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Table 1.1
Summary of studies on PPCPs and ASs in Asian groundwater
Country
Location
Number of
site/sample
Depth a
(mbgl)
Compounds
analyzed
Compounds
detected
LOD b
/LOQ c
(ng/L)
Maximum conc.
(ng/L)
References
China
Tianjin
5/15
n.a. d
7 ASs
4 ASs (acesulfame,
cyclamate,
saccharin,
sucralose)
0.1–2.3
(LOD),
0.4–7.5
(LOQ)
Cyclamate (100)
Gan et al.
(2013)
Guangzhou
33/132
<10
13 antibiotics, 15
other
pharmaceuticals, 8
personal care
products (PCPs), 1
industrial chemical
4 antibiotics, 11
other
pharmaceuticals, 7
PCPs, 1 industrial
chemical
0.1–6 (LOQ)
Salicylic acid
(2014.7)
Peng et al.
(2014)
Shahu
County,
central
China
27/44
15–100
19 antibiotics
19 antibiotics
0.05–5.3
(LOQ)
Erythromycin
dehydrate (377.8)
Tong et al.
(2014)
12 cities
from
northern
China
12/12
5–70
11 other
pharmaceuticals, 5
endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs)
4 other
pharmaceuticals, 5
EDCs
0.01–1
(LOD),
0.004–5.5
(LOQ)
Sulpiride (60.1)
Li et al.
(2015)
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