title: Monitoring of triclosan in the surface water of the Tone Canal, Japan.
abstract: Triclosan, which is used widely as an antibacterial agent, was ubiquitously found in the water samples collected from the Tone Canal, Chiba, Japan. The concentrations of triclosan ranged from 11 to 31 ng/L. Higher concentrations of triclosan were observed in water samples collected from downstream, as compared to in the water samples collected upstream. The daily monitoring of a selected point from where the domestic wastewater inflow occurs showed that the triclosan levels in the water samples ranged from 55 to 134 ng/L; the levels of the loading amounts peaked from 10:00 to 12:00.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8519, Japan. hrggs243@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Iwaki
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Sukeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onodera
mesh_terms: D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors; D014260:Triclosan / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014260:Triclosan