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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2020

First report of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in two tropical rivers of southwestern India.

Derrick Ian Joshua, Yerabham Praveenkumarreddy, Valiparambil Prabhakaranunni Prabhasankar, Andrea Petula D'Souza, Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Keshava Balakrishna

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Derrick Ian JoshuaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India.
Yerabham PraveenkumarreddyDepartment of Civil Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India.
Valiparambil Prabhakaranunni PrabhasankarDepartment of Civil Engineering, Christ College of Engineering, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, 680125, India.
Andrea Petula D'SouzaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India.
Nobuyoshi YamashitaNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8569, Japan.
Keshava BalakrishnaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India. k.balakrishna@manipal.edu.

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Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences 35/14/17/2017-BRNSJapan Society for the Promotion of Science 240629 , 24256004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The occurrence of selected pharmaceuticals (trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole, chloramphenicol, bezafibrate, ceftriaxone, and naproxen) in two west-flowing tropical rivers (Swarna and Nethravati) of southwestern India is reported for the first time. Water samples were collected during the monsoon and post-monsoon seasons from river water end members and further downstream up to their confluence with the adjacent Arabian Sea. Samples were analyzed using HPLC-MS/MS. Results revealed that there were no significant seasonal variations in concentrations of target analytes in both the rivers. Of the total number of samples analyzed (n = 24), trimethoprim was detected in 100% of the samples, whereas sulfamethoxazole (SMX), chloramphenicol (CAP), ceftriaxone (CTX), and naproxen (NPX) were detected in between 91 and 58% of the samples. Bezafibrate (BZF) was not detected in the samples. Nethravathi river showed higher concentrations of pharmaceuticals than the Swarna river which may be attributed to comparatively larger human population in the basin. Possible impacts of PPCPs on aquatic life offer further scope for study.

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Pharmaceutical PreparationsCosmeticsEnvironmental MonitoringHumansIndiaTandem Mass SpectrometryWater Pollutants, ChemicalCosmeticsPharmaceutical PreparationsWater Pollutants, ChemicalNethravati riverPharmaceuticalsSeasonal variationsSulfamethoxazoleSwarna river

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PMID32681316
PMCPMC7367900

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