Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk

[EN] Although Antarctica is protected and human activity is restricted exclusively to scientific research, with numerous restrictions on tourism, the steadily increasing human presence appears to be having a marked impact on terrestrial and aquatic, especially marine, ecosystems. Evidence of this ex...

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Autores: Olalla, A, Moreno Merino, Luis, Valcárcel, Yolanda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Watch list
Antarctic Peninsula
Anthropogenic contaminants
Environmental monitoring
Environmental risk
Priority substances
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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spelling Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental riskOlalla, AMoreno Merino, LuisValcárcel, YolandaWatch listAntarctic PeninsulaAnthropogenic contaminantsEnvironmental monitoringEnvironmental riskPriority substanceshttp://metadata.un.org/sdg/13Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts[EN] Although Antarctica is protected and human activity is restricted exclusively to scientific research, with numerous restrictions on tourism, the steadily increasing human presence appears to be having a marked impact on terrestrial and aquatic, especially marine, ecosystems. Evidence of this excessive presence can be seen from the recent detection of contaminants linked to human activity in locations that should be considered to be untouched. The aim of this study is to determine the environmental risk present on the Antarctic Peninsula due to the 54 emerging contaminants linked to human presence previously detected and reported in previous studies published in leading scientific journals. The substances analysed belong to the group of drugs/medicines of abuse, endocrine disruptors, pyrethroids, perfluorinated compounds and sunscreens. The environmental risk was determined for all substances detected by calculating the hazard quotient (HQ) following the guidelines established by the European Union. An HQ value higher than 10 was taken to represent a high environmental risk. In the group of drugs/medicines of abuse, a high risk was detected for two analgesics, namely acetaminophen and diclofenac, and the anti-inflammatory ibuprofen. Although the risk detected was considered to be medium, the presence of the antibiotic clarithromycin, one of the substances included in the EU's current watch list for emerging contaminants, should be noted. In the group of endocrine disruptors, the high risk posed by the metabolite nonylphenol diethoxylate, which is higher than that for its parent compound nonylphenol, should be noted. In the group of pyrethroids/ sunscreens/ perfluorinated compounds, two pyrethroids, namely bifenthrin and cyhalothrin, were found to pose a high environmental risk. We propose the need to establish a monitoring system for emerging contaminants linked to human presence on the Antarctic Peninsula similar to the watch list found in the EU Water Framework Directive. Subsequently, an environmental monitoring plan based on individual ecotoxicological studies with the substances concerned, and analysing their possible synergic effects, should be implemented.This research was supported by project RTI2018-098099-B-100 of the Spanish National R+D Plan.Peer reviewedElsevierMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)Moreno Merino, Luis [0000-0002-9984-6035]Valcárcel, Yolanda [0000-0001-5041-2204]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/376266https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85087336537reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-098099-B-I00https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140417Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3762662026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
title Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
spellingShingle Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
Olalla, A
Watch list
Antarctic Peninsula
Anthropogenic contaminants
Environmental monitoring
Environmental risk
Priority substances
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
title_short Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
title_full Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
title_fullStr Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
title_full_unstemmed Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
title_sort Prioritisation of emerging contaminants in the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on their environmental risk
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Olalla, A
Moreno Merino, Luis
Valcárcel, Yolanda
author Olalla, A
author_facet Olalla, A
Moreno Merino, Luis
Valcárcel, Yolanda
author_role author
author2 Moreno Merino, Luis
Valcárcel, Yolanda
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Moreno Merino, Luis [0000-0002-9984-6035]
Valcárcel, Yolanda [0000-0001-5041-2204]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Watch list
Antarctic Peninsula
Anthropogenic contaminants
Environmental monitoring
Environmental risk
Priority substances
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
topic Watch list
Antarctic Peninsula
Anthropogenic contaminants
Environmental monitoring
Environmental risk
Priority substances
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
description [EN] Although Antarctica is protected and human activity is restricted exclusively to scientific research, with numerous restrictions on tourism, the steadily increasing human presence appears to be having a marked impact on terrestrial and aquatic, especially marine, ecosystems. Evidence of this excessive presence can be seen from the recent detection of contaminants linked to human activity in locations that should be considered to be untouched. The aim of this study is to determine the environmental risk present on the Antarctic Peninsula due to the 54 emerging contaminants linked to human presence previously detected and reported in previous studies published in leading scientific journals. The substances analysed belong to the group of drugs/medicines of abuse, endocrine disruptors, pyrethroids, perfluorinated compounds and sunscreens. The environmental risk was determined for all substances detected by calculating the hazard quotient (HQ) following the guidelines established by the European Union. An HQ value higher than 10 was taken to represent a high environmental risk. In the group of drugs/medicines of abuse, a high risk was detected for two analgesics, namely acetaminophen and diclofenac, and the anti-inflammatory ibuprofen. Although the risk detected was considered to be medium, the presence of the antibiotic clarithromycin, one of the substances included in the EU's current watch list for emerging contaminants, should be noted. In the group of endocrine disruptors, the high risk posed by the metabolite nonylphenol diethoxylate, which is higher than that for its parent compound nonylphenol, should be noted. In the group of pyrethroids/ sunscreens/ perfluorinated compounds, two pyrethroids, namely bifenthrin and cyhalothrin, were found to pose a high environmental risk. We propose the need to establish a monitoring system for emerging contaminants linked to human presence on the Antarctic Peninsula similar to the watch list found in the EU Water Framework Directive. Subsequently, an environmental monitoring plan based on individual ecotoxicological studies with the substances concerned, and analysing their possible synergic effects, should be implemented.
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