IWRA 2023 Online Conference - Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment
Theme 5: PRIORITY emerging pollutants in the hydrocycle: microplastics, nanomaterial, PFAs and PPCPs
Author(s): Marcela Ravanelli Martins, PhD student
Marcela Ravanelli Martins, PhD student in Technology with focus on Environment, Faculty of Technology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP); Technologist in Environmental Sanitation
Oral: PDFAbstract
Why would ciprofloxacin (CIP) end up accumulating on agricultural soil?
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It is not fully metabolized by human and animal body (approx. 70% is excreted);
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Usage of sewage sludge, manure, poultry litter and several other sustainable alternatives to mineral fertilization;
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Ciprofloxacin has high sorption in soil (Koc of 61000; half life of 3466 days);
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Contaminant of emerging concern by the EPA in 2009.
Therefore, to continue with such sustainable agriculture practices (encouraged by objective 2 of the SDG – Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations), without causing damage to soil quality, it is necessary to study the effects of ciprofloxacin on this matrix considering the longterm exposure.
RESULTS
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CIP may cause adverse effects on reproduction of Enchytraeus crypticus when considering the longterm exposure.
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This is paramount information as CIP has high organic matter sorption and is expected to be immobile in soil.
January 19th, 2023 from 12:15 to 13:30 CET