Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6318087 | Environmental Pollution | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) enter the soil environment via irrigation with treated wastewater, groundwater recharge, and land application of biosolids. The transformation and fate of PPCP/EDCs in soil affects their potential for plant uptake and groundwater pollution. This study examined four PPCP/EDCs (bisphenol A, diclofenac, naproxen, and 4-nonylphenol) in soil by using 14C-labeling and analyzing mineralization, extractable residue, bound residue, and formation of transformation products. At the end of 112Â d of incubation, the majority of 14C-naproxen and 14C-diclofenac was mineralized to 14CO2, while a majority of 14C-bisphenol A and 14Cnonylphenol was converted to bound residue. After 112Â d, the estimated half-lives of the parent compounds were only 1.4-5.4Â d. However a variety of transformation products were found and several for bisphenol A and diclofenac were identified, suggesting the need to consider degradation intermediates in soils impacted by PPCP/EDCs.
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Authors
L.K. Dodgen, J. Li, X. Wu, Z. Lu, J.J. Gan,