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Iakovides IC, Beretsou VG, Christou A, Gkotsis G, Michael C, Mina T, Nika MC, Thomaidis NS, Fatta-Kassinos D. Impact of the wastewater treatment technology and storage on micropollutant profiles during reclaimed water irrigation: A wide-scope HRMS screening in a water-soil-lettuce-leachate system. WATER RESEARCH 2025; 279:123319. [PMID: 40132301 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123319] [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: 11/01/2024] [Revised: 01/27/2025] [Accepted: 02/17/2025] [Indexed: 03/27/2025]
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In recent decades, climate change and global warming have intensified water scarcity, while the growing global population demands have increased. Reclaimed water (RW) has become essential, offering a viable alternative for crop irrigation in line with circular economy principles. However, although RW reuse is crucial for addressing water shortages, the presence of micropollutants still poses a challenge. The potential for micropollutants to be taken up by crops and enter the food chain still raises significant scientific concern. This work studies RW treated by conventional activated sludge followed by sand filtration and chlorination (CAS+SFC-RW) and membrane-bioreactor-treated RW (MBR-RW) in terms of micropollutant concentrations, providing insights into the differences in micropollutant profiles between the two treatments. The results demonstrate that MBR-RW generally exhibits lower cumulative concentrations of target analytes. However, the study also indicates that the storage of RW for irrigation significantly affects the presence of micropollutants, contributing to their degradation, increase or persistence. Soil analysis revealed fewer detectable micropollutants in the topsoil (0-20 cm) compared to RW, likely attributed to attenuation processes, and more micropollutants (both with respect to concentration and number) compared to deeper soil layers. Carbamazepine, 10,11-epoxide-carbamazepine, and telmisartan were found to migrate to deeper soil levels. The analysis revealed 13 micropollutants in lettuce irrigated with CAS+SFC-RW and 8 with MBR-RW, with carbamazepine and sulfamethoxazole being the most abundant. These differences are likely driven by the physicochemical properties of the compounds and plant-specific factors. Leachates examination showed the potential for contaminants to leach through soil, posing a risk for groundwater contamination. The study showed that the presence of micropollutants in RW is not directly associated with their presence in soil or lettuce, underscoring the need for regulatory policies that address not only their presence in RW but their eventual fate within the agricultural and environmental context.
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- Iakovos C Iakovides
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus; Nireas-International Water Research Center, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus; Nireas-International Water Research Center, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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- Nireas-International Water Research Center, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus; Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, P.O. Box 22016, Nicosia1516, Cyprus
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, Athens 15771, Greece
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- Nireas-International Water Research Center, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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- Nireas-International Water Research Center, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, Athens 15771, Greece
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, Athens 15771, Greece
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus; Nireas-International Water Research Center, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus.
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Kodešová R, Švecová H, Klement A, Fér M, Nikodem A, Fedorova G, Rieznyk O, Kočárek M, Sadchenko A, Chroňáková A, Grabic R. Contamination of water, soil, and plants by micropollutants from reclaimed wastewater and sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 907:167965. [PMID: 37866592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167965] [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: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Several studies have shown that plants can absorb various micropollutants. The behavior of micropollutants from wastewater treatment plant resources was comprehensively investigated in raised beds in which either a mixture of vegetables or maize was grown. The beds were either irrigated with treated wastewater or enriched with sewage sludge or composted sewage sludge. Over the year, samples of wastewater, water drained from the beds, soils and plants were analyzed. Of the seventy-five analyzed substances, fifty-four, thirty-three and twenty-seven were quantified in wastewater, sewage sludge, and composted sludge, respectively. Alarmingly, approximately 20 % of the compounds from wastewater were also detected in the solutions leached from the beds irrigated with wastewater (e.g., gabapentin, tramadol, sertraline, carbamazepine, its metabolites, and benzotriazoles). In addition, a gradual increase in the content of four substances (telmisartan, venlafaxine, carbamazepine, citalopram) was recorded in these beds. The compounds from both biosolids used for soil enrichment tended to remain in the soils (e.g., telmisartan, venlafaxine, sertraline, its metabolite, citalopram, and its metabolite). Only four compounds (sertraline and three benzotriazoles) leached from these beds. Uptake of some chemicals (e.g., gabapentin, tramadol, carbamazepine and its metabolite, and venlafaxine and its metabolite) and their accumulation in plant tissues was observed mainly in vegetables grown on beds irrigated with wastewater. However, daily consumption values for edible plant parts and individual compounds did not indicate a direct threat to human health. Results of this innovative study show possible risks associated with the use of these resources in agriculture. Of particular concern is the possible micropollutants percolation towards groundwater, including those for which high sorption and thus low mobility in the soil environment is expected, such as sertraline. Soil and crop contamination cannot be neglected either.
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- Radka Kodešová
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic.
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, 38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, 38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, 38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Biology Centre CAS, Na Sádkách 7, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, 38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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Hong H, Liu C, Li Z. Chemistry of soil-type dependent soil matrices and its influence on behaviors of pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) in soils. Heliyon 2023; 9:e22931. [PMID: 38076171 PMCID: PMC10703727 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2025] Open
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Behaviors of pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) in soil are usually determined by experimental extrapolation of results from separate constitutes to the soil, or from a special soil to other regional soil conditions. However, such extrapolation is problematic due to variations in soil clay mineral and organic matter (OM) compositions with soil types, which dominate the interaction mechanisms of PCs in soil. It is essential to review current literature to enhance our understanding of the soil-type dependent surface chemistry of soil matrices and the environmental behavior of PCs in different soil types. Major types of soils occur globally in parallel to the latitudinal or altitudinal zonation due to regional climate conditions with distinct clay mineral and OM compositions. The soil-type dependent surface chemistry results in variations in retention, distribution, transport, and transformation PCs in soil. The mixture of PCs of different classes usually exhibited enhanced sorption due to the cooperative multilayer sorption on soil constituents, and that of the same class often caused differential adsorption capacity compared to the sorption from single compound due to competitive sorption. PCs preferentially adsorb to a soil component, or to a special soil type, and exhibit notably soil-type dependent sorption affinity, mobility, and dissipation. The soil-dependent surface chemistry of soil is critical to predict the persistence and bioavailability of PCs in soil. In the future, more detailed studies of influence of individual soil factor on the behaviors of PCs and especially the practical field site investigation are required to better understand the sorption, transport, transformation, and ecotoxicology of PCs in typical soil types.
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- Hanlie Hong
- School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, WI, 53144, USA
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Ccanccapa-Cartagena A, Zheng W, Circenis S, Katuwal S, Scott JW. Influence of biosolids and sewage effluent application on sitagliptin soil sorption. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 895:165080. [PMID: 37356773 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Biosolids and sewage effluent application to agricultural fields is becoming a win-win practice as both an economical waste management strategy and a source of nutrients and organic matter for plant growth. However, these organic wastes contain a variety of trace chemicals of environmental concern such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), which may pose a risk to agricultural fields and ecosystems. This work aims to investigate the sorption of sitagliptin on four agricultural soils, evaluate the effects of biosolids and sewage effluent application, and elucidate the main sorption mechanism of the pharmaceutical on soils. The sorption study revealed that the sorption capacities of sitagliptin on different soils were positively related to the contents of soil organic matter and negatively associated with soil pH values. The application of biosolids and sewage effluent decreased the sorption capacity of sitagliptin, which may be attributed to the loading of dissolved organic matter derived from organic wastes. The Freundlich isotherm model demonstrated that the addition of biosolids from 0 to 100 % (W/W) consistently decreased the sorption affinity (Kf) of sitagliptin from 1.69 × 102 to 3.82 × 101 mg(1-n) Ln kg-1. Sewage application at 0, 10, 50, and 100 % (V/V) also reduced the Kf values from 1.69 × 102 to 9.17 × 101 mg(1-n) Ln kg-1. Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR)-Infrared (IR) spectroscopy analyses suggested that electrostatic interactions between carbonyl and amino groups of sitagliptin and the negatively charged soil surface are the main sorption mechanisms. In a co-solute system, the sorption affinity of sitagliptin on the soil decreased with increasing metformin concentrations, suggesting that competitive sorption may reduce the sorption capacity of individual contaminants in soil systems containing multiple PPCPs.
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- Alexander Ccanccapa-Cartagena
- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, United States.
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- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, United States
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- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, United States
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- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, United States
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- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, United States
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Menacherry SPM, Kodešová R, Švecová H, Klement A, Fér M, Nikodem A, Grabic R. Selective accumulation of pharmaceutical residues from 6 different soils by plants: a comparative study on onion, radish, and spinach. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:54160-54176. [PMID: 36869956 PMCID: PMC10119051 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26102-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The accumulation of six pharmaceuticals of different therapeutic uses has been thoroughly investigated and compared between onion, spinach, and radish plants grown in six soil types. While neutral molecules (e.g., carbamazepine (CAR) and some of its metabolites) were efficiently accumulated and easily translocated to the plant leaves (onion > radish > spinach), the same for ionic (both anionic and cationic) molecules seems to be minor to moderate. The maximum accumulation of CAR crosses 38,000 (onion), 42,000 (radish), and 7000 (spinach) ng g-1 (dry weight) respectively, in which the most majority of them happened within the plant leaves. Among the metabolites, the accumulation of carbamazepine 10,11-epoxide (EPC - a primary CAR metabolite) was approximately 19,000 (onion), 7000 (radish), and 6000 (spinach) ng g-1 (dry weight) respectively. This trend was considerably similar even when all these pharmaceuticals applied together. The accumulation of most other molecules (e.g., citalopram, clindamycin, clindamycin sulfoxide, fexofenadine, irbesartan, and sulfamethoxazole) was restricted to plant roots, except for certain cases (e.g., clindamycin and clindamycin sulfoxide in onion leaves). Our results clearly demonstrated the potential role of this accumulation process on the entrance of pharmaceuticals/metabolites into the food chain, which eventually becomes a threat to associated living biota.
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- Sunil Paul M Menacherry
- Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, 38925, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 16500, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, 38925, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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Kodešová R, Fedorova G, Kodeš V, Kočárek M, Rieznyk O, Fér M, Švecová H, Klement A, Bořík A, Nikodem A, Grabic R. Assessment of potential mobility of selected micropollutants in agricultural soils of the Czech Republic using their sorption predicted from soil properties. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 865:161174. [PMID: 36586677 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The sorption of organic contaminants in soils and sediment is a crucial factor affecting their mobility in the vadose zone environment. The Freundlich sorption isotherms were evaluated for eleven micropollutants and eight soils. The highest Freundlich sorption coefficients, KF, were obtained for triclosan (324 ± 153 cm3/nμg1-1/ng-1) followed by sertraline (120 ± 74), venlafaxine (74.3 ± 41.2), telmisartan (33.3 ± 13.6), atorvastatin (8.66 ± 4.78), bisphenol S (8.03 ± 4.87), lamotrigine (6.92 ± 3.02), 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid (3.77 ± 2.25), memantine (3.42 ± 1.64), 1-methyl-1H-benzotriazole (2.05 ± 0.99), and valsartan (0.88 ± 0.89). The KF values for the individual compounds were correlated with soil properties. Multiple linear regressions were used to derive equations for predicting the KF values using the soil properties. The first set of equations contained mainly properties with the strongest correlations with the KF values, e.g., a base cation saturation for positively charged compounds or a hydrolytic acidity for negatively charged compounds. The second set of equations contained properties included in the map of agricultural soils of the Czech Republic. These equations always indicated positive correlations with oxidizable organic carbon and clay content. They also included either a negative or positive correlation with pHKCl. A positive correlation with pHKCl was obtained for venlafaxine, memantine, and sertraline, which were mostly positively charged. A negative correlation with pHKCl was obtained for the remaining compounds. The second set of equations, the soil map, and the database of soil properties were used to predict the KF value distributions within the Czech agricultural soils. It resulted in similar KF distributions' patterns for valsartan, lamotrigine, atorvastatin, and telmisartan (with a positive correlation between KF and hydrolytic acidity), which considerably differed from the KF patterns for the other compounds. These maps were used to delineate areas with a leaching potential of the compounds toward groundwater that will serve as a tool for assessing a potential groundwater vulnerability.
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- Radka Kodešová
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Na Šabatce 2050/17, CZ-14306 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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Hu J, Tang X, Qi M, Cheng J. New Models for Estimating the Sorption of Sulfonamide and Tetracycline Antibiotics in Soils. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:16771. [PMID: 36554653 PMCID: PMC9778684 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192416771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Sulfonamides (SAs) and tetracyclines (TCs) are two classes of widely used antibiotics. There is a lack of easy models for estimating the parameters of antibiotic sorption in soils. In this work, a dataset of affinity coefficients (Kf and Kd) of seven SA/TC antibiotics (i.e., sulfachlorpyridazine, sulfamethazine, sulfadiazine, sulfamethoxazole, oxytetracycline, tetracycline, and chlortetracycline) and associated soil properties was generated. Correlation analysis of these data showed that the affinity coefficients of the SAs were predominantly affected by soil organic matter and cation exchange capacity, while those of the TCs were largely affected by soil organic matter and pH. Pedotransfer functions for estimating Kf and Kd were built by multiple linear regression analysis and were satisfactorily validated. Their performances would be better for soils having higher organic matter content and lower pH. These pedotransfer functions can be used to aid environmental risk assessment, prioritization of antibiotics and identification of vulnerable soils.
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- Jinsheng Hu
- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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Mutavdžić Pavlović D, Tolić Čop K, Barbir V, Gotovuša M, Lukač I, Lozančić A, Runje M. Sorption of cefdinir, memantine, praziquantel and trimethoprim in sediment and soil samples. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:66841-66857. [PMID: 35513615 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20398-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The everyday use of various pharmaceuticals to treat humans or animals means that they are increasingly found in the environment. Contamination of the soil can cause the active ingredients to be strongly sorbed to the soil or sediment. In the worst case, they can also be expected to occur in the aquatic environment due to their different polarity. In this study, four drugs from different therapeutic classes (trimetoprim, memantine, cefdinir, praziquantel) were used in dissolved form in two sediment and three soil samples to obtain data that can describe their fate and behavior in the environment. The sorption affinities of the pharmaceuticals were described using linear, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich sorption isotherms. The highest Kd values were obtained for cefdinir, while memantine and praziquantel tended to be present in water due to their very low sorption coefficients. The studied influence of pH showed a negative trend for memantine and trimetoprim, while an increase in ionic strength resulted in higher Kd values for all drugs. The sorption mechanism for all tested samples was best described by the pseudo-secondary kinetic model (R2 > 0.9999).
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- Dragana Mutavdžić Pavlović
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Grabic R, Ivanová L, Kodešová R, Grabicová K, Vojs Staňová A, Imreová Z, Drtil M, Bodík I. Desorption of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs from different stabilized sludge types across pH. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 220:118651. [PMID: 35635925 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118651] [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: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Pharmaceutical and illicit drug residues in sewage sludge may present important risks following direct application to agricultural soils, potentially resulting in uptake by plants. Leaching/desorption tests were performed on different types of stabilized sewage sludge originating from multiple treatment technologies in the Slovak Republic. Acid rain and base-rich condition of soil with different pH conditions were simulated to model the effect of widely varying pH (pH 2, 4, 7, 9, and 12) on the leaching/desorption of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs. Twenty-nine of 93 target analytes were found above the limit of quantification in sludge or associated leachates. Total desorbed amounts of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs ranged from 810 to 4000 µg/kg, and 110 to 3600 µg/kg of the dry mass of anaerobic and aerobic sludge, respectively. Desorbed fractions were calculated as these values are normalized to initial sludge concentration and, therefore, were more suitable for qualitative description of the behavior of individual compounds. Using principal component analysis, qualitative analysis of the desorbed fraction confirmed the differences among sludge types, pharmaceuticals, and desorption pH. Desorbed fractions could not be related to the octanol/water distribution coefficient. Desorbed fractions also did not reflect the expected ionization of studied molecules unless converted into their relative values. Generally, the lowest mobility was observed within the environmentally relevant pH range of 4-9, and high pH generally resulted in high desorption, especially in anaerobically stabilized sludges.
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- Roman Grabic
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic.
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- Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, 16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic; Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Wu L, Li Y, Kong X, Zhu X. Mechanism evolution and prediction of carbamazepine sorption by mangrove plant residue-derived biochars. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2022; 51:745-754. [PMID: 35460589 DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A mechanism for carbamazepine (CBZ) sorption by mangrove plant residue-derived biochars pyrolyzed at 200-700 °C (referred as MPR200-MPR700) was elucidated in this study. The experimental results demonstrated that the dominant sorption mechanism of biochars for CBZ was evolved from partition to adsorption with increasing pyrolysis temperature. The CBZ concentration-dependent contributions of partition and adsorption were controlled by the relative noncarbonized and carbonized fractions of biochars. The partition medium changed from a polymeric aliphatic fraction (mangrove plant residue [MPR]200-MPR400) to a more condensed aromatic phase (MPR500-MPR600), which made the partition less favorable. Meanwhile, the adsorption was selectively regulated by polarity (MPR200-MPR300) and porosity (MPR400-MPR700) for different biochars. A pragmatic model including the sorbent aromaticity index (H/C) was put forward to predict CBZ sorption to MPR200-MPR700 and other carbonaceous materials reported in the literature. The findings can be helpful in understanding CBZ-biochar interactions and developing effective sorbents (such as biochars) for pollutant sequestration.
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- Lin Wu
- Key Laboratorty of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources, National Research Center for Geoanalysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China
- China Geological Survey and Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Groundwater Contamination and Remediation, Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China
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- China Geological Survey and Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Groundwater Contamination and Remediation, Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China
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- China Geological Survey and Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Groundwater Contamination and Remediation, Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China
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- Key Laboratorty of Eco-Geochemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources, National Research Center for Geoanalysis (NRCGA), Beijing, 100037, China
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Rebelo P, Pacheco JG, Voroshylova IV, Seguro I, Cordeiro MNDS, Delerue-Matos C. Computational Modelling and Sustainable Synthesis of a Highly Selective Electrochemical MIP-Based Sensor for Citalopram Detection. Molecules 2022; 27:3315. [PMID: 35630794 PMCID: PMC9143463 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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A novel molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) has been developed based on a simple and sustainable strategy for the selective determination of citalopram (CTL) using screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs). The MIP layer was prepared by electrochemical in situ polymerization of the 3-amino-4 hydroxybenzoic acid (AHBA) functional monomer and CTL as a template molecule. To simulate the polymerization mixture and predict the most suitable ratio between the template and functional monomer, computational studies, namely molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, were carried out. During the experimental preparation process, essential parameters controlling the performance of the MIP sensor, including CTL:AHBA concentration, number of polymerization cycles, and square wave voltammetry (SWV) frequency were investigated and optimized. The electrochemical characteristics of the prepared MIP sensor were evaluated by both cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. Based on the optimal conditions, a linear electrochemical response of the sensor was obtained by SWV measurements from 0.1 to 1.25 µmol L-1 with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.162 µmol L-1 (S/N = 3). Moreover, the MIP sensor revealed excellent CTL selectivity against very close analogues, as well as high imprinting factor of 22. Its applicability in spiked river water samples demonstrated its potential for adequate monitoring of CTL. This sensor offers a facile strategy to achieve portability while expressing a willingness to care for the environment.
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- Patrícia Rebelo
- REQUIMTE, LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal; (P.R.); (I.S.); (C.D.-M.)
- REQUIMTE, LAQV, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4619-007 Porto, Portugal;
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- REQUIMTE, LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal; (P.R.); (I.S.); (C.D.-M.)
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- REQUIMTE, LAQV, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4619-007 Porto, Portugal;
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- REQUIMTE, LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal; (P.R.); (I.S.); (C.D.-M.)
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- REQUIMTE, LAQV, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4619-007 Porto, Portugal;
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- REQUIMTE, LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal; (P.R.); (I.S.); (C.D.-M.)
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Brunetti G, Kodešová R, Švecová H, Fér M, Nikodem A, Klement A, Grabic R, Šimůnek J. A novel multiscale biophysical model to predict the fate of ionizable compounds in the soil-plant continuum. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 423:127008. [PMID: 34844334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127008] [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: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Soil pollution from emerging contaminants poses a significant threat to water resources management and food production. The development of numerical models to describe the reactive transport of chemicals in both soil and plant is of paramount importance to elaborate mitigation strategies. To this aim, in the present study, a multiscale biophysical model is developed to predict the fate of ionizable compound in the soil-plant continuum. The modeling framework connects a multi-organelles model to describe processes at the cell level with a semi-mechanistic soil-plant model, which includes the widely used Richards-based solver, HYDRUS. A Bayesian probabilistic framework is used to calibrate and assess the capability of the model in reproducing the observations from an experiment on the translocation of five pharmaceuticals in green pea plants. Results show satisfactory fitting performance and limited predictive uncertainty. The subsequent validation with the cell model indicates that the estimated soil-plant parameters preserve a physically realistic meaning, and their calibrated values are comparable with the existing literature values, thus confirming the overall reliability of the analysis. Model results further suggest that pH conditions in both soil and xylem play a crucial role in the uptake and translocation of ionizable compounds.
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- Giuseppe Brunetti
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Institute for Soil Physics and Rural Water Management, Muthgasse 18, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- University of California, Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, CA 92521, USA
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Silva TS, Araújo de Medeiros RDC, Silva DV, de Freitas Souza M, das Chagas PSF, Lins HA, da Silva CC, Souza CMM, Mendonça V. Interaction between herbicides applied in mixtures alters the conception of its environmental impact. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:15127-15143. [PMID: 34628609 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16644-x] [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: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Herbicide mixtures have often been used to control weeds in crops worldwide, but the behavior of these mixtures in the environment is still poorly understood. Laboratory and greenhouse tests have been conducted to study the interaction of the herbicides diuron, hexazinone, and sulfometuron-methyl which have been applied alone and in binary and ternary mixtures in the processes of sorption, desorption, half-life, and leaching in the soil. A new index of the risk of leaching of these herbicides has also been proposed. The sorption and desorption study has been carried out by the batch equilibrium method. The dissipation of the herbicides has been evaluated for 180 days to determine the half-life (t1/2). The leaching tests have been carried out on soil columns. The herbicides isolated and in mixtures have been quantified using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to the mass spectrometer. Diuron, hexazinone, and sulfometuron-methyl in binary and ternary mixtures have less sorption capacity and greater desorption when compared to these isolated herbicides. Dissipation of diuron alone is slower, with a half-life (t1/2) = 101 days compared to mixtures (t1/2 between 44 and 66 days). For hexazinone and sulfometuron-methyl, the dissipation rate is lower in mixtures (t1/2 over 26 and 16 days), with a more pronounced effect in mixtures with the presence of diuron (t1/2 = 47 and 56 and 17 and 22 days). The binary and ternary mixtures of diuron, hexazinone, and sulfometuron-methyl promoted more significant transport in depth (with the three herbicides quantified to depth P4, P7, and P7, respectively) compared to the application of these isolated herbicides (quantified to depth P2, P4, and P5). Considering the herbicides' desorption and solubility, the new index proposed to estimate the leaching potential allowed a more rigorous assessment concerning the risk of leaching these pesticides, with hexazinone and sulfometuron-methyl presenting a higher risk of contamination of groundwater.
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- Tatiane Severo Silva
- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil.
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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- Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Costa e Silva, Mailbox: 137, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, CEP 59625-900, Brazil
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Espinosa-Ortiz EJ, Rene ER, Gerlach R. Potential use of fungal-bacterial co-cultures for the removal of organic pollutants. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 42:361-383. [PMID: 34325585 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1940831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Fungi and bacteria coexist in a wide variety of natural and artificial environments which can lead to their association and interaction - ranging from antagonism to cooperation - that can affect the survival, colonization, spatial distribution and stress resistance of the interacting partners. The use of polymicrobial cultivation approaches has facilitated a more thorough understanding of microbial dynamics in mixed microbial communities, such as those composed of fungi and bacteria, and their influence on ecosystem functions. Mixed (multi-domain) microbial communities exhibit unique associations and interactions that could result in more efficient systems for the degradation and removal of organic pollutants. Several previous studies have reported enhanced biodegradation of certain pollutants when using combined fungal-bacterial treatments compared to pure cultures or communities of either fungi or bacteria (single domain systems). This article reviews: (i) the mechanisms of pollutant degradation that can occur in fungal-bacterial systems (e.g.: co-degradation, production of secondary metabolites, enhancement of degradative enzyme production, and transport of bacteria by fungal mycelia); (ii) case studies using fungal-bacterial co-cultures for the removal of various organic pollutants (synthetic dyes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, and other trace or volatile organic compounds) in different environmental matrices (e.g. water, gas/vapors, soil); (iii) the key aspects of engineering artificial fungal-bacterial co-cultures, and (iv) the current challenges and future perspectives of using fungal-bacterial co-cultures for environmental remediation.
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- Erika J Espinosa-Ortiz
- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Department of Water Supply, Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, 2601DA Delft, The Netherlands
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- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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Brunetti G, Kodešová R, Švecová H, Fér M, Nikodem A, Klement A, Grabic R, Šimůnek J. On the Use of Mechanistic Soil-Plant Uptake Models: A Comprehensive Experimental and Numerical Analysis on the Translocation of Carbamazepine in Green Pea Plants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:2991-3000. [PMID: 33587851 PMCID: PMC8023655 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Food contamination is a major worldwide risk for human health. Dynamic plant uptake of pollutants from contaminated environments is the preferred pathway into the human and animal food chain. Mechanistic models represent a fundamental tool for risk assessment and the development of mitigation strategies. However, difficulty in obtaining comprehensive observations in the soil-plant continuum hinders their calibration, undermining their generalizability and raising doubts about their widespread applicability. To address these issues, a Bayesian probabilistic framework is used, for the first time, to calibrate and assess the predictive uncertainty of a mechanistic soil-plant model against comprehensive observations from an experiment on the translocation of carbamazepine in green pea plants. Results demonstrate that the model can reproduce the dynamics of water flow and solute reactive transport in the soil-plant domain accurately and with limited uncertainty. The role of different physicochemical processes in bioaccumulation of carbamazepine in fruits is investigated through Global Sensitivity Analysis, which shows how soil hydraulic properties and soil solute sorption regulate transpiration streams and bioavailability of carbamazepine. Overall, the analysis demonstrates the usefulness of mechanistic models and proposes a comprehensive numerical framework for their assessment and use.
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- Giuseppe Brunetti
- Institute
for Soil Physics and Rural
Water Management, University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Muthgasse 18, 1180 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty
of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science
and Soil Protection, Czech University of
Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Faculty
of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center
of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty
of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science
and Soil Protection, Czech University of
Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Faculty
of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science
and Soil Protection, Czech University of
Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Faculty
of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science
and Soil Protection, Czech University of
Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Faculty
of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center
of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Environmental Sciences, University of
California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Mojiri A, Baharlooeian M, Kazeroon RA, Farraji H, Lou Z. Removal of Pharmaceutical Micropollutants with Integrated Biochar and Marine Microalgae. Microorganisms 2020; 9:E4. [PMID: 33375001 PMCID: PMC7822045 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Using microalgae to remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) micropollutants (MPs) have attracted considerable interest. However, high concentrations of persistent PPCPs can reduce the performance of microalgae in remediating PPCPs. Three persistent PPCPs, namely, carbamazepine (CBZ), sulfamethazine (SMT) and tramadol (TRA), were treated with a combination of Chaetoceros muelleri and biochar in a photobioreactor during this study. Two reactors were run. The first reactor comprised Chaetoceros muelleri, as the control, and the second reactor comprised Chaetoceros muelleri and biochar. The second reactor showed a better performance in removing PPCPs. Through the response surface methodology, 68.9% (0.330 mg L-1) of CBZ, 64.8% (0.311 mg L-1) of SMT and 69.3% (0.332 mg L-1) of TRA were removed at the initial concentrations of MPs (0.48 mg L-1) and contact time of 8.1 days. An artificial neural network was used in optimising elimination efficiency for each MP. The rational mean squared errors and high R2 values showed that the removal of PPCPs was optimised. Moreover, the effects of PPCPs concentration (0-100 mg L-1) on Chaetoceros muelleri were studied. Low PPCP concentrations (<40 mg L-1) increased the amounts of chlorophyll and proteins in the microalgae. However, cell viability, chlorophyll and protein contents dramatically decreased with increasing PPCPs concentrations (>40 mg L-1).
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- Amin Mojiri
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Advance Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Oceanography, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khorramshahr 669, Iran;
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China;
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand;
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
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Kodešová R, Chroňáková A, Grabicová K, Kočárek M, Schmidtová Z, Frková Z, Vojs Staňová A, Nikodem A, Klement A, Fér M, Grabic R. How microbial community composition, sorption and simultaneous application of six pharmaceuticals affect their dissipation in soils. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 746:141134. [PMID: 32768780 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Pharmaceuticals may enter soils due to the application of treated wastewater or biosolids. Their leakage from soils towards the groundwater, and their uptake by plants is largely controlled by sorption and degradation of those compounds in soils. Standard laboratory batch degradation and sorption experiments were performed using soil samples obtained from the top horizons of seven different soil types and 6 pharmaceuticals (carbamazepine, irbesartan, fexofenadine, clindamycin and sulfamethoxazole), which were applied either as single-solute solutions or as mixtures (not for sorption). The highest dissipation half-lives were observed for citalopram (average DT50,S for a single compound of 152 ± 53.5 days) followed by carbamazepine (106.0 ± 17.5 days), irbesartan (24.4 ± 3.5 days), fexofenadine (23.5 ± 20.9 days), clindamycin (10.8 ± 4.2 days) and sulfamethoxazole (9.6 ± 2.0 days). The simultaneous application of all compounds increased the half-lives (DT50,M) of all compounds (particularly carbamazepine, citalopram, fexofenadine and irbesartan), which is likely explained by the negative impact of antibiotics (sulfamethoxazole and clindamycin) on soil microbial community. However, this trend was not consistent in all soils. In several cases, the DT50,S values were even higher than the DT50,M values. Principal component analyses showed that while knowledge of basic soil properties determines grouping of soils according sorption behavior, knowledge of the microbial community structure could be used to group soils according to the dissipation behavior of tested compounds in these soils. The derived multiple linear regression models for estimating dissipation half-lives (DT50,S) for citalopram, clindamycin, fexofenadine, irbesartan and sulfamethoxazole always included at least one microbial factor (either amount of phosphorus in microbial biomass or microbial biomarkers derived from phospholipid fatty acids) that deceased half-lives (i.e., enhanced dissipations). Equations for citalopram, clindamycin, fexofenadine and sulfamethoxazole included the Freundlich sorption coefficient, which likely increased half-lives (i.e., prolonged dissipations).
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Affiliation(s)
- Radka Kodešová
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
| | - Alica Chroňáková
- Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
| | - Kateřina Grabicová
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
| | - Martin Kočárek
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - Zuzana Schmidtová
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - Zuzana Frková
- Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, L-1359, Luxembourg
| | - Andrea Vojs Staňová
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic; Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ilkovičova 6, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - Antonín Nikodem
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - Aleš Klement
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - Miroslav Fér
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Kamýcká 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - Roman Grabic
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, CZ-38925 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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