TY - JOUR
T1 - Suspect and non-target screening workflow for studying the occurrence, fate, and environmental risk of contaminants in wastewater using data-independent acquisition
AU - El-Deen, Asmaa Kamal
AU - Shimizu, Kuniyoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the wastewater treatment plant center (Odo, Nishi-Ku, Fukuoka city, Japan) for their kind support in collecting the water samples. We would like to acknowledge Dr. Wang Dongmei, from Kyushu University, for her assistance with some technical issues during this study. We also appreciate the help of Dr. Naomichi Takemoto, from Kyushu University, for devoting his valuable time in collecting the water samples and for his assistance with some technical issues during this study. The first author gratefully acknowledges the Japanese Government (SGU-MEXT) for scholarship support.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the wastewater treatment plant center (Odo, Nishi-Ku, Fukuoka city, Japan) for their kind support in collecting the water samples. We would like to acknowledge Dr. Wang Dongmei, from Kyushu University, for her assistance with some technical issues during this study. We also appreciate the help of Dr. Naomichi Takemoto, from Kyushu University, for devoting his valuable time in collecting the water samples and for his assistance with some technical issues during this study. The first author gratefully acknowledges the Japanese Government (SGU-MEXT) for scholarship support.
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PY - 2022/3/29
Y1 - 2022/3/29
N2 - A comprehensive suspect and non-target screening workflow based on liquid chromatography coupled to a quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometer was developed for the detection and identification of contaminants in wastewater using data-independent acquisition. The suspect screening workflow could identify 74 compounds from different classes (mainly pharmaceuticals and pesticides), of which37 compounds were confirmed by reference standards.The remaining 37 compounds were tentatively identified based on MS/MS spectra match. The occurrence and elimination of the identified compounds were studied and discussed in detail. Furthermore, the confirmed compounds were quantified where pharmaceuticals had the greatest overall concentrations in all samples, followed by flame retardants. The non-steroidal antiandrogen, bicalutamide, was detected at the highest concentration (843.9 to 3838 ng/L) at the wastewater effluents, where the flame retardant, tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate, exhibited a concentration in the range of 337.2 to 1304.6 ng/L. Consequently, the environmental toxicity and risk of the confirmed compounds were investigated. The pharmaceutical, telmisartan, with the insecticide, fipronil exhibited high-risk quotients ( 600∼1400 and 102∼290, respectively), demonstrating their potential toxicity at ecologically relevant amounts. Finally, multivariate analysis was applied to evaluate the efficiency of wastewater treatment. Principal component analysis was able to clearly discriminate between influent and effluent samples, demonstrating an effective treatment process.
AB - A comprehensive suspect and non-target screening workflow based on liquid chromatography coupled to a quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometer was developed for the detection and identification of contaminants in wastewater using data-independent acquisition. The suspect screening workflow could identify 74 compounds from different classes (mainly pharmaceuticals and pesticides), of which37 compounds were confirmed by reference standards.The remaining 37 compounds were tentatively identified based on MS/MS spectra match. The occurrence and elimination of the identified compounds were studied and discussed in detail. Furthermore, the confirmed compounds were quantified where pharmaceuticals had the greatest overall concentrations in all samples, followed by flame retardants. The non-steroidal antiandrogen, bicalutamide, was detected at the highest concentration (843.9 to 3838 ng/L) at the wastewater effluents, where the flame retardant, tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate, exhibited a concentration in the range of 337.2 to 1304.6 ng/L. Consequently, the environmental toxicity and risk of the confirmed compounds were investigated. The pharmaceutical, telmisartan, with the insecticide, fipronil exhibited high-risk quotients ( 600∼1400 and 102∼290, respectively), demonstrating their potential toxicity at ecologically relevant amounts. Finally, multivariate analysis was applied to evaluate the efficiency of wastewater treatment. Principal component analysis was able to clearly discriminate between influent and effluent samples, demonstrating an effective treatment process.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.462905
DO - 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.462905
M3 - Article
C2 - 35190303
AN - SCOPUS:85124802871
SN - 0021-9673
VL - 1667
JO - Journal of Chromatography A
JF - Journal of Chromatography A
M1 - 462905
ER -