Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Tunisian hospital wastewater: occurrence and environmental risk.

ABSTRACT: Despite concerns about the potential risk associated with the environmental occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), few studies address the emissions of hospitals to aquatic compartments. We examined within a 3-month sampling period the occurrence and environmental risk of PPCPs in seven Tunisian hospital wastewaters. From personal care products, UV filters, main metabolites, and benzotriazoles were quantified, with benzophenone 3 (oxybenzone, BP3) and benzotriazole (BZT) the most frequently found (71%) at median concentrations in the range 2.43 ± 0.87 ngL^-1-64.05 ± 6.82 ngL^-1 for BP3 and 51.67 ± 1.67 ngL^-1-254 ± 9.9 ngL^-1 for BZT. High concentrations were also found for 4-hydroxybenzophenone (4HB) (221 ± 6.22 ngL^-1

SUBMITTER: Nasri E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10791778 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature