Ecotoxicological assessments of over-the-counter NSAID (diclofenac, ibuprofen, aspirin) and antipyretic (acetaminophen) pharmaceuticals: A review of their toxicity effects on aquatic crustaceans.

IF 8.4 4区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Delezia S Singh, Stephan Pflugmacher
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Abstract

Commonly used, over-the-counter (OTC) NSAIDs and antipyretic pharmaceuticals represent emerging contaminants of concern, with high global consumption attributing to their frequent detection across diverse water systems. Concerns surround their harmful impacts on aquatic biota, especially since waterbodies represent the predominant receiving matrices for drug-imbued effluents and waste disposal. To support the growing evidence of toxicity effects from emerging contaminants like OTC drugs on non-target organisms, ecotoxicological assessments have been conducted using bioassay experiments and biological models, like crustaceans. To shed light on the scope of toxicity data on common OTC drugs available for this sensitive group, while identifying research gaps and poorly-studied areas that need future ecotoxicological attention, the goal focused on reviewing existing literature on toxicity studies that involved crustaceans and commonly used NSAID and antipyretic OTC medications represented by: ibuprofen, diclofenac, aspirin/acetylsalicylic acid and paracetamol/acetaminophen. Published studies were accrued from literature databases using a systematic search strategy and a 4-stage protocol. 814 records resulted, with 68 meeting relevance following their eligibility screening against defined criteria. Extracted data was organized according to general bibliographical identifiers, experimental design aspects and key findings. Assimilated information revealed that most studies focused on acute toxicity testing for the chosen pharmaceuticals, using largely microcrustaceans as test models (Branchiopoda, Copepoda, Isopoda, Amphipoda, Ostracoda and Mysida), especially conventionally-known groups (daphnids). Ibuprofen was the most investigated across all taxa (32.9%) but effect concentrations for caridean shrimps (Neocaridina denticulata and Atyaephyra desmarestii) and the amphipod, Hyalella azteca, reflected notable sensitivity toward diclofenac. Fewer studies assessed mixture, metabolites' and long-term/sublethal effects in relation to the focus drugs. Future research efforts can supplement these information deficiencies with the aid of efficient, non-traditional (ecotoxicological) methodologies within ethical frameworks, in order to support environmental policy and risk management for NSAID and antipyretic pharmaceuticals.

非处方非甾体抗炎药(双氯芬酸、布洛芬、阿司匹林)和退烧药(对乙酰氨基酚)的生态毒理学评价:对水生甲壳类动物的毒性作用综述。
常用的非处方(OTC)非甾体抗炎药和退烧药代表了令人担忧的新兴污染物,由于在不同的水系统中频繁检测到它们,全球消费量很高。令人关切的是它们对水生生物群的有害影响,特别是因为水体是药物注入废水和废物处理的主要接收基质。越来越多的证据表明,非处方药等新兴污染物会对非目标生物产生毒性影响,为了支持这一观点,人们利用生物测定实验和生物模型(如甲壳类动物)进行了生态毒理学评估。为了阐明可用于这一敏感群体的常用OTC药物的毒性数据范围,同时确定研究空白和需要未来生态毒理学关注的研究不足的领域,目的是回顾现有的关于甲壳类动物和常用非甾体抗炎药和解热OTC药物的毒性研究的文献:布洛芬、双氯芬酸、阿司匹林/乙酰水杨酸和扑热息痛/对乙酰氨基酚。使用系统搜索策略和四阶段协议从文献数据库中收集已发表的研究。结果产生814条记录,其中68条符合根据定义标准进行资格筛选的相关性。提取的数据根据一般书目标识符、实验设计方面和关键发现进行组织。同化的信息表明,大多数研究集中在对所选药物的急性毒性试验上,主要使用微甲壳类动物(鳃足类、桡足类、等足类、片足类、介形虫类和密足类)作为试验模型,特别是常规已知的类群(水蚤)。布洛芬对所有类群的影响最大(32.9%),但对齿状虾(Neocaridina denticulata和atyeaephyra desmarestii)和片脚类动物阿兹特克透明虾(Hyalella azteca)的影响浓度反映出对双氯芬酸的显著敏感性。较少的研究评估了与重点药物相关的混合物、代谢物和长期/亚致死效应。未来的研究工作可以在伦理框架内有效的、非传统的(生态毒理学)方法的帮助下补充这些信息的不足,以支持非甾体抗炎药和退热药物的环境政策和风险管理。
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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESTOXICOLOGY&nbs-TOXICOLOGY
CiteScore
5.90
自引率
6.50%
发文量
156
期刊介绍: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) publishes the science underpinning environmental decision making and problem solving. Papers submitted to IEAM must link science and technical innovations to vexing regional or global environmental issues in one or more of the following core areas: Science-informed regulation, policy, and decision making Health and ecological risk and impact assessment Restoration and management of damaged ecosystems Sustaining ecosystems Managing large-scale environmental change Papers published in these broad fields of study are connected by an array of interdisciplinary engineering, management, and scientific themes, which collectively reflect the interconnectedness of the scientific, social, and environmental challenges facing our modern global society: Methods for environmental quality assessment; forecasting across a number of ecosystem uses and challenges (systems-based, cost-benefit, ecosystem services, etc.); measuring or predicting ecosystem change and adaptation Approaches that connect policy and management tools; harmonize national and international environmental regulation; merge human well-being with ecological management; develop and sustain the function of ecosystems; conceptualize, model and apply concepts of spatial and regional sustainability Assessment and management frameworks that incorporate conservation, life cycle, restoration, and sustainability; considerations for climate-induced adaptation, change and consequences, and vulnerability Environmental management applications using risk-based approaches; considerations for protecting and fostering biodiversity, as well as enhancement or protection of ecosystem services and resiliency.
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