Journal article
Occurrence of primary aromatic amines and nicotine in sediments collected from the United States
The Science of the total environment, Vol.851 Part 1, 158102
12/10/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158102
PMCID: PMC10116586
PMID: 35987249
Abstract
Despite extensive use of primary aromatic amines (AAs) in consumer products, little is known about their occurrence in the environment. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of 14 AAs and nicotine in 75 sediment samples collected from seven estuarine and freshwater ecosystems in the Unites States. Additionally, risk quotients (RQs) were calculated to assess potential risks of these chemicals to aquatic organisms. Of the 14 AAs analyzed, seven of them were found in sediments. The sum concentrations of seven AAs in sediments were in the range of 10.2 to 1810 ng/g, dry wt (mean: 388 ng/g). Aniline was the most abundant compound, accounting for, on average, 53 % of the total concentrations. Nicotine was found in sediments at a concentration range of <LOQ to 1340 ng/g, dry wt (mean: 119 ng/g). Among the seven sampling locations studied, AAs and nicotine concentrations were the highest in sediment from Altavista wastewater lagoon in Virginia (AV, mean: 1700 ng/g) followed in descending order by Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC, mean: 807 ng/g), Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC, mean: 698 ng/g) and New Bedford Harbor (NBH, mean: 482 ng/g). Sediments from the upper Mississippi River (MISS, mean: 63.4 ng/g) and Tittabawassee River (TBR, mean: 52.3 ng/g) contained the lowest concentrations. The RQ values for AAs in sediment ranged from 0 to 733 and that for nicotine ranged from 0 to 2060. Among AAs, the highest RQ value was found for 4-chloroaniline. Nicotine exhibited notable RQ values, which suggested risk from this chemical to aquatic organisms. This is the first study to report the occurrence of AAs in sediments and our results suggest the need for further investigations on the sources and ecological impacts of these chemicals in aquatic ecosystems.
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•Aromatic amines (AAs) and nicotine were measured in sediments from US waterbodies.•Seven of the14 AAs analyzed were found frequently, with aniline predominating.•Concentrations of AAs were in the range of 10.2–3140 ng/g dry wt.•Highest concentrations AAs and nicotine were found in wastewater lagoon.•Nicotine followed by 4-chloroaniline exhibited the highest risk quotients.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Occurrence of primary aromatic amines and nicotine in sediments collected from the United States
- Creators
- Magdalena Urbaniak - New York UniversitySridhar Chinthakindi - Department of Pediatrics and Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USAAndres Martinez - University of IowaKeri C. Hornbuckle - University of IowaKurunthachalam Kannan - Department of Pediatrics and Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Science of the total environment, Vol.851 Part 1, 158102
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158102
- PMID
- 35987249
- PMCID
- PMC10116586
- NLM abbreviation
- Sci Total Environ
- ISSN
- 0048-9697
- eISSN
- 1879-1026
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000066, name: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, award: P42ES013661, U2CES026542; DOI: 10.13039/100018031, name: Polsko-Amerykanska Komisja Fulbrighta, award: PL/2021/54/SR )
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/10/2022
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology; Iowa Superfund Research Program
- Record Identifier
- 9984285643702771
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