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- Title
Pharmaceuticals in Rivers of Two Regions with Contrasted Socio-Economic Conditions: Occurrence, Accumulation, and Comparison for Ukraine and France.
- Authors
Vystavna, Yuliya; Huneau, Frédéric; Grynenko, Volodymyr; Vergeles, Yuri; Celle-Jeanton, Hélène; Tapie, Nathalie; Budzinski, Hélène; Le Coustumer, Philippe
- Abstract
The goal of our study was to identify pharmaceuticals, their potential sources and consumption level in two different socioeconomic and geographical regions-Bordeaux, France and Kharkiv, Ukraine. These substances were monitored in rivers water during contrasted seasonal conditions with application of passive samplers. The 21 pharmaceuticals (psychiatric drugs: alprazolam, amitriptyline, diazepam, fluoxetine, nordiazepam, carbamazepine, bromazepam; analgesics: aspirin, paracetamol; broncholidator: clenbuterol, salbutamol, terbutaline; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug: diclofenac, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, naproxen; lipid regulator: gemfibrozil; stimulants: caffeine, theophylline) were identified in sites upstream and downstream of urban areas and discharge of wastewaters. Caffeine, carbamazepine, and diclofenac were relatively abundant into the surface water and could be considered as potential anthropogenic markers of wastewater discharges into rivers. A mass balance modeling has been applied to calculate approximate consumption rates for carbamazepine, diclofenac, and caffeine in both regions to assess socio-economic factors linked with pharmaceuticals behavior.
- Subjects
FRANCE; UKRAINE; DRUGS; CARBAMAZEPINE; INDUSTRIAL wastes; ANTHROPOGENIC soils
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2012, Vol 223, Issue 5, p2111
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-011-1008-1