Table 9 Triclosan concentrations in wastewater sediments and sludge (Dann and Hontela 2011)
From: Triclosan in water, implications for human and environmental health
Medium | Location | Concentration (nmol/kg) | References |
|---|---|---|---|
Sediment | |||
Freshwater | Switzerland | 180 | Singer et al. (2002) |
Spain | nd–120 | Morales et al. (2005) | |
Estuarine | USA | nd–2800 | Miller et al. (2008) |
Marine | Spain | 9.3–450 | Agüera et al. (2003) |
Sewage sludge | |||
Activated sludge | USA | 1.7–53.9 | McAvoy et al. (2002) |
Spain | 1.4–18.7 | Morales et al. (2005) | |
Germany | 4.1 | Bester (2003) | |
Canada | 2.1–5.0 | Chu and Metcalfe (2007) | |
Biosolids | Australia | 311–58,000 | Ying and Kookana (2007) |
USA | 36,300–103,600 | Heidler and Halden (2007), Kinney et al. (2008), McClellan and Halden (2010) | |
Spain | 5210 | Morales et al. (2005) | |
Canada | 2350–43,200 | ||