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Table 1.1
(continued)
Country
Location
Number of
site/sample
Depth a
(mbgl)
Compounds
analyzed
Compounds
detected
LOD b
/LOQ c
(ng/L)
Maximum conc.
(ng/L)
References
Ganges
River Basin
14/14
n.a. 4
2 antibiotics, 10
other
pharmaceuticals, 3
PCPs, 5 ASs
2 antibiotics, 8
pharmaceuticals, 3
PCP, 3 ASs
0.06–15
(LOD)
Caffeine (262)
Sharma
et al. (2019)
Japan
Central
Tokyo
15/15
10–33
11 other
pharmaceuticals, 2
PCPs
7 other
pharmaceuticals, 2
PCPs
0.1–12 (LOQ) Crotamiton (592)
Nakada
et al. (2008)
Central
Tokyo
50/50
10–500
5 other
pharmaceuticals, 1
PCP
5 other
pharmaceuticals, 1
PCP
0.10–21
(LOQ)
Crotamiton (1400) Kuroda
et al. (2012)
Central
Tokyo
14/14
10–30
5 antibiotics, 10
other
pharmaceuticals, 2
PCPs
5 antibiotics, 10
other
pharmaceuticals
0.28–3.47
(LOQ)
Ibuprofen (1006)
This study
Korea
Buyeo-gun
30/30
10–15
17 antibiotics, 15
other
pharmaceuticals, 1
PCP, 5 ASs, 6
pesticides
14 antibiotics, 11
other
pharmaceuticals, 1
PCP, 1 pesticide, 4
ASs
0.03–4 (LOD) Acesulfame
(1330)
Lee et al.
(2019)
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