CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Extended suspect screening to identify organic micropollutants and their transformation products as potential markers of wastewater contamination in riverine and coastal ecosystems
ČELIĆ M., JAEN A., BRICEÑO-GUEVARA S., RODRIGUEZ-MOZAZ S., (Corresponding) GROS M., PETROVIĆ M.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
In this study, a comprehensive suspect screening of organic micropollutants (MPs), and some of their transformation products (TPs) and metabolites, was performed in waste, river and coastal waters from the Ebro Delta region (Catalonia, Spain). For this purpose, an automated suspect screening...Read more
Keywords:
Suspect screening; Micropollutants; High resolution mass spectrometry;
Screening of polar pesticides in groundwater in Hebei Province, China
Huang Y., (Corresponding) Rao Z., GUO X., YANG Z., LIU C., SHI Z.
Topic:
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
As a big agricultural country，China has a relatively high pesticide usage in unit area , which is three times higher than developed countries. About 80% of pesticides directly enter the soil and the water through leaching or surface runoff during the usage of pesticides. In particular, some of the...Read more
Keywords:
Screening , polar pesticides, groundwater, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry,
Mass balance of selected pharmaceuticals in an Austrian river catchment area: estimation of the different source contributions
Andrea G., (Corresponding) Paola V., Olivia Z., Matthias Z.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
The study refers to the assessment of the annual loadings of two pharmaceuticals (sulphamethoxazole and carbamazepine) released in the river of an Austrian catchment area (108,000 inhabitants, 404 km2) by different pathways: wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, combined sewage overflows (...Read more
Keywords:
Sulfamethoxazole, carbamazepine, mass balance, river basin, sludge-amended soil
Characterization of Natural Organic Matter and Disinfection By-products Formed After Chemical Disinfection of Water
(Corresponding) Postigo C., (Corresponding) Andersson A., Mourad H., Bastviken D., Gonsior M., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Gago-Ferrero P., Ahrens L., Ahrens L., Wiberg K.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
Chemical disinfection of water has been commonly applied to protect public health from waterborne infectious diseases. Chemical disinfectants are strong oxidants that react with the building blocks or alter the metabolism of pathogenic organisms, killing them as the final consequence. These...Read more
Performance Evaluation of Mass Transfer-Based Method using Global Performance Index in Semi-Arid Region Saudi Arabia.
Islam S., Abdullah R., Hirol H., Mallick J., (Corresponding) Khan R.
Topic:
Enviornmental data analysis and modelling
The standard method for the estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is FAO-Penman-Monteith (FAO56-PM). However, it requires various climatic parameters which are often hard to achieve due to various reason. In order to bridge this gap an alternative equation has to be find out. The main...Read more
Keywords:
Reference Evapotranspiration; Mass Transfer method; Calibration; Validation; Global Performance Index
Mass and energy balances of sewage sludge pyrolysis in a lab rotary kiln
(Corresponding) Mendoza L., Gómez A., Rincón S.
Topic:
Energy technologies and sustainability
The aim of this work is to study the influence of the main parameters of sewage pyrolysis in a rotary kiln on the product distriburion and energy balances. An indirectly heated rotary kiln at a laboratory scale was used (4 kg/h). An increase in the final temperature causes the reduction of the...Read more
Keywords:
Sewage sludge, pyrolysis, rotary kiln, energy and mass balance
Detection of cyanobacterial toxins and oligopeptides from the Polemidia Dam in Cyprus
(Corresponding) Keliri E., Antoniou M., Edwards C., Mazur-Marzec H.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms are becoming more spatially persistent worldwide. The formation and release, through cell-death and/or excretion, of bioactive metabolites (cyanotoxins) is comprising a reoccurring concern to environmental protection agencies. Cyanotoxins can negatively impact...Read more
Keywords:
cyanotoxins, oligopeptides, tandem mass spectrometry, cyanobacteria, toxicity
Determination of more than 2,400 emerging contaminants in apex predators and their prey from European Specimen Banks and Natural History Museums by novel and complementary High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Techniques
Gkotsis G., Alygizakis N., Cincinelli A., Dekker R., Duke G., Glowacka N., Knopf B., Koschorreck J., Martellini T., Movalli P., Nika M., Nikolopoulou V., Rüdel H., Shore R., (Corresponding) Thomaidis N., Treu G., Slobodnik J.
Topic:
General
Overwhelming evidence over many decades has shown that many organic compounds have been released in the environment due to anthropogenic activities. The term “chemicals of emerging concern (CEC)” has been established for chemicals, which are not subjected to marketing restrictions and regulatory...Read more
Keywords:
Apex Predators, Emerging Contaminants, High Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Biomonitoring, Bioaccumulation.
AUTONONTARGET: AN R PACKAGE TO PERFORM AUTOMATIC NON-TARGET SCREENING
Aalizadeh R., (Corresponding) Thomaidis N.
Topic:
General
Recent advances on Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (LC-HRMS) has revolutionized identification of new compounds, having various polarity, over various scientific fields especially in the environmental science. The continuous growing of LC-HRMS applications yet increased the...Read more
Keywords:
Suspect and Non-target Screening, Chemometrics, Mass Spectrometry
Untargeted screening analysis for mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino-acids in algae by mass spectrometry
(Corresponding) Parailloux M., Godin S., C.M. Fernandes S., Lobinski R.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids have been described as natural sunscreens and antioxidant compounds presenting a great potential for health and cosmetic applications. Herein, an untargeted screening approach for mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) was developed by the...Read more
Keywords:
Algae, Mycosporine-like amino-acids, High-resolution Mass Spectrometry, Fragment Ion Search, Untargeted Screening
