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18420255

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
This paper reports on a comprehensive reconnaissance of over seventy individual wastewater contaminants in the region of Western Balkan (WB; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia), including some prominent classes of emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, surfactants and their degradation products, plasticizers, pesticides, insect repellents, and flame retardants. All determinations were carried out using a multiresidue analytical approach, based on the application of gas chromatographic and liquid chromatographic techniques coupled to mass spectrometric detection. The results confirmed a widespread occurrence of the emerging contaminants in municipal wastewaters of the region. The most prominent contaminant classes, determined in municipal wastewaters, were those derived from aromatic surfactants, including linear alkylbenzene sulphonates (LAS) and alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APEO), with the concentrations in raw wastewater reaching into the mg/l range. All other contaminants were present in much lower concentrations, rarely exceeding few microg/l. The most abundant individual compounds belonged to several classes of pharmaceuticals (antimicrobials, analgesics and antiinflammatories, beta-blockers and lipid regulators) and personal care products (fragrances). Due to the rather poor wastewater management practices in WB countries, with less than 5% of all wastewaters being biologically treated, most of the contaminants present in wastewaters reach ambient waters and may represent a significant environmental concern.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0048-9697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
399
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
66-77
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Occurrence and fate of emerging wastewater contaminants in Western Balkan Region.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruder Boskovi? Institute, Bijenicka 54, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia. terzic@irb.hr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't