Transport behavior of the pharmaceutical compounds carbamazepine, sulfamethoxazole, gemfibrozil, ibuprofen, and naproxen, and the lifestyle drug caffeine, in saturated laboratory columns

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 590-591; pp. 708 - 719
• Main Authors: Hebig, Klaus H., Groza, Laura G., Sabourin, Michelle J., Scheytt, Traugott J., Ptacek, Carol J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.07.2017
• Subjects: Caffeine - metabolism; Carbamazepine - metabolism; CXTFIT; Enriched organic carbon sand; Filtration; Gemfibrozil - metabolism; Ibuprofen - metabolism; Iron-coated sand; Long Point sediment; Micropollutants; Naproxen - metabolism; Ontario; Saturated column study; Silicon Dioxide; Sulfamethoxazole - metabolism; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Iron-coated sand; Enriched organic carbon sand; Micropollutants; Long Point sediment; Saturated column study; CXTFIT

Despite the large number of pharmaceutically active compounds found in natural environments little is known about their transport behavior in groundwater, which is complicated by their wide range of physical and chemical properties. The transport behavior of five widely used and often detected pharm...