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(404) Drugs and estrogens in the environment - a systematic investigation of ground water, surface water, wastewater, landfill leachate, sewage sludge and soil in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Metzger, Joerg1, Dr. Bertram Kuch, Ulrike Bolz2, Koerner, Wolfgang2, Dr. Frank Th. Lange, Heinz J. Brauch3, Sacher, Frank3, and Traffic, Ministry of Environment4, Environmental Protection, State Institute for 5, Mr. Peter Spengler, Carmen Schneider1, Schullerer, Susanne 1, 1 2 3 4 5 ABSTRACT- The aim of the present study is to obtain systematically extensive and sound analytical data on the occurrence and environmental behaviour of pharmaceutical products and estrogenically active compounds in environmental samples of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The investigations (lasting 09/00 to 08/02) include the determination of about 74 different pharmaceutical compounds, such as natural and synthetic estrogens, myco-, phyto- and xenoestrogens, antibiotics, analgesics, betablockers, antiepileptics, and X-ray contrast media, in ground water, surface water, influent and effluent of WWTP, landfill leachate, sewage sludge and soil. Additionally, the elimination behaviour (degradation, metabolisation, sorption) of selected compounds and the elimination efficiency of WWTPs is investigated. For determination of the estrogenic activities a bioassay (E-Screen) is used. The results of the Baden-Wuerttemberg project will be incorporated into a present German monitoring program of the "Committee of the Federal Government and the Countries for Chemical Safety" (BLAC) initiated by the "Conference of the Ministers of the Environment". Within the national monitoring program a ring test had been performed to guarantee the availability and the reliability of the applied analytical methods of the laboratories participating in the program. An overview of the research program and the data obtained so far are presented. Additional detailed information is available on several posters. Key words: water pollutants, estrogens, pharmaceuticals, monitoring |
