A state-of-the-art wide-scope target screening of 2,362 chemicals and their transformation products (TPs) was performed in samples collected within the Joint Danube Survey 4 (JDS4) performed in 2019. The analysed contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) included three major categories: plant protection products (PPPs), industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). In total, 586 CECs were detected in the samples including 158 PPPs, 71 industrial chemicals, 348 PPCPs, and 9 other chemicals. A wide-variety of sample matrices were collected including influent and effluent wastewater, groundwater, river water, sediment and biota. Forty-five CECs (19 PPPs, 8 industrial chemicals, 18 PPCPs) were detected at levels above their ecotoxicological thresholds (lowest predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC) values) in one or more of the investigated environmental compartments, indicating potential adverse effects on the impacted ecosystems.
NG Kelsey;
ALYGIZAKIS Nikiforos;
NIKA Maria-Christina;
GALANI Aikaterini;
OSWALD Peter;
OSWALDOVA Martina;
CIRKA Lubos;
KUNKEL Uwe;
MACHERIUS Andre;
SENGL Manfred;
MARIANI Giulio;
TAVAZZI Simona;
SKEJO Helle;
GAWLIK Bernd;
THOMAIDIS Nikolaos;
SLOBODNIK Jaroslav;
2023-04-05
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
JRC132553
0043-1354 (online),
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135422014841,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC132553,
10.1016/j.watres.2022.119539 (online),
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