Frequency and use of pharmaceuticals in selected Slovakian town via wastewater analysis

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00706-016-1853-0" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00706-016-1853-0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00706-016-1853-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00706-016-1853-0</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Frequency and use of pharmaceuticals in selected Slovakian town via wastewater analysis
Original language description
The aim of this study was to analyze pharmaceuticals in wastewater from eight selected wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Slovakia. We analyzed 125 pharmaceutical compounds and selected 14 from the most common therapeutic classes, i. e., antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, and clarithromycin), antifungal (fluconazole and clotrimazole), antihistaminic (fexofenadine and meclozine), antithrombotic (dipyridamole), hypertension (eprosartan, telmisartan, and valsartan), analgetics (diclofenac), and psychiatric (tramadol and carbamazepine). The results show the presence of pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater in concentrations ranging from low ng dm(-3) to a few lg dm(-3). The highest maximum concentrations were detected for cardiovascular pharmaceuticals (32.98 mu g dm(-3) valsartan; 17.10 mu g dm(-3) telmisartan) and antibiotics (25.66 mu g dm(-3) ciprofloxacin, 13.98 mu g dm(-3) clarithromycin). We also analyzed the daily load of pharmaceuticals compounds in Slovak WWTPs. The study shows that telmisartan has the highest median load (2270 mg/day/1000 inhabitants) followed by ciprofloxacin (2210 mg/day/1000 inhabitants) in Piest any town.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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)

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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