Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewaters in Barbados, West Indies.

In this study of wastewater collected from two wastewater treatment plants in Barbados, caffeine and ibuprofen were detected at µg/L concentrations, whereas two steroid hormones (i.e. androstenedione, estrone) and several prescription pharmaceuticals were detected at ng/L concentrations. Among drugs of abuse, benzoylecgonine (i.e. metabolite of cocaine), MDMA (i.e. Ecstasy) and MDA (i.e. 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) were present at the highest concentrations in untreated wastewater. Overall, these data show that there is potential impact in the marine environment in Barbados from CECs discharged into the coastal zone.
PMID: 29721596 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - May 2, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Edwards QA, Sultana T, Kulikov SM, Garner-O'Neale LD, Yargeau V, Metcalfe CD Tags: Bull Environ Contam Toxicol Source Type: research