Irrigation of root vegetables with treated wastewater: Evaluating uptake of pharmaceuticals and the associated human health risks

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9325-9333

  Malchi, Tomer ^a   Maor, Yehoshua ^a   Tadmor, Galit ^a   Shenker, Moshe ^a   Chefetz, Benny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CROPS; DRUG PRODUCTS; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; METABOLITES; MICROCOMPUTERS; VEGETABLES;

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERNS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TREATED WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BEZAFIBRATE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE 10,11 OXIDE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; DRUG METABOLITE; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; LAMOTRIGINE; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; SILDENAFIL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CARROT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT VEGETABLE; SWEET POTATO; THRESHOLD OF TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERN; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TREATED WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SEWAGE; VEGETABLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLANT ROOTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; VEGETABLES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906276547     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5017894     Document Type: Article

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