þ Pete Pasterz, NCQRP
Cabarrus County Recycling and HHW
PO BOX 707
Concord, NC 28026
www.cabarruscounty.us
If you're not for ZERO Waste, how much Waste ARE you for?
From:
pharmwaste-bounces@no.address
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@no.address] On Behalf Of Marta
Keane
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:04 PM
To: pharmwaste@no.address
Cc: Meghan McCutcheon; tgaworski@no.address; Pat Livingstone; Stephen
Musson; MBuckman@no.address; Sedona Recycles; maureen.reilly@no.address;
Marlene Rayner
Subject: [Pharmwaste] RE: Testing Leachate for Pharmaceuticals
From: Topp, Ed [mailto:toppe@no.address]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:51 PM
To: Marta Keane; cmetcalfe@no.address
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., Mijatović, I., Matošić,
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@no.address]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:43 PM
To: cmetcalfe@no.address; 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
Recycle at home and at work!
DISCLAIMER: