DocumentCode
3367442
Title
Plant uptake of some pharmaceuticals commonly present in sewage sludge compost
Author
Kipper, Karin ; Herodes, Koit ; Lillenberg, Merike ; Nei, Lembit ; Haiba, Egge ; Litvin, Sandra V.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Chem., Univ. of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
fYear
2010
fDate
2-4 Nov. 2010
Firstpage
261
Lastpage
264
Abstract
The application of sewage sludge compost as a fertilizer can be a source of the contamination of food plants by pharmaceutical products. In this study the uptake of ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, norfloxacin, sulfadimethoxine and sulfamethoxazole from soil into potato was demonstrated. The concentrations of the studied pharmaceuticals were of considerable magnitude in the plant samples, if compared to their concentrations in soil.
Keywords
contamination; crops; fertilisers; industrial waste; pharmaceuticals; sewage treatment; sludge treatment; soil; ciprofloxacin; fertilizer; food plant contamination; norfloxacin; ofloxacin; pharmaceuticals; potato; sewage sludge compost; sulfadimethoxine; sulfamethoxazole; ewage sludge; harmaceutical; lant uptake; ompost;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ICBEE), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Cairo
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8748-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-8749-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICBEE.2010.5653590
Filename
5653590
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