Table 5 NSAIDs and some metabolites detected in marine aquatic environments around the globe
NSAID measured
Maximum level
reported in ng/L
Saline water source
References
Acetaminophen
584
Atlantic Ocean, North Portuguese
coast, 14 bathing beaches
[45]
275
North Portuguese coast, 3 bathing
beaches near to Oporto
[46]
201
Baltic sea, Gdańsk Bay, Poland
[47]
16.7
Coastal southwestern Taiwan
[48]
Acetylsalicylic
acid
25
Pacific Northwest coasts and fjords
[49]
5.34
Atlantic Ocean, North Portuguese
coast, 14 bathing beaches
[45]
5
North Portuguese coast, 3 bathing
beaches near to Oporto
[46]
Carboxyibuprofen 1,227
Atlantic Ocean, North Portuguese
coast, 14 bathing beaches
[45]
600
North Portuguese coast, 3 bathing
beaches near to Oporto
[46]
7
Seawater from Tromsø-Sound,
Norway
[50]
Diclofenac
241
Atlantic Ocean, North Portuguese
coast, 14 bathing beaches
[45]
102
Baltic sea, Gdańsk Bay, Poland
[47]
33
North Portuguese coast, 3 bathing
beaches near to Oporto
[46]
11.6
Singapore’s coastal waters from
8 sites
[51]
4.01–4.78
Santos Bay, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[52]
Flurbiprofen
87
Baltic sea, Gdańsk Bay, Poland
[47]
Ketoprofen
616
Baltic sea, Gdańsk Bay, Poland
[47]
89.7
Atlantic Ocean, North Portuguese
coast, 14 bathing beaches
[45]
23.3
Coastal southwestern Taiwan
[48]
17
North Portuguese coast, 3 bathing
beaches near to Oporto
[46]
Ibuprofen
222
Atlantic Ocean, North Portuguese
coast, 14 bathing beaches
[45]
110
North Portuguese coast, 3 bathing
beaches near to Oporto
[46]
48
Baltic sea, Gdańsk Bay, Poland
[47]
12.1
Coastal southwestern Taiwan
[48]
9.1
Singapore’s coastal waters from
8 sites
[51]
0.7
Seawater from Tromsø-Sound,
Norway
[50]
49 ng/g of sediment Santos Bay, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[53]
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L. I. Castro-Pastrana et al.