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Yang Q, Lu T, Zhang Q, Farooq U, Wang B, Qi Z, Miao R. Transport of sulfanilamide in saturated porous media under different solution chemistry conditions: role of physicochemical characteristics of soils. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:11622-11632. [PMID: 38221561 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-31966-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Identification of the transport of sulfonamide antibiotics in soils facilitates a better understanding of the environmental fate and behaviors of these ubiquitous contaminants. In this study, the mobility properties of sulfanilamide (SNM, a typical sulfonamide antibiotic) through saturated soils with different physicochemical characteristics were investigated. The results showed that the physicochemical characteristics controlled SNM mobility. Generally, the mobility of SNM was positively correlated with CEC values and soil organic matter content, which was mainly related to the interactions between the organic matter in soils and SNM molecules via π-π stacking, H-bonding, ligand exchange, and hydrophobic interaction. Furthermore, higher clay mineral content and lower sand content were beneficial for restraining SNM transport in the soils. Unlike Na+, Cu2+ ions could act as bridging agents between the soil grains and SNM molecules, contributing to the relatively weak transport of SNM. Furthermore, the trend of SNM mobility in different soil columns was unaffected by solution pH (5.0-9.0). Meanwhile, for a given soil, the SNM mobility was promoted as the solution pH values increased, which was caused by the enhanced electrostatic repulsion between SNM- species and soil particles as well as the declined hydrophobic interaction between SNM and soil organic matter. The obtained results provide helpful information for the contribution of soil physicochemical characteristics to the transport behaviors of sulfonamide antibiotics in soil-water systems.
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- Qingxin Yang
- Dabieshan National Observation and Research Field Station of Forest Ecosystem at Henan, International Joint Research Laboratory for Global Change Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Ecology institute of the Shandong academy of sciences, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Dabieshan National Observation and Research Field Station of Forest Ecosystem at Henan, International Joint Research Laboratory for Global Change Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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Hu J, Tang X, Qi M, Cheng J. New Models for Estimating the Sorption of Sulfonamide and Tetracycline Antibiotics in Soils. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:16771. [PMID: 36554653 PMCID: PMC9778684 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192416771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Sulfonamides (SAs) and tetracyclines (TCs) are two classes of widely used antibiotics. There is a lack of easy models for estimating the parameters of antibiotic sorption in soils. In this work, a dataset of affinity coefficients (Kf and Kd) of seven SA/TC antibiotics (i.e., sulfachlorpyridazine, sulfamethazine, sulfadiazine, sulfamethoxazole, oxytetracycline, tetracycline, and chlortetracycline) and associated soil properties was generated. Correlation analysis of these data showed that the affinity coefficients of the SAs were predominantly affected by soil organic matter and cation exchange capacity, while those of the TCs were largely affected by soil organic matter and pH. Pedotransfer functions for estimating Kf and Kd were built by multiple linear regression analysis and were satisfactorily validated. Their performances would be better for soils having higher organic matter content and lower pH. These pedotransfer functions can be used to aid environmental risk assessment, prioritization of antibiotics and identification of vulnerable soils.
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- Jinsheng Hu
- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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Mehrtens A, Freund W, Lüdeke P, Licha T, Burke V. Understanding flow patterns from the field - Controlled laboratory experiments on the transport behavior of veterinary antibiotics in the presence of liquid manure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 821:153415. [PMID: 35090912 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The main entry path of veterinary antibiotics to the environment is the application of liquid manure on agricultural land. Along with the manure, they can infiltrate into soils and leach into groundwater. As the environmental behavior of veterinary antibiotics is strongly affected by the process of sorption, the comprehensive knowledge regarding their sorption behavior is key to a reliable risk assessment. However, the flow patterns in field experiments are influenced by several factors that can hardly be distinguished, while most of the sorption studies on veterinary antibiotics were designed without manure or as batch experiments, which means that the effects of manure on the transport behavior of the antibiotic substances remained unaccounted for. In order to understand the results from a previous field experiment and concurrently fill the identified knowledge gap, a column experiment was performed to investigate the effects of manure on the transport of sulfamethazine, sulfadiazine, tetracycline, and lincomycin in soil. Results show that sulfamethazine and sulfadiazine were highly mobile in both the presence and absence of manure, while tetracycline did not appear at the outlet of any column. Despite their high mobility, in the presence of manure the sulfonamides were slightly delayed compared to the conservative tracer as was also seen during the previous field experiment. Lincomycin transport was already delayed in the absence of manure. Furthermore, in the presence of manure, lincomycin was delayed by 4.5 times relative to the tracer, which clearly underlined the influence of manure on the transport of lincomycin and offers an explanation why lincomycin has barely been detected in the long-term field experiment. However, in contrast to the results obtained in the field experiment, the recovery rates were the same in presence and absence of manure for both sulfonamides and lincomycin, probably due to reduced degradation at the applied concentration level.
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- Anne Mehrtens
- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Hydrochemistry Group, Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Brunetti G, Kodešová R, Švecová H, Fér M, Nikodem A, Klement A, Grabic R, Šimůnek J. A novel multiscale biophysical model to predict the fate of ionizable compounds in the soil-plant continuum. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 423:127008. [PMID: 34844334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Soil pollution from emerging contaminants poses a significant threat to water resources management and food production. The development of numerical models to describe the reactive transport of chemicals in both soil and plant is of paramount importance to elaborate mitigation strategies. To this aim, in the present study, a multiscale biophysical model is developed to predict the fate of ionizable compound in the soil-plant continuum. The modeling framework connects a multi-organelles model to describe processes at the cell level with a semi-mechanistic soil-plant model, which includes the widely used Richards-based solver, HYDRUS. A Bayesian probabilistic framework is used to calibrate and assess the capability of the model in reproducing the observations from an experiment on the translocation of five pharmaceuticals in green pea plants. Results show satisfactory fitting performance and limited predictive uncertainty. The subsequent validation with the cell model indicates that the estimated soil-plant parameters preserve a physically realistic meaning, and their calibrated values are comparable with the existing literature values, thus confirming the overall reliability of the analysis. Model results further suggest that pH conditions in both soil and xylem play a crucial role in the uptake and translocation of ionizable compounds.
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- Giuseppe Brunetti
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Institute for Soil Physics and Rural Water Management, Muthgasse 18, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- University of California, Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, CA 92521, USA
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Tang W, Jing F, Laurent ZBLG, Liu Y, Chen J. High-temperature and freeze-thaw aged biochar impacts on sulfonamide sorption and mobility in soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 276:130106. [PMID: 33711795 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Biomass-derived biochar is a carbon-rich product for soil amendment and sulfapyridine (SPY) is a typical sulfonamide of antibiotics in the soil. Amendment with biochar for soil could control SPY sorption or mobility. However, the pristine biochar inevitably goes through the long-term ageing in the environment and the information on such ageing impact on SPY sorption is not fully recognized. The simulated ageing process methods were employed for high-temperature and freeze-thraw climate to treat the biochar for two months in the present study. The batch adsorption of SPY and leaching column experiments were conducted for comparison of the fresh/aged biochar-soil system. The results showed that biochar addition could increase soil pH and saturated moisture, aged biochars own more O-containing functional groups and exhibit higher hydrophilicity and polarity. The sorption mechanism of unamended soil with SPY primarily resulted from the weak hydrophobic distribution. All fresh and aged biochar amended soil increased SPY sorption due to improvement of H-bonding interaction between SPY and biochar surface functional groups, indicating such initiative adsorption was stronger than passive partitioning. It is of importance for us to reconsider that aged biochar-amended soil, especially two-month high-temperature aged biochar-amended soil showed the highest adsorption performance and the lowest desorption capacity towards SPY. Both SPY leaching column experiments and the acid rain leaching tests suggested that the application of biochar in tropical or high-temperature climate regions for organics polluted soil remediation is favorable, but we should be aware of the uncertainty of soil amendment with biochar in cold regions.
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- Wei Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China.
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Biel-Maeso M, Burke V, Greskowiak J, Massmann G, Lara-Martín PA, Corada-Fernández C. Mobility of contaminants of emerging concern in soil column experiments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 762:144102. [PMID: 33360461 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, laboratory column experiments under water saturated conditions were conducted for over 35 days to investigate the transport of nine pharmaceuticals (nadolol, sulfamethizole, sulfamethoxazole, sulfamethoxypyridazine, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, diclofenac, hydrochlorothiazide, and gemfibrozil) and four artificial sweeteners (acesulfame, saccharin, cyclamate, and sucralose) in two soils (S and C) with similar organic carbon content (between 0.8 and 1.1%) and pH (7.90 and 7.25) but different texture (58.3 and 85.5% of silt+clay, respectively). Ibuprofen and artificial sweeteners reached maximum concentrations at the outlet of the columns and showed a homogenous vertical profile in the aqueous phase, with the same concentration in all sampling ports under flow percolation conditions. Regarding carbamazepine and hydrochlorothiazide, apparent retardation was observed for both and was attributed to sorption. Nadolol, a positively charged beta-blocker, did not show any apparent breakthrough. After 35 days, the columns were washed using tap water for over one week. Soils were then analyzed at different depths and vertical concentration profiles were plotted. Overall, highest concentrations were measured in the top most layers for contaminants in the soil column with higher clay content (C), whereas vertical profiles were more uniform in that with lower clay content (S).
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- Miriam Biel-Maeso
- Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cadiz, Campus of International Excellence of the Sea (CEI·MAR), Cádiz 11510, Spain.
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- Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Working Group Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Working Group Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Working Group Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cadiz, Campus of International Excellence of the Sea (CEI·MAR), Cádiz 11510, Spain
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- Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cadiz, Campus of International Excellence of the Sea (CEI·MAR), Cádiz 11510, Spain
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Conde-Cid M, Ferreira-Coelho G, Fernández-Calviño D, Núñez-Delgado A, Fernández-Sanjurjo MJ, Arias-Estévez M, Álvarez-Rodríguez E. Single and simultaneous adsorption of three sulfonamides in agricultural soils: Effects of pH and organic matter content. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 744:140872. [PMID: 32711315 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Veterinary antibiotics reaching the environment have become a matter of global concern, since they can cause serious negative impacts on human and ecological health. Therefore, a deep understanding of their behavior and fate once they reach the soil environment is of utmost importance to design and implement appropriate measures that could reduce their potential risks. With this aim, batch-type experiments were carried out to study competitive adsorption and desorption for three sulfonamide antibiotics (sulfadiazine -SDZ-, sulfamethazine -SMT-, and sulfachloropyridazine -SCP-) in six crop soils presenting different characteristics. The results obtained showed that sulfonamides have a low retention in soils, with average adsorption percentages of 40% for SDZ, 44% for SMT and 54% for SCP, and with desorption percentages up to 36% for SDZ and SCP and up to 29% for SMT. The retention of sulfonamides was strongly influenced by the soil organic carbon content (SOC), with higher adsorption and less desorption associated to higher SOC contents. In addition, the hydrophobicity of sulfonamides also had an influence, as higher hydrophobicity resulted in higher affinity for soils, showing the affinity sequences: SDZ ~ SMT <SCP in acid soils, and SDZ ~ SCP <SMT in neutral soils. The results obtained in the ternary systems were very similar to those found in simple systems, indicating the absence of substantial competition for adsorption sites among the three sulfonamides. Despite the low competition among them, these antibiotics have high mobility in soils and, therefore, they imply a significant risk of contamination of water bodies, as well as of entering the food chain, generating serious hazards for human and environmental health. Therefore, fertilization of soils with sulfonamide polluted manures should be controlled, implementing new measurements for the pretreatment of manures before their application, thus contributing to a reduction of potential risks.
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- M Conde-Cid
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain.
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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Tetracycline and Sulfonamide Antibiotics in Soils: Presence, Fate and Environmental Risks. Processes (Basel) 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/pr8111479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Veterinary antibiotics are widely used worldwide to treat and prevent infectious diseases, as well as (in countries where allowed) to promote growth and improve feeding efficiency of food-producing animals in livestock activities. Among the different antibiotic classes, tetracyclines and sulfonamides are two of the most used for veterinary proposals. Due to the fact that these compounds are poorly absorbed in the gut of animals, a significant proportion (up to ~90%) of them are excreted unchanged, thus reaching the environment mainly through the application of manures and slurries as fertilizers in agricultural fields. Once in the soil, antibiotics are subjected to a series of physicochemical and biological processes, which depend both on the antibiotic nature and soil characteristics. Adsorption/desorption to soil particles and degradation are the main processes that will affect the persistence, bioavailability, and environmental fate of these pollutants, thus determining their potential impacts and risks on human and ecological health. Taking all this into account, a literature review was conducted in order to shed light on the current knowledge about the occurrence of tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics in manures/slurries and agricultural soils, as well as on their fate in the environment. For that, the adsorption/desorption and the degradation (both abiotic and biotic) processes of these pollutants in soils were deeply discussed. Finally, the potential risks of deleterious effects on human and ecological health associated with the presence of these antibiotic residues were assessed. This review contributes to a deeper understanding of the lifecycle of tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics in the environment, thus facilitating decision-making for the application of preventive and mitigation measures to reduce its negative impacts and risks to public health.
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Li J, Zhao L, Huang CH, Zhang H, Zhang R, Elahi S, Sun P. Significant Effect of Evaporation Process on the Reaction of Sulfamethoxazole with Manganese Oxide. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:4856-4864. [PMID: 32202772 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Soil in the vadose zone is an important sink for antibiotics. However, previous studies have examined only the degradation of antibiotics in soil slurry systems, which were largely different from real-world unsaturated soil environments. Whether the same transformation mechanisms apply to unsaturated soil systems has been a question. Here, the degradation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) by manganese dioxide (γ-MnO2) in both suspension systems and evaporation processes were examined. Results show that the slow degradation of SMX in the suspension system can be significantly promoted as the water gradually evaporates. SMX degraded differently in evaporation as compared to suspension systems because of the quenching effect of generated Mn2+. Transformation products of SMX in both systems also showed different toxicity toward Escherichia coli because of different evolutions of intermediates. This study has strong implications for the assessment and prediction of the transformation and fate of antibiotics in natural soil environments.
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- Jingchen Li
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Conde-Cid M, Nóvoa-Muñoz JC, Fernández-Sanjurjo MJ, Núñez-Delgado A, Álvarez-Rodríguez E, Arias-Estévez M. Pedotransfer functions to estimate the adsorption and desorption of sulfadiazine in agricultural soils. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 691:933-942. [PMID: 31326816 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Batch-type experiments were used to study adsorption-desorption of sulfadiazine in 50 crop soils exposed to antibiotic pollution due to the spreading of animal manure or slurry. Adsorption and desorption curves were linear, and were satisfactorily described using the linear and Freundlich equations. The Freundlich adsorption constant (KF(ad)) showed low values (between 0.4 and 9.0 L1/n μmol1-1/n kg-1), which were similar to those of the adsorption constant for the linear model (Kd(ad), between 0.3 and 12.0 L kg-1). Furthermore, the desorption constant for the linear model (Kd(des)) showed higher values than those of Kd(ad), ranging between 1.6 and 29.3 L kg-1, while the values of the Freundlich desorption constant (KF(des)) ranged from 0.10 to 36.8 L1/n μmol1-1/n kg-1. The percentages of adsorption were very variable, ranging from 10 to 87%. The soil characteristics that most influenced adsorption-desorption were those related to soil organic matter (organic carbon and nitrogen contents), as well as the effective cation exchange capacity, and pH. In addition, statistically robust pedotransfer functions were obtained, allowing prediction of adsorption-desorption behavior for sulfadiazine from readily determinable soil parameters, such as pH or organic carbon content.
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- M Conde-Cid
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain.
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Conde-Cid M, Fernández-Calviño D, Fernández-Sanjurjo MJ, Núñez-Delgado A, Álvarez-Rodríguez E, Arias-Estévez M. Adsorption/desorption and transport of sulfadiazine, sulfachloropyridazine, and sulfamethazine, in acid agricultural soils. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 234:978-986. [PMID: 31519107 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Batch-type experiments were used to study adsorption-desorption of three sulfonamides: sulfadiazine (SDZ) sulfachloropyridazine (SCP), and sulfamethazine (SMT), in five crop soils, whereas laboratory soil column experiments were employed to obtain data on transport processes. Adsorption results were satisfactorily adjusted to Linear and Feundlich equations, with R2 values above 0.95. Adsorption followed the sequence SDZ < SMT < SCP, showing higher values for soils with higher levels of organic carbon (OC) content. Conversely, desorption was higher in soils with less OC, and lower in soils with higher OC contents. The temporal moment analysis method gave values for the transport parameters τ and R which were significantly correlated with soil parameters related to organic matter, specifically OC and N concentrations. The higher retention of the three sulfonamides in soils with high organic matter content is a relevant fact, with value when programming management practices in agricultural soils, and specifically in relation to the spreading of animal manures, slurries, or waste containing these emerging pollutants.
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- M Conde-Cid
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Dept. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Sciences, Univ. Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain.
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Shu S, Zhu W, Xu H, Fan X, Wu S, Shi J, Song J. A new method for determination of heavy metal adsorption parameters in compacted clay by batch tests. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 181:114-120. [PMID: 31176245 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.05.087] [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: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Evaluation of adsorption properties of pollutants on artificial or natural clay strata is normally considered in investigations of soil and groundwater pollution. Batch adsorption tests can be used to obtain the adsorption parameters of clay particles; however, the results from these tests are usually very different from the adsorption of actual clay strata. If the adsorption parameters obtained by batch tests are used to directly evaluate the properties of adsorption of pollutants onto compacted clay, the predicted groundwater and soil pollution will be unsafe. Although the column diffusion tests are closer to the actual situation, they may require much more time, and diffusion and adsorption occur simultaneously in tests, making it difficult to accurately determine the adsorption parameters. To solve this problem, batch adsorption and column diffusion tests were conducted using three kinds of clay materials to investigate the mechanism of the differences in adsorption properties of heavy metal on clay particles and in compacted clay. The amount of adsorption per unit particle surface area of clay particles was found to be equal to that per unit pore surface area of compacted clay. A new simplified method was proposed to determine the adsorption parameters in compacted clay. It is easy to use and provide a reference for prediction and evaluation of soil and groundwater pollution.
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- Shi Shu
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China; Jiangsu Research Center for Geotechnical Engineering Technology, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China.
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- College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China
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- School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, 212003, Zhenjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China; Jiangsu Research Center for Geotechnical Engineering Technology, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China; Jiangsu Research Center for Geotechnical Engineering Technology, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China; Jiangsu Research Center for Geotechnical Engineering Technology, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210024, China
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- Hangzhou Ruhr Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 311100, China
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Archundia D, Duwig C, Spadini L, Morel MC, Prado B, Perez MP, Orsag V, Martins JMF. Assessment of the Sulfamethoxazole mobility in natural soils and of the risk of contamination of water resources at the catchment scale. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 130:104905. [PMID: 31234002 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.104905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is one of the antibiotics most commonly detected in aquatic and terrestrial environments and is still widely used, especially in low income countries. SMX is assumed to be highly mobile in soils due to its intrinsic molecular properties. Ten soils with contrasting properties and representative of the catchment soil types and land uses were collected throughout the watershed, which undergoes very rapid urban development. SMX displacement experiments were carried out in repacked columns of the 10 soils to explore SMX reactive transfer (mobility and reactivity) in order to assess the contamination risk of water resources in the context of the Bolivian Altiplano. Relevant sorption processes were identified by modelling (HYDRUS-1D) considering different sorption concepts. SMX mobility was best simulated when considering irreversible sorption as well as instantaneous and rate-limited reversible sorption, depending on the soil type. SMX mobility appeared lower in soils located upstream of the watershed (organic and acidic soils - Regosol) in relation with a higher adsorption capacity compared to the soils located downstream (lower organic carbon content - Cambisol). By combining soil column experiments and soil profiles description, this study suggests that SMX can be classified as a moderately to highly mobile compound in the studied watershed, depending principally on soil properties such as pH and OC. Potential risks of surface and groundwater pollution by SMX were thus identified in the lower part of the studied catchment, threatening Lake Titicaca water quality.
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- D Archundia
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, IGE, Grenoble, France; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), Mexico, D.F, Mexico.; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Estación Regional del Noroeste, Mexico
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, IGE, Grenoble, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, IGE, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, IGE, Grenoble, France; CNAM, Laboratoire d'analyses chimiques et bioanalyses, Paris Cedex 3, France
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- Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Instituto de Hidrología e Hidráulica, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Facultad de Agronomía, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, IGE, Grenoble, France
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Sun K, Sun Y, Gao B, Xu H, Wu J. Effect of cation type in mixed Ca-Na systems on transport of sulfonamide antibiotics in saturated limestone porous media. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:11170-11178. [PMID: 30793247 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04561-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Retention and transport of sulfonamides (SAs) in subsurface can strongly affect groundwater quality. In this work, a range of laboratory batch sorption and column transport experiments were conducted to determine the effect of cation type in mixed Ca-Na systems on the retention and transport of two typical SAs, sulfadimethoxine (SDM) and sulfacetamide (SCA), in saturated limestone porous media. Column experimental data showed divalent cation Ca2+ played a more important role than monovalent cation Na+ in decreasing the transport of only SDM in co-cation systems in the saturated limestone media. Further, in the single-cation (i.e., including either Ca2+ or Na+) system, increasing ionic strength (IS) of either NaCl or CaCl2 had little effect on SCA transport; however, increasing of IS of CaCl2 promoted the retention of SDM in the saturated limestone porous media. This is mainly due to the cation bridging effect of Ca2+ on SDM and limestone. Overall, SDM showed much higher retention in the limestone columns than SCA, which can be attributed to the two SAs' different physicochemical properties. Moreover, limestone showed stronger ability to retain the two SAs than quartz sand. Findings in this study suggest that cation type and the concentration of certain electrolyte (e.g., CaCl2) as well as medium type play an important role in controlling the environmental fate and transport of antibiotics.
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- Kaixuan Sun
- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemisty, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemisty, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemisty, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemisty, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Briones RM, Sarmah AK. Sorption and mobility of metformin and guanylurea in soils as affected by biosolid amendment: Batch and column tests. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 244:19-27. [PMID: 30317086 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Recent classification of metformin as an emerging contaminant warrants assessment of its fate and behaviour in the natural environment especially with land-based application of potentially contaminated wastewaters and biosolids. The present study provided further insight into the sorption mechanisms of metformin and its transformation product guanylurea in soil and upon biosolid fortification. Decreased metformin sorption (12.4%) as measured by the effective distribution coefficient (Kdeff) was observed with biosolids amendment while significant increase (2500%) in guanylurea sorption was calculated. Analysis of co-solute effects confirmed their contrasting sorption mechanisms with the absence of competitive effects in unamended soil. Results of the column tests were in good agreement with the batch sorption studies as the fitted values of retardation factors decreased and increased for metformin and guanylurea, respectively, upon addition of biosolids. The shapes of the breakthrough curves suggest slower desorption rates for both compounds in unamended soil resulting to non-equilibrium conditions and back-end tailings. However, in biosolid-amended soil columns, these tailings were less pronounced resembling equilibrium transport. Results also demonstrated enhanced mobility of both compounds upon biosolids fortification. The non-equilibrium chemical transport model fitted the measured data well (0.975 > r2 > 0.988) especially for unamended soils which suggests the existence of non-equilibrium conditions and rate-limited sorption sites.
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- Rowena M Briones
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
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Latini LA, Indaco MM, Aguiar MB, Monza LB, Parolo ME, Melideo CF, Savini MC, Loewy RM. An integrated approach for assessing the migration behavior of chlorpyrifos and carbaryl in the unsaturated soil zone. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2018; 53:469-475. [PMID: 29624471 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2018.1455353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Chlorpyrifos (O, O-diethyl O-3,5,6-trichloropyridin-2-yl phosphorothioate) and carbaryl (1-naphthyl methylcarbamate) are often applied concurrently as insecticides in food production. The aim of this study was to research their migration behavior in a real environment. We researched the leaching of both pesticides by setting up field lysimeters on a farm with the typical soil used in fruit production today. In order to analyze the variables involved in this process, we performed complementary adsorption studies, we performed complementary adsorption studies using batches and undisturbed soil laboratory columns for both compounds. The results for pesticide transport through the lysimeters showed that less than 1% of chlorpyrifos was recovered in the leachates, while almost 17% was recovered for carbaryl. Having completed the experiment in undisturbed laboratory columns, soil analysis showed that chlorpyrifos mainly remained in the first 5 cm, while carbaryl moved down to the lower sections. These results can be explained in view of the sorption coefficient values (KD) obtained in horizons A and B for chlorpyrifos (393 and 184 L kg-1) and carbaryl (3.1 and 4.2 L kg-1), respectively. By integrating the results obtained in the different approaches, we were able to characterize the percolation modes of these pesticides in the soil matrix, thus contributing to the sustainable use of resources.
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- Lorena A Latini
- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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- a Center for Research in Environmental Toxicology and Agrobiotechnology of Comahue (CITAAC), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Engineering , National University of Comahue (UNCo) , Buenos Aires , Neuquén , Argentina
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Andriamalala A, Vieublé-Gonod L, Dumeny V, Cambier P. Fate of sulfamethoxazole, its main metabolite N-ac-sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin in agricultural soils amended or not by organic waste products. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 191:607-615. [PMID: 29078186 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.10.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Spreading organic waste products (OWP) issued from sewage sludge or manures into soil may disseminate antibiotics with unknown risks for human health and environment. Our objectives were to compare the fate of two sulfonamides, sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and its metabolite N-acetyl-sulfamethoxazole (N-ac-SMX), and one fluoroquinolone, ciprofloxacin (CIP), in an unamended soil, and two soils regularly amended since 1998 with a sewage sludge and green waste compost and with farmyard manure respectively. Incubations of soil spiked with 14C labelled SMX or N-ac-SMX (0.02 mg kg-1) or CIP (0.15 mg kg-1) allowed a quantification of radiolabeled molecules in the mineralized, easily, hardly and non-extractable fractions after 3 and 156 days. Nature of 14C molecules was also analyzed by HPLC in extractable fractions after 3 and 156 days. SMX and N-ac-SMX dissipation was fast and due to i) mineralization (∼10% of recovered 14C after 156 days) or incomplete degradation (production of metabolites), ii) adsorption, even if both sulfonamides present low Kd (<3 L kg-1) and iii) formation of non-extractable residues (NER), representing more than 50% of recovered radioactivity. N-ac-SMX was more mineralized than SMX, and formed more progressively NER, after a step of deacetylation. Adsorption of CIP was fast and formed mainly NER (>72%) whereas its mineralization was negligible. Repeated applications of OWP tend to enhance adsorption of antibiotics and lower their degradation, through the quantity and quality of the built up soil organic matter. If applications of sewage sludge compost favor adsorption and inhibit mineralization, applications of manure boost the formation of non-extractable residues.
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- Aurore Andriamalala
- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- UMR ECOSYS, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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Martínez-Hernández V, Meffe R, Kohfahl C, de Bustamante I. Investigating natural attenuation of pharmaceuticals through unsaturated column tests. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 177:292-302. [PMID: 28314234 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.021] [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: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The growing consumption of pharmaceuticals together with their incomplete removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) implies the occurrence of these compounds in natural water resources. To investigate the natural attenuation of selected pharmaceuticals (caffeine, acetaminophen, sulfamethoxazole, naproxen and carbamazepine) during vadose zone infiltration, unsaturated column (L 26.67 cm, Ø 7.62 cm) experiments, filled with a sandy-loamy soil, were performed using two input concentrations (100 and 1000 μg L-1). The software Hydrus 1D was used to simulate experimental data. Caffeine and acetaminophen were never detected at the column outlet indicating a low environmental concern. On the other hand, attenuation of the detected pharmaceuticals could be reproduced by a combination of retardation and removal approaches. Carbamazepine is among the selected contaminants the most persistent. A dependence of removal rates on input concentrations was detected for sulfamethoxazole (μw from 2.78 d-1 to 1.16 d-1) and naproxen (μw from 1.16 d-1 to 0.63 d-1) attributed mainly to decreased metabolism of microorganisms when a higher input concentration is applied. Two transformation products (TPs) (N4-Acetylsulfamethoxazole and epoxycarbamazepine) derived from sulfamethoxazole and carbamazepine transformation, respectively, were detected during the experiment with the highest input concentration.
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- IMDEA Water Institute, Avda Punto Com, 2, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Unidad de Sevilla, Torre Norte/Plaza de España, 41013 Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
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- University of Alcalá, Geology, Geography and Environment Department, Faculty of Sciences, External Campus, Ctra. A-II km 33.6, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; IMDEA Water Institute, Avda Punto Com, 2, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Park JY, Huwe B. Sulfadimethoxine transport in soil columns in relation to sorbable and non-sorbable tracers. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:12456-12466. [PMID: 26983917 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6449-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this study, miscible displacement experiment and batch sorption experiments were performed with sulfadimethoxine, dye tracer, Brilliant Blue FCF (BB) and a conservative tracer (bromide) to depict, analyse and interpret transport paths of sulfadimethoxine in undisturbed and disturbed soil columns. Batch sorption experiment revealed that sorption potential increased in the order: Brilliant Blue FCF > sulfadimethoxine > bromide. The horizontal spatial patterns of sulfadimethoxine and the tracers were analysed in each depth, and selective samples were taken in horizontal cross-section. Non-adsorbable and conservative tracer, bromide spread more widely into longitudinal and horizontal direction than sulfadimethoxine and Brilliant Blue FCF, since adsorption reduced transversal dispersion of the sulfadimethoxine and dye. In non-stained area, residual concentrations of sulfadimethoxine were relatively lower than in stained areas. Therefore, Brilliant Blue FCF distribution can be used to approximate sulfadimethoxine movement in soil. However, presence of preferential flow networks found in undisturbed soil cores can enhance mobility of sulfadimethoxine and the tracers, due to faster flow velocities and non-equilibrium adsorption. Our findings showed that other dye tracers may also be applicable to identify transport pathways of various organic contaminants, of which physico-chemical properties are similar to those of the dye tracers. Preferential flow should be considered for drinking water managements and transport modelling, since this allows faster pollutants transport from their sources, and create critical consequences for groundwater quality and solute transport modelling.
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- Jong Yol Park
- Soil Physics Group, Division of Geoscience, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
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- Soil Physics Group, Division of Geoscience, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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Park JY, Huwe B. Effect of pH and soil structure on transport of sulfonamide antibiotics in agricultural soils. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2016; 213:561-570. [PMID: 26995452 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We investigated the effect of solution pH and soil structure on transport of sulfonamide antibiotics (sulfamethoxazole, sulfadimethoxine and sulfamethazine) in combination with batch sorption tests and column experiments. Sorption isotherms properly conformed to Freundlich model, and sorption potential of the antibiotics is as follows; sulfadimethoxine > sulfamethoxazole > sulfamethazine. Decreasing pH values led to increased sorption potential of the antibiotics on soil material in pH range of 4.0-8.0. This likely resulted from abundance of neutral and positive-charged sulfonamides species at low pH, which electrostatically bind to sorption sites on soil surface. Due to destruction of macropore channels, lower hydraulic conductivities of mobile zone were estimated in the disturbed soil columns than in the undisturbed soil columns, and eventually led to lower mobility of the antibiotics in disturbed column. The results suggest that knowledge of soil structure and solution condition is required to predict fate and distribution of sulfonamide antibiotics in environmental matrix.
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- Jong Yol Park
- Soil Physics Group, Division of Geoscience, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
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- Soil Physics Group, Division of Geoscience, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Mutavdžić Pavlović D, Ćurković L, Blažek D, Župan J. The sorption of sulfamethazine on soil samples: isotherms and error analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 497-498:543-552. [PMID: 25163651 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this paper, batch sorption of sulfamethazine on eight soil samples (six from Croatia and two from Bosnia and Hercegovina) with different organic matter contents ranging from 1.52 to 12.8% was investigated. The effects of various parameters such as agitation time, initial concentration, and ionic strength on the sulfamethazine sorption were studied. The experimental data were analysed using a one-parameter model, Linear isotherm, and two two-parameter models, the Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms. The goodness of fit was measured using the linear regression and the determination coefficient (R(2)) value. Also, the equilibrium data of the two-parameter models were analysed using the residual root mean square error (RMSE), the sum of squares of errors (ERRSQ), and a composite fractional error function (HYBRID). Non-linear regression has better characteristics for analysing experimental data. The obtained sorption coefficients Kd (from 0.25 to 8.10 mL/g) and the Freundlich sorption coefficients KF (from 1.16 to 7.99 (μg/g)(mL/μg)(1/n)) exhibited quite low values, which indicated that sulfamethazine is weakly adsorbed on the evaluated soils, is highly mobile, and has a great potential to penetrate and pollute the ground water. The Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm was used to estimate the apparent free energy of sorption.
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- Dragana Mutavdžić Pavlović
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Materials, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Materials, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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