[Pharmwaste] RE: Testing Leachate for Pharmaceuticals

[Marta Keane]

From: Topp, Ed [mailto:toppe at AGR.GC.CA]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:51 PM
To: Marta Keane; cmetcalfe at trentu.ca
Subject: RE: Testing Leachate for Pharmaceuticals
There is a lot more in the research literature on the concentrations and the fate of pharmaceuticals in sewage treatment plant effluent, and in biosolids. But a quick search of the literature reveals the following:

Musson, S. E., & Townsend, T. G. (2008). Pharmaceutical compound content of municipal solid waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Retrieved from www.scopus.com  

Slack, R. J., Gronow, J. R., & Voulvoulis, N. (2005). Household hazardous waste in municipal landfills: Contaminants in leachate. Science of the Total Environment, 337(1-3), 119-137. Retrieved from www.scopus.com  

Ahel, T., Mijatovic´, I., Matos?ic´, M., & Ahel, M. (2004). Nanofiltration of a landfill leachate containing pharmaceutical intermediates from vitamin C production. Food Technology and Biotechnology, 42(2), 99-104. Retrieved from www.scopus.com 

Barnes, K. K., Christenson, S. C., Kolpin, D. W., Focazio, M. J., Furlong, E. T., Zaugg, S. D., et al. (2004). Pharmaceuticals and other organic waste water contaminants within a leachate plume downgradient of a municipal landfill. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 24(2), 119-126. Retrieved from www.scopus.com  

Schwarzbauer, J., Heim, S., Brinker, S., & Littke, R. (2002). Occurrence and alteration of organic contaminants in seepage and leakage water from a waste deposit landfill. Water Research, 36(9), 2275-2287. Retrieved from www.scopus.com  

Ahel, M., Mikac, N., Cosovic, B., Prohic, E., & Soukup, V. (1998). The impact of contamination from a municipal solid waste landfill (zagreb, croatia) on underlying soil. Water Science and Technology, 37(8), 203-210. Retrieved from www.scopus.com  

Bjerg, P. L. (1995). Occurrence and distribution of pharmaceutical organic compounds in the groundwater downgradient of a landfill (grindsted, denmark). Environmental Science and Technology, 29(5), 1415-1420. Retrieved from www.scopus.com  

Regards, Ed Topp

 

From: Marta Keane [mailto:mkeane at willcountylanduse.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:43 PM
To: cmetcalfe at trentu.ca; Topp, Ed
Subject: Testing Leachate for Pharmaceuticals
Yesterday, I sent the following question to a list-serve. Maureen Reilly referred me to you for possible research on this topic. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

Over the past ten years, have there been any studies of the liquid that comes out of landfills, known as leachate, to learn the amount of pharmaceuticals it contains? Have there been any studies or further testing of the treated leachate that eventually is released into fresh water sources, such as streams and rivers?

Marta Keane, Recycling Program Specialist
Will County Land Use - Waste Services
58 E. Clinton Street, Suite 500
Joliet, IL 60432
815-774-4343
mkeane at willcountylanduse.com
Recycle at home and at work!

 

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