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Table 4: Environmental concentrations of triclosan

Environmental matrix Triclosan concentration Reference
d.w.: dry weight
(data from worldwide sources)
Surface water

Lake/river/streams with known input of raw wastewater
1.4 ng/L-40000 ng/L Kolpin et al. 2002, Lindström et al. 2002, Lopez-Avila and Hites 1980, Singer et al. 2002, Remberger et al. 2002, Kolpin et al. 2004, Bendz et al. 2005, Glassmeyer et al. 2005, Zhang et al. 2007, Halden and Paull 2005, Chau et al. 2008, Coogan et al. 2007, Coogan and La Point 2008
Wastewater

Influent





Effluent


20-86161 ng/L




23-5370 ng/L


Lindström et al. 2002, Samsø-Petersen et al. 2003, Singer et al. 2002, Remberger et al. 2006, McAvoy et al. 2002, 2009, Halden and Paull 2005, Lishman et al. 2006, Waltman et al. 2006, Heidler and Halden 2007, Kantiani et al. 2008, Fair et al. 2009, Kumar et al. 2009


Lindström et al. 2002, Samsø-Petersen et al. 2003, Bester 2003; Kanda et al. 2003; Sabaliunas et al. 2003, Bendz et al. 2005, Halden and Paull 2005, Thompson et al. 2005, Ying and Kookana
Sea water <0.001-100 ng/L Xie et al. 2008, Okumura and Nishikawa 1996, Fair et al. 2009
Sediment

Lake/River/other surface water
Marine


<100-53000 μg/kg
d.w.

0.02-35 μg/kg d.w.


Fjeld et al. 2004, Remberger et al. 2002, Singer et al. 2002; Morales et al. 2005; Miller et al. 2008
Okumura and Nishikawa 1996, Fjeld et al. 2004
Biosolid from WWTP 20-133000 μg/kg d.w. Svensson. 2002; Remberger et al. 2002, 2006; Bester 2003; Morales et al. 2005; Kinney et al. 2006; Chu and Metcalfe 2007, US EPA 2009, Cha and Cupples 2009, Ying and Kookana 2007
Activated/digested sludge 580-15600 μg/kg d.w. McAvoy et al. 2002, 2009, Singer et al. 2002, Chu and Metcalfe 2007, Kumar et al. 2010
Pore water 0.201-328.8μg/L (calculated) Chalew and Halden 2009

Source: SCCS,  Opinion on triclosan (antimicrobial resistance) (2010) , p.19

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