| Literature DB >> 25594843 |
Laurel K Dodgen1, Aiko Ueda2, Xiaoqin Wu2, David R Parker2, Jay Gan2.
Abstract
The reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation in arid and hot climates where plant transpiration is high may affect plant accumulation of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). In this study, carrot, lettuce, and tomato plants were grown in solution containing 16 PPCP/EDCs in either a cool-humid or a warm-dry environment. Leaf bioconcentration factors (BCF) were positively correlated with transpiration for chemical groups of different ionized states (p < 0.05). However, root BCFs were correlated with transpiration only for neutral PPCP/EDCs (p < 0.05). Neutral and cationic PPCP/EDCs showed similar accumulation, while anionic PPCP/EDCs had significantly higher accumulation in roots and significantly lower accumulation in leaves (p < 0.05). Results show that plant transpiration may play a significant role in the uptake and translocation of PPCP/EDCs, which may have a pronounced effect in arid and hot climates where irrigation with treated wastewater is common.Entities:
Keywords: EDCs; PPCPs; Plant uptake; Transpiration; Water reuse
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25594843 PMCID： PMC4337387 DOI： 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Pollut ISSN： 0269-7491 Impact factor: 8.071