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Screening of pharmaceuticals and hormones at regional scale, in surface and groundwaters intended to human consumption

Authors :
Cécile Cren-Olivé
Emmanuelle Vulliet
TRACES - Technologie et Recherche en Analyse Chimique pour l'Environnement et la Santé
Institut des Sciences Analytiques (ISA)
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL)
Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL)
Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Elsevier, 2011, 159 (10), pp.2929-2934. ⟨10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.033⟩
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2011.

Abstract

International audience; As part of a regional screening to evaluate the risk, for the health of populations, to certain classes of emerging substances, several families of pharmaceuticals and hormones were looked for in waters intended to drinking. Thus, 52 substances were investigated in 71 surface waters and 70 groundwaters. Results indicate that no water was free of pollutants, regardless of its origin (surface or groundwater) and the season of collect. The pharmaceuticals most frequently detected and with the highest concentration levels were salicylic acid, carbamazepine and acetaminophen. Among hormones, testosterone, androstenedione and progesterone were detected in almost all the samples. Globally the groundwaters were less contaminated than surface waters in regards pharmaceuticals frequencies and levels. On the other side, androgens and progestagens were present with comparable frequencies and levels in both compartments. The risk linked to the presence of these substances on human health is discussed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02697491 and 18736424
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Elsevier, 2011, 159 (10), pp.2929-2934. ⟨10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.033⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4ff5afd1b24c8f114c01a6260967ed7c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.033⟩