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Human Pharmaceuticals in Wastewaters from Urbanized Areas of Argentina

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The study contributes with a first survey of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewaters discharging into fresh and estuarine waters from areas with varying degrees of urbanization of Argentina. Analyses were done on the soluble fraction by HPLC–MS after SPE extraction. In all of the samples were detected caffeine and ibuprofen within the range of 0.9–44.2 and 0.4–13.0 μg/L, and lower levels of carbamazepine, atenolol and diclofenac between 0.2–2.3, 0.2–1.7 and <0.03–1.2 μg/L, respectively. Profiles of compounds were similar in all studied locations.

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The study was done with Grants from CONICET: PIP 0410 and ANPCYT: PICT 1598.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900, La Plata, Argentina

    Yanina Elorriaga, Damián J. Marino, Pedro Carriquiriborde & Alicia E. Ronco

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Elorriaga, Y., Marino, D.J., Carriquiriborde, P. et al. Human Pharmaceuticals in Wastewaters from Urbanized Areas of Argentina. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90, 397–400 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0919-x

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