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Schürner, H.K.V. ; Maier, M. ; Eckert, D.* ; Brejcha, R. ; Neumann, C.-C. ; Stumpp, C. ; Cirpka, O.A.* ; Elsner, M.

Compound-specific stable isotope fractionation of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in a mesoscale aquifer model.

Environ. Sci. Technol. 50, 5729-5739 (2016)
DOI PMC
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Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) receives increasing interest for its ability to detect natural degradation of pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Despite recent laboratory studies, CSIA investigations of such micropollutants in the environment are still rare. To explore the certainty of information obtainable by CSIA in a near-environmental setting, a pulse of the pesticide bentazone, the pesticide metabolite 2,6-dichlorobenzamide (BAM), and the pharmaceuticals diclofenac and ibuprofen was released into a mesoscale aquifer with quasi-two-dimensional flow. Concentration breakthrough curves (BTC) of BAM and ibuprofen demonstrated neither degradation nor sorption. Bentazone was transformed but did not sorb significantly, whereas diclofenac showed both degradation and sorption. Carbon and nitrogen CSIA could be accomplished in similar concentrations as for "traditional" priority pollutants (low μg/L range), however, at the cost of uncertainties (0.4-0.5‰ (carbon), 1‰ (nitrogen)). Nonetheless, invariant carbon and nitrogen isotope values confirmed that BAM was neither degraded nor sorbed, while significant enrichment of (13)C and in particular (15)N corroborated transformation of diclofenac and bentazone. Retardation of diclofenac was reflected in additional (15)N sorption isotope effects, whereas isotope fractionation of transverse dispersion could not be identified. These results provide a benchmark on the performance of CSIA to monitor the reactivity of micropollutants in aquifers and may guide future efforts to accomplish CSIA at even lower concentrations (ng/L range).
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Personal Care Products; Organic Contaminants; 2,6-dichlorobenzamide Bam; Transformation Products; Mass-spectrometry; Metabolite 2,6-dichlorobenzamide; Agricultural Runoff; Bentazone Sorption; Unsaturated Zone; Clofibric Acid
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0013-936X
e-ISSN 1520-5851
Journal Environmental Science & Technology
Quellenangaben Volume: 50, Issue: 11, Pages: 5729-5739 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Chemical Society (ACS)
Publishing Place Washington, DC
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)