Journal of Toxicology / 2011 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Exposure of the Main Italian River Basin to Pharmaceuticals Table 2 Concentration of 10 pharmaceutical compounds measured in water (μ g/L) and sediment (μ g/kg) samples collected from the Po river (from A to T), its effluents (from 1 to 36) and respective cationic exchange capability and organic carbon content. — = not analysed; n.d. = not detected, below limit of quantification.
Sampling site Cationic OC Atorvastatin Ranitidine Propanolol Carbamazepine Atenolol Metoprolol Metronidazole Paracetamol Furosemide Nimesulide exch. cap. sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water sedim. water ng/g 1 2.96 2.88 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.004 2 18.39 11.19 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. 61.1 — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 3 7.74 1.22 — — — — — — n.d. 0.005 n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. 2.32 n.d. n.d. n.d. 4 8.45 6.08 — — — — — — n.d. 0.009 n.d. — — — — — n.d. 0.065 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 5 10.02 3.17 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. 24.1 — — — — — n.d. n.d. 2.7 n.d. n.d. n.d. 6 11.2 1.23 — — — — — — n.d. 0.002 109 — — — — — n.d. 0.666 2.36 n.d. n.d. 0.085 7 12.3 14.59 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. 1.51 n.d. n.d. n.d. 8 11.72 5.91 — — — — — — n.d. 0.009 47.6 — — — — — n.d. n.d. 98.4 n.d. n.d. n.d. 9 13.89 1.75 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. 0.297 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 10 20.29 14.1 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 11 7.75 2.63 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. 0.061 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 12 38.4 34.51 — — — — — — 0.57 0.012 12.0 — — — — — n.d. 0.055 0.559 n.d. n.d. n.d. 13 32.54 28.4 — — — — — — n.d. 0.063 12.7 — — — — — n.d. 0.048 4.53 n.d. n.d. n.d. 14 8.75 1.75 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. 30.7 — — — — — n.d. 0.24 4.56 n.d. n.d. n.d. 15 10.49 9.56 — n.d. — n.d. — n.d. — 0.112 — — — n.d. — n.d. — 0.486 — n.d. — 0.15 16 14.35 12.8 0.220 0.028 n.d. n.d. 0.069 0.007 n.d. n.d. 0.33 — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.627 n.d. n.d. 0.001 17 39.58 61.73 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.158 n.d. 0.027 0.004 n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.397 0.605 n.d. n.d. 18 27.31 25.24 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. 0.176 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 19 9.4 1.41 — — — — — — n.d. 0.004 n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 20 9.21 2.09 — — — — — — n.d. 0.044 n.d. — — — — — n.d. 0.034 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 21 22.45 9.54 — — — — — — 1.21 0.020 10.1 — — — — — n.d. 0.527 8.63 n.d. n.d. n.d. 22 16.48 12.48 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. 3.59 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 23 44.56 56.45 — — — — — — n.d. 0.115 n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 25 14.84 0.58 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. 0.432 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 26 13.35 4.92 — — — — — — 0.770 0.005 23.6 — — — — — n.d. 0.227 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 27 20.28 10.7 — — — — — — 1.26 0.003 16.3 — — — — — n.d. 0.122 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 28 21.33 10.72 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.004 2.93 — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 29 27.23 9.93 0.288 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.242 n.d. 0.040 0.112 n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.486 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.15 30 34.09 13.44 n.d. 0.128 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.048 n.d. n.d. 31 21.83 10.1 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.094 n.d. n.d. 0.014 n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.023 n.d. 0.061 0.156 n.d. n.d. n.d. 32 34.76 21.67 n.d. 0.044 0.028 0.044 n.d. n.d. 0.028 n.d. n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.068 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.01 33 28.12 12.1 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.138 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.156 — n.d. n.d. 0.16 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.571 n.d. n.d. 0.002 34 35.95 25.74 n.d. 0.016 n.d. n.d. 0.42 n.d. n.d. 0.004 n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 35 22.76 14.2 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.144 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.09 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 36 30.59 22.5 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.035 0.165 n.d. n.d. 0.003 n.d. — 0.425 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.508 n.d. n.d. n.d. A 18.96 14.55 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. B 14.31 11.5 — — — — — — 0.92 — 26.75 — — — — — — — 5.17 — n.d. — C 1.15 10.43 — — — — — — n.d. 0.012 n.d. — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. D 6.42 0.19 — — — — — — n.d. 0.007 n.d. — — — — — n.d. 0.322 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. E 16.83 0.97 — — — — — — 0.86 0.007 217.54 — — — — — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. F 11.77 5.6 — — — — — — 2.92 n.d. 15.29 — — — — — n.d. 0.103 17.5 n.d. n.d. n.d. G 35.33 20.56 — — — — — — 1.86 n.d. 283.54 — — — — — n.d. 0.373 8.66 n.d. n.d. n.d. H 6.78 0.23 — — — — — — n.d. n.d. 0.99 — — — — — n.d. 0.079 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. I 8.37 3.84 0.16 0.035 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.004 n.d. n.d. 0.24 — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. L 9.62 0.975 0.215 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.001 M 21.07 11.68 n.d. 0.008 0.009 0.009 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.728 n.d. n.d. n.d. N 18.9 9.61 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.42 n.d. n.d. 0.021 n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.728 n.d. n.d. n.d. O 28.25 14.95 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.067 0.018 n.d. n.d. 0.109 — n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.013 n.d. 0.07 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.002 P 23.21 20.88 n.d. n.d. 0.036 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.041 n.d. 0.304 — 0.256 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.706 n.d. 0.052 n.d. Q 22.3 11.46 n.d. n.d. 0.013 0.013 0.155 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. — n.d. n.d. 0.23 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. R 27.99 15.94 n.d. 0.023 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.058 0.013 n.d. — n.d. n.d. 0.267 n.d. n.d. 0.041 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. S 30.11 14.59 n.d. 0.023 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.027 n.d. n.d. T 26.71 28.88 0.319 0.022 n.d. n.d. 0.058 n.d. n.d. 0.008 n.d. — n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.382 n.d. 0 n.d. n.d. Mean 19.46 12.72 0.057 0.015 0.004 0.005 0.101 0.001 0.203 0.012 17.5 0.000 0.032 0.000 0.031 0.005 0.000 0.174 3.10 0.013 0.001 0.008 90° percentile 34.63 25.64 0.220 0.034 0.013 0.013 0.242 0.004 0.851 0.026 30.7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.160 0.012 0.000 0.427 4.56 0.000 0.000 0.002 Standard deviation 10.44 12.46 0.109 0.029 0.010 0.012 0.129 0.004 0.550 0.028 51.7 0.000 0.106 0.000 0.080 0.015 0.000 0.512 13.8 0.084 0.007 0.031
