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Environment, general
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Correction to: High enrichment factors in chemical analysis of progestins and in bioassays: insights beyond trace levels
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High enrichment factors in chemical analysis of progestins and in bioassays: insights beyond trace levels
Concerns are growing about adverse effects of progestins on biota, even at ultra-trace concentrations. The enrichment factor (EF) from extraction of analytes in environmental samples that is needed for sample ...
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Open AccessLC-HRMS method for study of pharmaceutical uptake in plants: effect of pH under aeroponic condition
Global climate changes cause water scarcity in many regions, and the sustainable use of recycled water appears crucial, especially in agriculture. However, potentially hazardous compounds such as pharmaceutica...
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Open AccessSelective accumulation of pharmaceutical residues from 6 different soils by plants: a comparative study on onion, radish, and spinach
The accumulation of six pharmaceuticals of different therapeutic uses has been thoroughly investigated and compared between onion, spinach, and radish plants grown in six soil types. While neutral molecules (e...
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Instrumental and bioanalytical assessment of pharmaceuticals and hormone-like compounds in a major drinking water source—wastewater receiving Zayandeh Rood river, Iran
Zayandeh Rood river is the most important river in central Iran supplying water for a variety of uses including drinking water for approximately three million inhabitants. The study aimed to investigate the qu...
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Non-antimicrobial pharmaceuticals can affect the development of antibiotic resistance in hospital wastewater
Within this study, we were interested in the effects of wastewater on the development of antimicrobial resistance. Microorganisms can relatively promptly adapt to evolutionary pressures of the environment, inc...
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Hospital wastewaters treatment: Fenton reaction vs. BDDE vs. ferrate(VI)
Various types of micropollutants, e.g., pharmaceuticals and their metabolites and resistant strains of pathogenic microorganisms, are usually found in hospital wastewaters. The aim of this paper was to study t...
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Root uptake of atenolol, sulfamethoxazole and carbamazepine, and their transformation in three soils and four plants
Soils can be contaminated by pharmaceuticals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of soil conditions (influencing sorption and persistence of pharmaceuticals in soils) and plant type on the root u...
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Comparison of passive sampling and biota for monitoring of tonalide in aquatic environment
Synthetic musk compounds are extensively used in personal care and cosmetic products all over the world. Afterwards, they are discharged into the environment mainly because they are not completely removed in w...
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Development of fast and robust multiresidual LC-MS/MS method for determination of pharmaceuticals in soils
The aim of this study was to develop a simple extraction procedure and a multiresidual liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for determination of a wide range of pharmaceuticals from various so...
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National monitoring of nicotine use in Czech and Slovak Republic based on wastewater analysis
The aim of this study was to compare estimation of nicotine use in Slovakia (SR) and the Czech Republic (CR) based on cotinine analysis in wastewater from seven selected wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) wit...
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Removal and seasonal variability of selected analgesics/anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive/cardiovascular pharmaceuticals and UV filters in wastewater treatment plant
Seasonal removal efficiency of 16 pharmaceuticals and personal care products was monitored in a wastewater treatment plant in České Budějovice, Czech Republic, over a period of 1 year (total amount of samples, n ...
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Multivariate relationships between molecular descriptors and isomer distribution patterns of PCBs formed during household waste incineration
The congener-specific concentrations of mono- to deca-chlorinated biphenyls (PC1–10B) in post-combustion zone flue gases from a laboratory-scale fluidized bed reactor were evaluated and correlated with a set of p...
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Passive sampling of perfluorinated acids and sulfonates using polar organic chemical integrative samplers
The applicability of a polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) for detection and determination of perfluorinated acids and sulfonates in water was studied under field conditions. Standard POCIS conf...
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Enzymatic alterations and RNA/DNA ratio in intestine of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, induced by chronic exposure to carbamazepine
We investigated the effect of long-term exposure to carbamazepine (CBZ) on the enzymatic alterations and RNA/DNA ratio in intestine tissue of rainbow trout. Fish were exposed to sublethal concentrations of CBZ...
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Concentration of Organochlorine Pollutants in Surface Waters of the Central European Biosphere Reserve Krivoklatsko (8 pp)
The article is focused on dioxin, furan, PCB and organochlorine pesticide monitoring in the surface waters of the Central European, protected natural reserve Krivoklatsko, under the UNESCO programme Man and ...
