Cigarette butts as a source of phenolic compounds for the environment
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-024-33978-4" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-024-33978-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33978-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11356-024-33978-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cigarette butts as a source of phenolic compounds for the environment
Original language description
Cigarette butts (CBs) are small residues with mixed composition. Produced in large amounts, their accumulation in the environment has become alarming. It is possible to classify more than 7000 chemical components generated either in the burning process or when distilled from the tobacco. The aim of this work was to describe the rate of release of phenolic compounds from CBs, to determine the content of these compounds in freshly smoked CBs and to monitor the release of phenols from CBs into fresh natural waters. The kinetics of release of selected phenolic compounds (hydroquinone, resorcinol, pyrocatechol, phenol, guaiacol, o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol) into water was monitored for 48 h. More than 90% of the content was extracted within 10 h for all analytes. The phenolic content was determined in the CBs of five different brands. The total content of phenols determined for each sample of freshly smoked CB was 215–861 µg/CB. For all CBs analysed, phenol, pyrocatechol and hydroquinone were the most abundant analytes, accounting for up to 75% of the content of all phenols determined. Phenol was the most abundant analyte (64.6–267.8 µg/CB) in all analysed samples. The content of pyrocatechol, the second most abundant analyte, was 45.6–221.2 µg/CB and the third most abundant analyte was hydroquinone (41.71–157.5 µg/CB). Monitoring the release of phenols from CBs into fresh natural waters (river, stream, pond) under steady and slight moving conditions showed that the kinetics of release is not influenced by the type of water. On the contrary, the process of decomposition of the released compounds is influenced by the type of water. The maximum concentrations of individual phenols in CBs extracts were comparable to those determined via laboratory extraction, thus indicating that within 72 h, most of the phenolic compounds are released from CBs into natural water. This research provides missing information on the phenolic content in CBs and the rate of release into water. It thus complements previously published information on CBs as a source of environmental contamination. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
ISSN
0944-1344
e-ISSN
1614-7499
Volume of the periodical
31
Issue of the periodical within the volume
30
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
43138-43151
UT code for WoS article
999
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85196268430