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1. Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Artificial Sweeteners in Asian Groundwater: A Review

Authors : Keisuke Kuroda, Jun Kobayashi

Published in: Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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The presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and artificial sweeteners (ASs) in groundwater is becoming a growing concern worldwide, because of their potentially adverse effect on human health and aquatic ecosystems. In this chapter, the occurrence, sources, and pathways of various PPCPs and ASs in groundwater in Asia, where groundwater has been an important source of domestic water, are reviewed, based on 23 scholarly publications of field surveys conducted in six countries (China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam). For each country, the respective studies are summarized, and detection frequencies and concentrations of 13 representative PPCPs and ASs are compared across the studies. The main sources and pathways of PPCPs and ASs in Asian groundwater were found to be infiltration of contaminated surface waters (e.g., rivers, lakes, and canals) and leakage of wastewater from sewerage systems. The utility of PPCPs and ASs as pollution markers or indicators, and the potential risk to humans and aquatic organisms, of PPCPs and ASs in Asian groundwater, are also discussed.

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Title: Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Artificial Sweeteners in Asian Groundwater: A Review
Authors: Keisuke Kuroda
Jun Kobayashi
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-4598-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-4599-3

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4599-3_1