IDEA   23902
INSTITUTO DE DIVERSIDAD Y ECOLOGIA ANIMAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals in fish of Suquía River Basin (Córdoba, Argentina)
Autor/es:
VALDÉS M.E.; BISTONI M.A; WUNDERLIN D.A.; HUERTA B; RODRÍGUEZ-MOZAZ S; BARCELÓ D
Lugar:
Barcelona
Reunión:
Workshop; 10th Annual LC/MS/MS Workshop on Environmental applications and food safety; 2014
Institución organizadora:
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC-Barcelona.España), Instituto Catalán de Investigaciones en Agua (ICRA-Girona, España) e Instituto de Estudios Catalanes (Barcelona, España)
Resumen:
The occurrence of some commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals in the Suquía River basin (Córdoba, Argentina) has recently been reported (Valdés et al.,2014). Among 15 compounds analyzed, atenolol, carbamazepine and diclofenac were the most frequently detected in water samples downstream the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of Córdoba city (reaching sub μg/L levels). The objective of this work was to evaluate the presence of pharmaceuticals in fish samples of Gambusia affinis and Jenynsia multidentata collected at the same sampling points.Fish that are continuously exposed to urban effluents, and thus to a constant levels of pharmaceutical compounds, showed to be able to bioaccumulate pharmaceuticals to some extent (in agreement with previous reports). This might pose a risk to the aquatic  environment and to the public health