, with Ag-doped electrode completely inactivated the microbial population after 10 (E. coli) and 60 min (S. aureus). The best performing non-doped electrodes achieved 52.74% (E. coli) and 44.09% (S. aureus) inactivation rates after 60 min. Thus, electrochemically assisted photocatalytic activity was not only effective for the inactivation of microorganisms, but also notably low on electrical energy consumption during the treatment due to small current and low electric potential applied.
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- Andreia Betina Kreuser Dos Santos
- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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