Occurrence and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater in Costa Rica
dc.creator | Rodríguez Rodríguez, Carlos E. | |
dc.creator | Ramírez Morales, Didier Daniel | |
dc.creator | Masís Mora, Mario Alberto | |
dc.creator | Montiel Mora, José Rolando | |
dc.creator | Soto Garita, Claudio | |
dc.creator | Araya Valverde, Emanuel | |
dc.creator | Cambronero Heinrichs, Juan Carlos | |
dc.creator | Sànchez Melsió, Alexandre | |
dc.creator | Briceño Guevara, Susana | |
dc.creator | Méndez Rivera, Michael | |
dc.creator | Balcázar, José Luis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-09T14:15:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-09T14:15:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.description.abstract | This work aims to determine the occurrence, hazard and prioritization of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater in Costa Rica through the monitoring of 70 compounds and assessing their environmental risk through a hazard quotient approach (HQ). Moreover, the quantification of selected antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) was conducted for the first time in this matrix in this geographical location. Thirty-four pharmaceuticals were detected, being caffeine, 1,7-dimethylxanthine, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, ciprofloxacin and ketoprofen the most frequent (>50% of the samples). Eighteen pharmaceuticals exhibited high hazard (HQ ≥ 1), while five more showed medium hazard (1 > HQ ≥ 0.1). Prioritization, which also included frequency parameters, revealed caffeine, lovastatin, diphenhydramine, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, ciprofloxacin, and sildenafil as the compounds of major concern. Similarly, cumulative hazard per sample (ΣHQ) estimated high hazard towards aquatic organisms in every sample. All selected ARGs, except mcr-1 (polymyxin resistance), were detected. Among genes conferring resistance to beta-lactams, blaCTX-M and blaKPC were the most abundant, related to resistance to cephalosporins and carbapenems. Ecotoxicological evaluation showed mostly low toxicity towards Daphnia magna and Vibrio fischeri, contrary to the marked effect observed towards Lactuca sativa. These findings provide relevant and novel information on the risk posed by hospital wastewater and their pharmaceutical content in the Latin American environmental context. | es_ES |
dc.description.procedence | UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro en Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental (CICA) | es_ES |
dc.description.procedence | UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Salud::Facultad de Microbiología | es_ES |
dc.identifier.citation | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653523020131?via%3Dihub | es_ES |
dc.identifier.codproyecto | 802-B7-A09 | |
dc.identifier.codproyecto | 802-B8-510 | |
dc.identifier.codproyecto | 802- B8-144 | |
dc.identifier.codproyecto | 802-B8-145 | |
dc.identifier.codproyecto | 802-C1-034 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139746 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0045-6535 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10669/91154 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.rights | acceso abierto | es_ES |
dc.source | Chemosphere, vol.339. | es_ES |
dc.subject | COSTA RICA | es_ES |
dc.subject | SEWAGE WATER | es_ES |
dc.subject | HOSPITAL | es_ES |
dc.subject | RISK | es_ES |
dc.subject | PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS | es_ES |
dc.subject | EVALUATION | es_ES |
dc.title | Occurrence and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater in Costa Rica | es_ES |
dc.type | artículo original | es_ES |
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