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Jin H, Hou J, Ruan Y, Xu J, Yang K, Lin D. Distribution pattern analysis of multiple antibiotics in the soil-rice system using a QuEChERS extraction method. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 944:173929. [PMID: 38871311 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173929] [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: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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Antibiotics are commonly released into paddy fields as mixtures via human activities. However, the simultaneous extraction and detection of these chemicals from multiple media are technically challenging due to their different physicochemical properties, resulting in unclear patterns of their transport in the soil-rice system. In this study, a "quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe" (QuEChERS) method was developed for the simultaneous analysis of 4 tetracyclines (TCs) and 4 fluoroquinolones (FQs) in the soil and rice tissues from a local poultry farm, and thereby the distribution patterns of the target antibiotics in the soil-rice system and their risk levels to the soil were analyzed. After parameter optimization, the calibration range used for the target antibiotics was 0.1-50 μg/L and each calibration curve was linear with a coefficient of determination (R2 > 0.995); The QuEChERS method achieved satisfactory recovery rates (70.3-124.6%) along with sensitive detection limits (0.005-0.21 ng/g) for TCs and FQs in the soil, root, stem, leaf, and grain. Among the 8 antibiotics, enrofloxacin (ENX), ciprofloxacin (CIP), oxytetracycline (OTC), and doxycycline (DOX) were detected around a poultry farm. The four antibiotics in the collected paddy soils around the poultry farm ranged from 7.1 ng/g to 395.5 ng/g. Notably, ENX and DOX had higher ecological risks (risk quotient values >1) than CIP and OTC in soil. ENX, CIP, and DOX were highly enriched in rice roots with concentrations up to 471.9, 857.3, and 547.4 ng/g, respectively, which were also detected in rice aboveground tissues. The findings may provide both technical and practical guidance for the understanding of antibiotic environmental behavior and risks.
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- Hui Jin
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Zhejiang Ecological Civilization Academy, Anji 313300, China.
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Bonaccorso G, Renai L, Checchini L, Del Bubba M. A Novel Apparatus for the Fully Automated Extraction and Online Liquid Chromatographic Analysis of Solid Environmental Samples: Application to the Pressurized Hot Water Extraction of Pharmaceuticals in Soil. Anal Chem 2024; 96:11390-11396. [PMID: 38965040 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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A new self-assembled apparatus for the extraction of solid samples was designed and implemented to perform a recirculated pressurized hot water extraction (R-PHWE) directly coupled to liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. To investigate the potential of this new extraction apparatus, 34 target pharmaceutical compounds were analyzed in loam, silt-loam, and silty-clay-loam soils. The target analytes were characterized by heterogeneous physicochemical properties (e.g., -1.60 ≤ log D ≤ 5.91 at pH = 7.2, i.e., at the mean pH values of the three soils). Design of experiments (DoE) was used to identify the best extraction conditions for the target analytes by studying temperature, pressure, and number of extraction cycles. The results of DoE optimization pointed out the significant influence of the number of cycles on recovery. The application of DoE set point to the three reference soils provided recoveries ≥60% for 21-25 out the 34 target analytes, depending on soil. Good recovery precision (<25%) and moderate suppressive matrix effect (≤40%) were found for most target analytes, regardless of the soil considered. The optimized R-PHWE procedure evidenced statistically higher recoveries for 16 out of 34 target analytes when compared to conventional off-line dynamic PHWE.
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- Giulia Bonaccorso
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Jyoti D, Sinha R. Physiological impact of personal care product constituents on non-target aquatic organisms. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:167229. [PMID: 37741406 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167229] [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: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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Personal care products (PCPs) are products used in cleaning, beautification, grooming, and personal hygiene. The rise in diversity, usage, and availability of PCPs has resulted in their higher accumulation in the environment. Thus, these constitute an emerging category of environmental contaminants due to the potential of its constituents (chemical and non-chemical) to induce various physiological effects even at lower concentrations (ng/L). For analyzing the impact of the PCPs constituents on the non-target organism about 300 article including research articles, review articles and guidelines were studied from 2000 to 2023. This review aims to firstly discuss the fate and accumulation of PCPs in the aquatic environment and organisms; secondly provides overview of environmental risks that are linked to PCPs; thirdly review the trends, current status of regulations and risks associated with PCPs and finally discuss the knowledge gaps and future perspectives for future research. The article discusses important constituents of PCPs such as antimicrobials, cleansing agents and disinfectants, fragrances, insect repellent, moisturizers, plasticizers, preservatives, surfactants, UV filters, and UV stabilizers. Each of them has been found to display certain toxic impact on the aquatic organisms especially the plasticizers and UV filters. These continuously and persistently release biologically active and inactive components which interferes with the physiological system of the non-target organism such as fish, corals, shrimps, bivalves, algae, etc. With a rise in the number of toxicity reports, concerns are being raised over the potential impacts of these contaminant on aquatic organism and humans. The rate of adoption of nanotechnology in PCPs is greater than the evaluation of the safety risk associated with the nano-additives. Hence, this review article presents the current state of knowledge on PCPs in aquatic ecosystems.
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- Divya Jyoti
- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Science, Solan, India
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- Department of Animal Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Das S, Helmus R, Dong Y, Beijer S, Praetorius A, Parsons JR, Jansen B. Organic contaminants in bio-based fertilizer treated soil: Target and suspect screening approaches. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 337:139261. [PMID: 37379984 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139261] [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: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Using bio-based fertilizer (BBF) in agricultural soil can reduce the dependency on chemical fertilizer and increase sustainability by recycling nutrient-rich side-streams. However, organic contaminants in BBFs may lead to residues in the treated soil. This study assessed the presence of organic contaminants in BBF treated soils, which is essential for evaluating sustainability/risks of BBF use. Soil samples from two field studies amended with 15 BBFs from various sources (agricultural, poultry, veterinary, and sludge) were analyzed. A combination of QuEChERS-based extraction, liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry-based (LC-QTOF-MS) quantitative analysis, and an advanced, automated data interpretation workflow was optimized to extract and analyze organic contaminants in BBF-treated agricultural soil. The comprehensive screening of organic contaminants was performed using target analysis and suspect screening. Of the 35 target contaminants, only three contaminants were detected in the BBF-treated soil with concentrations ranging from 0.4 ng g-1 to 28.7 ng g-1; out of these three detected contaminants, two were also present in the control soil sample. Suspect screening using patRoon (an R-based open-source software platform) workflows and the NORMAN Priority List resulted in tentative identification of 20 compounds (at level 2 and level 3 confidence level), primarily pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, with only one overlapping compound in two experimental sites. The contamination profiles of the soil treated with BBFs sourced from veterinary and sludge were similar, with common pharmaceutical features identified. The suspect screening results suggest that the contaminants found in BBF-treated soil might come from alternative sources other than BBFs.
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- Supta Das
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Vergara-Luis I, Bocayá N, Irazola-Duñabeitia M, Zuloaga O, Lacuesta M, Olivares M, Prieto A. Multitarget and suspect screening of antimicrobials in soil and manure by means of QuEChERS - liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:6291-6310. [PMID: 37610438 PMCID: PMC10558387 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04905-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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The present work aimed to develop an accurate analytical method for the simultaneous analysis of twenty-four antimicrobials in soil:compost and animal manure samples by means of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer (UHPLC-QqQ). For this purpose, the effectiveness of two extraction techniques (i.e. focused ultrasound solid-liquid extraction (FUSLE) and QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe)) was evaluated, and the clean-up step using solid-phase extraction (SPE) was also thoroughly studied. The method was successfully validated at 10 μg·kg-1, 25 μg·kg-1, and 50 μg·kg-1 showing adequate trueness (70-130%) and repeatability (RSD < 30%), with few exceptions. Procedural limits of quantification (LOQPRO) were determined for soil:compost (0.45 to 7.50 μg·kg-1) and manure (0.31 to 5.53 μg·kg-1) samples. Pefloxacin could not be validated at the lowest level since LOQPRO ≥ 10 μg·kg-1. Sulfamethazine (7.9 ± 0.8 µg·kg-1), danofloxacin (27.1 ± 1.4 µg·kg-1) and trimethoprim (4.9 ± 0.5 µg·kg-1) were detected in soil samples; and tetracycline (56.8 ± 2.8 µg·kg-1), among other antimicrobials, in the plants grown on the surface of the studied soil samples. Similarly, sulfonamides (SAs), tetracyclines (TCs) and fluoroquinolones (FQs) were detected in sheep manure in a range of 1.7 ± 0.3 to 93.3 ± 6.8 µg·kg-1. Soil and manure samples were also analysed through UHPLC coupled to a high-resolution mass-spectrometer (UHPLC-qOrbitrap) in order to extend the multitarget method to suspect screening of more than 22,281 suspects. A specific transformation product (TP) of sulfamethazine (formyl-sulfamethazine) was annotated at 2a level in manure samples, among others. This work contributes to the efforts that have been made in the last decade to develop analytical methods that allow multitarget analysis of a wide variety of antimicrobials, including TPs, which is a complex task due to the diverse physicochemical properties of the antimicrobials.
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- I Vergara-Luis
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48490, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain.
- Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Basque Country, Spain.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48490, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48490, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
- Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48490, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
- Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48490, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
- Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48490, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
- Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Basque Country, Spain
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Dong Y, Das S, Parsons JR, Praetorius A, de Rijke E, Helmus R, Slootweg JC, Jansen B. Simultaneous detection of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in three types of bio-based fertilizers by an improved QuEChERS method coupled with UHPLC-q-ToF-MS/MS. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 458:131992. [PMID: 37437483 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131992] [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: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) have the potential to contain both pesticides and pharmaceutical residues, which may pose a threat to soils, crops, and human health. However, no analytical screening method is available currently to simultaneously analyze a wide range of contaminants in the complex origin-dependent matrices of BBFs. To fill this gap, our study tested and improved an original QuEChERS method (OQM) for simultaneously analyzing 78 pesticides and 18 pharmaceuticals in BBFs of animal, plant, and ashed sewage sludge origin. In spiked recovery experiments, 34-58 pharmaceuticals and pesticides were well recovered (recovery of 70-120%) via OQM at spiking concentrations levels of 10 ng/g and 50 ng/g in these three different types of BBFs. To improve the extraction efficiency further, ultrasonication and end-over-end rotation were added based on OQM, resulting in the improved QuEChERS method (IQM) that could recover 57-79 pesticides and pharmaceuticals, in the range of 70-120%. The detection limits of this method were of 0.16-4.32/0.48-12.97 ng/g, 0.03-11.02/0.10-33.06 ng/g, and 0.06-5.18/0.18-15.54 ng/g for animal, plant, and ash-based BBF, respectively. Finally, the IQM was employed to screen 15 BBF samples of various origins. 15 BBFs contained at least one pesticide or pharmaceutical with ibuprofen being frequently detected in at concentration levels of 4.1-181 ng/g. No compounds were detected in ash-based BBFs.
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- Yan Dong
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Chabilan A, Ledesma DGB, Horn H, Borowska E. Mesocosm experiment to determine the contribution of adsorption, biodegradation, hydrolysis and photodegradation in the attenuation of antibiotics at the water sediment interface. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 866:161385. [PMID: 36621511 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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To understand the fate of antibiotics in the aquatic environment, we need to evaluate to which extent the following processes contribute to the overall antibiotic attenuation: adsorption to river sediment, biodegradation, hydrolysis and photodegradation. A laboratory scale mesocosm experiment was conducted in 10 L reactors filled with river sediment and water. The reactors were spiked with four classes of antibiotics (fluoroquinolones, macrolides, sulfonamides, tetracyclines), as well as clindamycin and trimethoprim. The experimental-set-up was designed to study the attenuation processes in parallel in one mesocosm experiment, hence also considering synergetic effects. Our results showed that antibiotics belonging to the same class exhibited similar behavior. Adsorption was the main attenuation process for the fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines (44.4 to 80.0 %). For the sulfonamides, biodegradation was the most frequent process (50.2 to 65.1 %). Hydrolysis appeared to be significant only for tetracyclines (12.6 to 41.8 %). Photodegradation through visible light played a minor role for most of the antibiotics - fluoroquinolones, sulfonamides, and trimethoprim (0.7 to 24.7 %). The macrolides were the only class of antibiotics not affected by the studied processes and they persisted in the water phase. Based on our results, we propose to class the antibiotics in three groups according to their persistence in the water phase. Fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines were non-persistent (half-lives shorter than 11 d). Chlorotetracycline, sulfapyridine and trimethoprim showed a moderate persistence (half-lives between 12 and 35 d). Due to half-lives longer than 36 d sulfonamides and clindamycin were classified as persistent.
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- Amélie Chabilan
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; DVGW-Research Center at the Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Torrinha Á, Oliveira TMBF, Ribeiro FWP, de Lima-Neto P, Correia AN, Morais S. (Bio)Sensing Strategies Based on Ionic Liquid-Functionalized Carbon Nanocomposites for Pharmaceuticals: Towards Greener Electrochemical Tools. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12142368. [PMID: 35889592 PMCID: PMC9319828 DOI: 10.3390/nano12142368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The interaction of carbon-based nanomaterials and ionic liquids (ILs) has been thoroughly exploited for diverse electroanalytical solutions since the first report in 2003. This combination, either through covalent or non-covalent functionalization, takes advantage of the unique characteristics inherent to each material, resulting in synergistic effects that are conferred to the electrochemical (bio)sensing system. From one side, carbon nanomaterials offer miniaturization capacity with enhanced electron transfer rates at a reduced cost, whereas from the other side, ILs contribute as ecological dispersing media for the nanostructures, improving conductivity and biocompatibility. The present review focuses on the use of this interesting type of nanocomposites for the development of (bio)sensors specifically for pharmaceutical detection, with emphasis on the analytical (bio)sensing features. The literature search displayed the conjugation of more than 20 different ILs and several carbon nanomaterials (MWCNT, SWCNT, graphene, carbon nanofibers, fullerene, and carbon quantum dots, among others) that were applied for a large set (about 60) of pharmaceutical compounds. This great variability causes a straightforward comparison between sensors to be a challenging task. Undoubtedly, electrochemical sensors based on the conjugation of carbon nanomaterials with ILs can potentially be established as sustainable analytical tools and viable alternatives to more traditional methods, especially concerning in situ environmental analysis.
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- Álvaro Torrinha
- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal;
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- Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Cariri, Av. Tenente Raimundo Rocha, 1639, Cidade Universitária, Juazeiro do Norte 63048-080, Brazil;
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- Instituto de Formação de Educadores, Universidade Federal do Cariri, Rua Olegário Emídio de Araújo, S/N, Centro, Brejo Santo 63260-000, Brazil;
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- Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Bloco 940, Campus do Pici, Fortaleza 60440-900, Brazil; (P.d.L.-N.); (A.N.C.)
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- Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Bloco 940, Campus do Pici, Fortaleza 60440-900, Brazil; (P.d.L.-N.); (A.N.C.)
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- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal;
- Correspondence:
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Sellier A, Khaska S, Le Gal La Salle C. Assessment of the occurrence of 455 pharmaceutical compounds in sludge according to their physical and chemical properties: A review. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 426:128104. [PMID: 34996022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Sludge agronomical reuse is of major interest due to the beneficial contribution of nutrients. However, it implies the introduction of unregulated pharmaceuticals into amended-soils and creates a controversial issue about sludge management. To limit their dissemination, it is essential to identify the compounds of interest and understand their attenuation mechanisms through the sludge processes. This paper summarizes the knowledge on 455 investigated pharmaceuticals among 32 therapeutical categories in amendable sludge matrices. It contributes to enlarging the list of commonly quantified compounds to 305 residues including 84 additional compounds compared to previous reviews. It highlights that sorption appears as the main mechanism controlling the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in sludge matrices and shows the considerable residual levels of pharmaceuticals reaching several mg/kg in dry weight. Antibiotics, stimulants, and antidepressants show the highest concentrations up to 232 mg/kg, while diuretics, anti-anxieties or anticoagulants present the lowest concentrations reaching up to 686 µg/kg. Collected data show the increase in investigated compounds as antifungals or antihistamines, and underline emerging categories like antidiabetics, antivirals, or antiarrhythmics. The in-depth analysis of the substantial database guides onto the pharmaceuticals that are the most likely to occur in these amendable matrices to assist future research.
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- Anastasia Sellier
- CHROME Détection, évaluation, gestion des risques CHROniques et éMErgents (CHROME) / Université de Nîmes, 30021 Nîmes Cedex 01 - FRANCE.
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- CHROME Détection, évaluation, gestion des risques CHROniques et éMErgents (CHROME) / Université de Nîmes, 30021 Nîmes Cedex 01 - FRANCE.
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- CHROME Détection, évaluation, gestion des risques CHROniques et éMErgents (CHROME) / Université de Nîmes, 30021 Nîmes Cedex 01 - FRANCE.
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Moyo B, Tavengwa NT. Critical review of solid phase extraction for multiresidue clean-up and pre-concentration of antibiotics from livestock and poultry manure. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2021; 39:229-241. [PMID: 34732110 DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2021.1989497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The release of antibiotics into the environment from agricultural industries has received tremendous attention in recent years. Nonpoint source contamination of the terrestrial environment by these compounds can result from fertilisation of agricultural soils with manure. The presence of antibiotics and their metabolites in manure may pose a threat to agro-ecosystems. This may result in the emergence of antibiotic resistance bacteria in humans through the food chain and this is a major concern globally at the moment. Therefore, monitoring of manure for antibiotic residues is of vital importance in order to assess the risks of environmental pollution to human health by these drugs. Several sample pre-treatment techniques have been developed for the extraction of antibiotic residues from complex matrices including manure over the years. Despite new developments in recent years in separation science where the common trend is miniaturisation and green approaches, solid-phase extraction is still the most widely used technique in the extraction of antibiotics from agricultural wastes such as manure. In view of this, the aim of this review was to give a critical overview of studies that have been conducted in the past 6 years on the extraction of antibiotic residues from manure employing solid-phase extraction based on Oasis HLB and Strata-X. Adsorption mechanisms of these sorbents were also briefly discussed.
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- Babra Moyo
- Department of Chemistry, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa.,Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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Martínez-Piernas AB, Plaza-Bolaños P, Gilabert A, Agüera A. Application of a fast and sensitive method for the determination of contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater using a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe-based extraction and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1653:462396. [PMID: 34320437 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The inefficiency of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to remove contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) leads to their continuous release to the environment. Consequently, CECs are present at low concentrations in the treated wastewater (TWW), producing unpredicted and unwanted effects on living organisms as they are discharged into water receiving bodies. This work presents a fast and reliable method for the determination of CECs in TWW based on the innovative application of a QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) method for water extraction and determination by sensitive liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry (LC-QqLIT-MS/MS). The scope of the proposed QuEChERS-based method allows the monitoring of 107 CECs, including pharmaceuticals (58), antibiotics (16) and pesticides (33). The proposed method was successfully validated in urban TWW at two concentration levels (50 and 500 ng L-1) and it is a feasible alternative to conventional and time-consuming solid-phase extraction (SPE) methodologies. 89% of the CECs presented mean recovery values in the 70-120% range with relative standard deviations (RSDs) always < 20% (intra and inter-day precision), and limits of quantification (LOQs) in the range 5-500 ng L-1 (89% of the compounds showed a LOQ ≤ 50 ng L-1). The applicability of the method was demonstrated by the analysis of urban TWW samples (7 sampling events). In total, 35 CECs (23 pharmaceuticals, 2 antibiotics and 10 pesticides) were detected in the monitored samples with concentrations ranging from 5 to 677 ng L-1.
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- A B Martínez-Piernas
- CIESOL (Solar Energy Research Center), Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, Almeria 04120, Spain
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- CIESOL (Solar Energy Research Center), Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, Almeria 04120, Spain; Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almeria, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, Almeria 04120, Spain.
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- CIESOL (Solar Energy Research Center), Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, Almeria 04120, Spain
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- CIESOL (Solar Energy Research Center), Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, Almeria 04120, Spain; Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almeria, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, Almeria 04120, Spain
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Brown AK, Ackerman J, Cicek N, Wong CS. Insitu kinetics of human pharmaceutical conjugates and the impact of transformation, deconjugation, and sorption on persistence in wastewater batch bioreactors. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 265:114852. [PMID: 32480005 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The fate of selected common pharmaceuticals and four of their major conjugates in wastewater batch bioreactors was evaluated to determine how treatment plant parameters such as addition of air, and the presence of waste activated sludge (WAS) could influence the removal of parent compounds and conjugates. Under a realistic hydraulic residence time (HRT) for each treatment sub-process of approximately 2 h, acetaminophen and its sulfate metabolite were both rapidly degraded (>99%). Propranolol was sulfated and concurrently removed. Deconjugation of N-acetylsulfamethoxazole and sulfamethoxazole-glucuronide contributed to increases of the parent sulfamethoxazole. Thyroxine was resistant to degradation, while thyroxine-glucuronide was rapidly deconjugated (>90% in <2 h). In the absence of WAS, sorption to suspended solids was another major removal mechanism for acetaminophen, propranolol, sulfamethoxazole, and thyroxine. However, with WAS, concentrations associated with suspended solids decreased for all analytes within 24 h. These results indicate that both conjugation and back-transformation are compound-specific and dependent on parameters such as HRT, addition of microbial content, and suspended solids levels. Therefore, conjugation-deconjugation processes may strongly influence the speciation of pharmaceuticals and their fate in wastewater treatment plant effluents.
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- Alistair K Brown
- University of Manitoba, Department of Chemistry, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- University of Manitoba, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Department of Chemistry, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada; Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, USA; School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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Torrinha Á, Oliveira TMBF, Ribeiro FW, Correia AN, Lima-Neto P, Morais S. Application of Nanostructured Carbon-Based Electrochemical (Bio)Sensors for Screening of Emerging Pharmaceutical Pollutants in Waters and Aquatic Species: A Review. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1268. [PMID: 32610509 PMCID: PMC7408367 DOI: 10.3390/nano10071268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pharmaceuticals, as a contaminant of emergent concern, are being released uncontrollably into the environment potentially causing hazardous effects to aquatic ecosystems and consequently to human health. In the absence of well-established monitoring programs, one can only imagine the full extent of this problem and so there is an urgent need for the development of extremely sensitive, portable, and low-cost devices to perform analysis. Carbon-based nanomaterials are the most used nanostructures in (bio)sensors construction attributed to their facile and well-characterized production methods, commercial availability, reduced cost, high chemical stability, and low toxicity. However, most importantly, their relatively good conductivity enabling appropriate electron transfer rates-as well as their high surface area yielding attachment and extraordinary loading capacity for biomolecules-have been relevant and desirable features, justifying the key role that they have been playing, and will continue to play, in electrochemical (bio)sensor development. The present review outlines the contribution of carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, fullerene, carbon nanofibers, carbon black, carbon nanopowder, biochar nanoparticles, and graphite oxide), used alone or combined with other (nano)materials, to the field of environmental (bio)sensing, and more specifically, to pharmaceutical pollutants analysis in waters and aquatic species. The main trends of this field of research are also addressed.
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- Álvaro Torrinha
- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal;
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- Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Cariri, Av. Tenente Raimundo Rocha, 1639, Cidade Universitária, 63048-080 Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil;
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- Instituto de Formação de Educadores, Universidade Federal do Cariri, Rua Olegário Emídio de Araújo, S/N, Centro, 63260-000 Brejo Santo - CE, Brazil;
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- GELCORR, Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Bloco 940, Campus do Pici, 60455-970 Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; (A.N.C.); (P.L.-N.)
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- GELCORR, Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Bloco 940, Campus do Pici, 60455-970 Fortaleza-CE, Brazil; (A.N.C.); (P.L.-N.)
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- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal;
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Loeffler D, Hatz A, Albrecht D, Fligg M, Hogeback J, Ternes TA. Determination of non-extractable residues in soils: Towards a standardised approach. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 259:113826. [PMID: 31887596 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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After exposure of soils to anthropogenic organic chemicals non-extractable residues (NER) can be formed. The quantitative proportion of a compound which remains non-extractable is operationally defined by the extraction procedure employed and can be quantified only when using isotope labelled compounds (e.g. 14C or 13C). In Germany and the EU, there is no standardised procedure, how to determine NER, especially when different legal regulations apply. Consequently, the comparability of NER data is low. Hence, a major task of this study was the development of a general approach for the quantification of non-extractable residues (NER) in soils using radiotracer analysis. For that, extraction efficiencies were determined for 42 non-labelled organic chemicals spiked onto 3 soils applying a number of extraction techniques and conditions, developing an extraction procedure which provides high extraction efficiencies and a low variability for a broad spectrum of analytes. Additionally, NER generated within soil transformation studies according to OECD 307 using 14C-triclosan, 14C-fenoxycarb and 14C-acetaminophen were analysed using sequential batch extraction and pressurised liquid extraction (PLE). Depending on the extraction procedure used, the NER fraction related to 14C-triclosan in a soil varied greatly between 96% and 28%. In this study a widely universal extraction procedure was developed to improve the comparability of the NER data and limit overestimation of NER, which can be of enormous consequence for the assessment of persistence and environmental risk of organic chemicals. Furthermore, silylation, EDTA-extraction and HCl-treatment were compared regarding a further analysis of NER using radiotracer analysis.
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- Dirk Loeffler
- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany.
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Jansen LJM, van de Schans MGM, de Boer D, Bongers IEA, Schmitt H, Hoeksma P, Berendsen BJA. A new extraction procedure to abate the burden of non-extractable antibiotic residues in manure. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 224:544-553. [PMID: 30836250 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Through agricultural soil fertilization using organic manure, antibiotic residues can accumulate in the environment. In order to assess the risks of environmental pollution by veterinary drugs, monitoring of manure for antibiotic residues is necessary. As manure is a complex matrix, extraction of antibiotics proved to be challenging. In this study, 24 extraction solvents were assessed for the extraction of residues from manure representing ten antibiotics from the antibiotic classes tetracyclines, quinolones, macrolides, lincosamides and sulfonamides. Especially for the tetracyclines and quinolones the extraction solvent selection is critical, due to high fractions of non-extractable residues especially when using aqueous solvents (62-77% and 90-95% respectively when using milli-Q water). In contrast, sulfonamides can effectively be extracted with aqueous solvents. Overall, 0.125% trifluoroacetic acid in acetonitrile in combination with McIlvain-EDTA buffer proved to be the most effective extraction solvent. A longitudinal study pointed out that most antibiotics bind to solid manure particles instantaneously after addition. Trimethoprim is an exception, but because by using the optimal extraction solvent, the optimum fraction of bound residues is desorbed, this does not hamper quantitative analysis when using spiked manure quality control samples. Based on these new insights, the current in-house multi-residue LC-MS/MS method for manure analysis, containing 48 antibiotics, was revised, additionally validated and applied to 34 incurred manure samples.
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- Larissa J M Jansen
- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Livestock Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Martínez-Piernas AB, Nahim-Granados S, Polo-López MI, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Murgolo S, Mascolo G, Agüera A. Identification of transformation products of carbamazepine in lettuce crops irrigated with Ultraviolet-C treated water. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 247:1009-1019. [PMID: 30823329 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Transformation of organic microcontaminants (OMCs) during wastewater treatments results in the generation of transformation products (TPs), which can be more persistent than parent compounds. Due to reuse of reclaimed wastewater (RWW) for crop irrigation, OMCs and TPs are released in soils being capable to translocate to crops. Furthermore, OMCs are also susceptible to transformation once they reach the soil or crops. The recalcitrant antiepileptic carbamazepine (CBZ) and some of its frequently reported TPs have been found in agricultural systems. However, there is no knowledge about the fate in reuse practices of multiple CBZ TPs that can be formed during wastewater treatment processes. For the first time, this work presents a study of the behavior of CBZ TPs generated after a conventional Ultraviolet-C (UVC) treatment in an agricultural environment. The UVC-treated water was used for the irrigation of lettuces grown under controlled conditions. The latter was compared to the fate of TPs generated in the peat and plant by irrigation with non-treated water containing CBZ. A suspect screening strategy was developed to identify the TPs using liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-time-of-flight (LC-QTOF-MS). The results revealed the presence of 24 TPs, 22 in UVC-treated water, 11 in peat and 9 in lettuce leaves. 4 of the TPs identified in peat (iminostilbene, TP 271B, TP 285A-B); and 3 in leaves (10-11 dihydrocarbamazepine, TP 271A-B) were not previously reported in soils or edible parts of crops, respectively. Comparing the TPs found in peat and lettuces derived from both irrigation conditions, no significant differences regarding TPs formation or occurrence were observed. UVC treatment did not contribute to the formation of different TPs than those generated by transformation or metabolism of CBZ in peat or plant material. This research improves the current knowledge on the fate of CBZ TPs in agricultural systems because of reuse practices.
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- A B Martínez-Piernas
- CIESOL, Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, E-04120, Almeria, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera Senés Km 4, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera Senés Km 4, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre, School of Engineering, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- CNR, Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque, Via F. de Blasio 5, 70132, Bari, Italy
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- CNR, Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque, Via F. de Blasio 5, 70132, Bari, Italy
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- CIESOL, Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, E-04120, Almeria, Spain.
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Chen L, Lin H, Li H, Wang M, Qiu B, Yang Z. Influence of filtration during sample pretreatment on the detection of antibiotics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in natural surface waters. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 650:769-778. [PMID: 30308852 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Owing to the ease and effectiveness of removing suspended substances (SSs), filtration has become a universal pretreatment step during water sample preparation. However, it can lead to the underestimation of contaminants if the targets easily associate with the SSs or filters. For the first time, this study comprehensively assessed issues related to filtration for the accurate quantification of 35 typical pharmaceuticals, including 28 antibiotics and seven non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), in water samples by comparing the effects of different filter materials, preservatives, and water matrices on the recoveries. The results showed that some sulfonamides and NSAIDs had an affinity for nylon filters, whereas trimethoprim and macrolides were easily retained on mixed cellulose ester filters. The use of glass fiber filter (0.7 μm) resulted in improved recovery of all the targets. Acidification promoted the adsorption of fluoroquinolones, tylosin, and roxithromycin on SSs, whereas 5% methanol resulted in desorption of macrolides from the SSs and other pharmaceuticals (sulfadiazine, trimethoprim, etc.) from the solid-phase extraction cartridges. Without additional detection of targets adsorbed on the SSs and filters, the addition of appropriate surrogates prior to filtration can help correct the loss.
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- Leilei Chen
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Center for Environment and Water Resources, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Center for Environment and Water Resources, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Center for Environment and Water Resources, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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Determination of organic microcontaminants in agricultural soils irrigated with reclaimed wastewater: Target and suspect approaches. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1030:115-124. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Wang L, Yan L, Liu J, Chen C, Zhao Y. Quantification of Nanomaterial/Nanomedicine Trafficking in Vivo. Anal Chem 2017; 90:589-614. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Liming Wang
- CAS
Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety,
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety,
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The
College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety,
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety,
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- CAS
Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety,
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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Brown AK, Wong CS. Measurement of thyroxine and its glucuronide in municipal wastewater and solids using weak anion exchange solid phase extraction and ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1525:71-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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