Ten years-snapshot of the occurrence of emerging contaminants in drinking, surface and ground waters and wastewaters from São Paulo state, Brazil

Emerging contaminants have been considered one of the main concerns for ensuring the quality of water around the world. This work presents the results of 10 years of analyses carried out in the state of São Paulo (Brazil) that has the high population density and intense agricultural and industrial a...

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Main Authors: Montagner, Cassiana C., Sodré, Fernando Fabriz, Acayaba, Raphael D., Vidal, Cristiane, Campestrini, Iolana, Locatelli, Marco Antônio Fernandes, Pescara, Igor Cardoso, Albuquerque, Anjaína F., Umbuzeiro, Gisela A., Jardim, Wilson de Figueiredo
Format: Artigo
Language: English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2020
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Online Access: https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/36370
https://doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20180232
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6475-5969
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7697-8492
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3885-9385
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-9475
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-0288
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Summary: Emerging contaminants have been considered one of the main concerns for ensuring the quality of water around the world. This work presents the results of 10 years of analyses carried out in the state of São Paulo (Brazil) that has the high population density and intense agricultural and industrial activities. In this work 58 compounds (9 hormones, 14 pharmaceuticals and personal care products, 8 industrial compounds, 17 pesticides and 10 illicit drugs) were determined from 2006 to 2015 in 708 samples including raw and treated sewage, surface and ground and drinking waters. A preliminary risk assessment for aquatic life protection identified potential risks for caffeine, paracetamol, diclofenac, 17α-ethynylestradiol, 17β-estradiol, estriol, estrone, testosterone, triclosan, 4-n-nonylphenol, bisphenol A, atrazine, azoxystrobin, carbendazim, fipronil, imidacloprid, malathion and tebuconazole. Drinking water criteria were available only for 22 compounds and for them no adverse effects were expected at the concentrations found, except for 17β-estradiol.