Triclosan – an antibacterial compound in water, sediment and fish of River Gomti, India. Issue 5 (3rd September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nag, Subir Kumar; Das Sarkar, Soma; Manna, Sanjib Kumar
• Is Part Of: International journal of environmental health research. Volume 28:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 461
• Page End: 470
• Publication Date: 2018-09-03
• Subjects: Triclosan -- fish -- sediment -- water -- Gomti River; Environmental health -- Periodicals; 363.7
• DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2018.1487044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-3123

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Triclosan (TCS), the antibacterial agent commonly used in personal care products is highly toxic to aquatic lives particularly algae, zooplankton and fish. It is bio-accumulative and has endocrine disruptive properties. In this present study, we monitored the occurrence of TCS in water, sediment and fish samples collected from stretch of about 450 km of River Gomti, a major tributary of River Ganga, in India. An isocratic reversed-phase HPLC method was standardized for determination of TCS in samples. In water, TCS was detected in the range of 1.1–9.65 μg/l while in sediments the level was 5.11–50.36 μg/kg. It was also found in fishes of different species in concentrations ranging from 13 to 1040 μg/kg on wet weight basis. However, estimated daily intake of TCS through contaminated fish was much below the acceptable daily intake (50 μg/kg body wt/day) and thus safe from human health hazard point of view.