Pharmaceuticals and other anthropogenic tracers in surface water: A randomized survey of 50 Minnesota lakes. (15th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ferrey, Mark L.; Heiskary, Steven; Grace, Richard; Hamilton, M. Coreen; Lueck, April
• Is Part Of: Environmental toxicology and chemistry. Volume 34:Number 11(2015:Nov.)
• Page Start: 2475
• Page End: 2488
• Publication Date: 2015-10-15
• Subjects: Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmental chemistry -- Periodicals; 615.902
• DOI: 10.1002/etc.3125
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0730-7268

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="etc3125-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>Water from 50 randomly selected lakes across Minnesota, USA, was analyzed for pharmaceuticals, personal care products, hormones, and other commercial or industrial chemicals in conjunction with the US Environmental Protection Agency's 2012 National Lakes Assessment. Thirty‐eight of the 125 chemicals analyzed were detected at least once, all at parts per trillion concentrations. The most widely detected was N, N‐diethyl‐m‐toluamide, present in 48% of the lakes sampled. Amitriptyline, a widely used antidepressant, was found in 28% of the lakes. The endocrine active chemicals bisphenol A, androstenedione, and nonylphenol were found in 42%, 30%, and 10% of the lakes, respectively. Cocaine was found in 32% of the lakes, and its degradation product, benzoylecgonine, was detected at 28% of the locations. Carbadox, an antibiotic used solely in the production of swine, was also present in 28% of the lakes sampled. The means by which these and other chemicals were transported to several of the remote lakes is unclear but may involve atmospheric transport. <italic>Environ Toxicol Chem</italic> 2015;34:2475–2488. © 2015 SETAC</p> </sec> </abstract>