title: Distribution and accumulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and pharmaceuticals in wastewater irrigated soils in Hebei, China.
abstract: This study investigated the occurrence of 43 emerging contaminants including 9 endocrine-disrupting chemicals and 34 pharmaceuticals in three sites in Hebei Province, north China. Each site has a wastewater irrigated plot and a separate groundwater irrigated plot for comparison purpose. The results showed that the concentrations of the target compounds in the wastewater irrigated soils were in most cases higher than those in the groundwater irrigated soils. Among the 43 target compounds, nine compounds bisphenol-A, triclocarban, triclosan, 4-nonylphenol, salicylic acid, oxytetracycline, tetracycline, trimethoprim and primidone were detected at least once in the soils. Preliminary environmental risk assessment showed that triclocarban might pose high risks to terrestrial organisms while the other detected compounds posed minimal risks. Irrigation with wastewater could lead to presence or accumulation of some emerging contaminants to some extent in irrigated soils.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guang-Guo
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Ling-Xiao
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Liang
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Li-Juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D057914:Agricultural Irrigation; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D002224:Carbanilides / Q000032:analysis; D002681:China; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000032:analysis; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis; D011324:Primidone / Q000032:analysis; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000032:analysis; D014260:Triclosan / Q000032:analysis; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000032:analysis; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D002224:Carbanilides; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors; D010118:Oxytetracycline; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D010636:Phenols; D011324:Primidone; D020156:Salicylic Acid; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013752:Tetracycline; D014260:Triclosan; D014295:Trimethoprim; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C009540:triclocarban; C041594:4-nonylphenol; C006780:bisphenol A; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds