Monitoring of the 17 EU Watch List contaminants of emerging concern in the Ave and the Sousa Rivers

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

João C. G. Sousa (Author) Other; Ana Rita Ribeiro (Author) FEUP; Marta O. Barbosa (Author) FEUP; Cláudia Ribeiro (Author) Other; M E Tiritan (Author) FFUP; Manuel Fernando R. Pereira (Author) FEUP; Adrián M. T. Silva (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Science of the Total Environment

Vol. 649

Pages: 1083-1095

ISSN: 0048-9697

Publisher: Elsevier

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InSpeCt - Identifying and interrupting micropollutants of EU concern by using Smart Carbon materials

AIProcMat@N2020 - Advanced Industrial Processes and Materials for a Sustainable North Region of Portugal2020

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00P-JZ1

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.309

Abstract (EN): The occurrence of micropollutants in the environment is a matter of high concern. Some regulations have been published in the last years and a Watch List of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) for European Union monitoring of surface water was launched in the Decision 2015/495, including three estrogens (estrone, El; 17-beta-estradiol, E2; and 17-alpha-ethinylestradiol, EE2), four pharmaceuticals (diclofenac and the macrolide antibiotics azithromycin, clarithromycin and erythromycin), an anti-oxidant (2,6-ditert-butyl-4-methylphenol, BHT), an UV filter (2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate, EHMC), some pesticides (methiocarb and the neonicotinoids imidacloprid, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin and acetamiprid) and two herbicides (oxadiazon and triallate). This study provides the first spatial and seasonal monitoring campaign in the Ave and the Sousa Rivers for the all set of the 17 Watch List CECs (not reported yet for any country), in order to assess their occurrence, distribution, frequency and risk assessment. It also highlights the need of extend the study to other regions and environmental matrices to investigate the occurrence and possible sources of contamination of CECs, aiming to give insights for decision makers to define mitigation strategies for a more sustainable water policy.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13