Table 2.
MEC data (in ng/L), calculated maxRQ, maxRQperiod, and MAX RQ values of PhACs, as well as risk levels of Lake Balaton in the seven investigated periods (LOQ = limit of quantitation)
| PhACs | Lake Balaton (1-6) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | August 2017 | November 2017 | April 2018 | June 2018 | August 2018 | October 2018 | June 2017 - October 2018 | |||||||||
| MEC | maxRQ | MEC | maxRQ | MEC | maxRQ | MEC] | maxRQ | MEC | maxRQ | MEC | maxRQ | MEC | maxRQ | MAX RQ | Level of risk | |
| [ng/L] | [ng/L] | [ng/L] | [ng/L] | [ng/L] | [ng/L] | [ng/L] | ||||||||||
| Diclofenac | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 5.91E + 01 | 5.58E + 00 | 4.19E + 02 | 3.95E + 01 | 3.24E + 02 | 3.06E + 01 | 3.95E + 01 | High |
| E2 | 1.96E + 01 | 9.80E + 00 | 2.00E - 01 | 1.00E - 01 | < LOQ | - | 1.95E - 01 | 9.75E - 02 | 3.00E + 00 | 1.50E + 00 | < LOQ | - | 6.50E - 02 | 3.25E - 02 | 9.80E + 00 | High |
| E1 | 5.52E + 00 | 5.52E + 00 | 1.23E + 00 | 1.23E + 00 | 4.30E - 01 | 4.30E - 01 | 5.10E - 01 | 5.10E - 01 | < LOQ | - | 1.81E + 00 | 1.81E + 00 | 4.25E - 01 | 4.25E - 01 | 5.52E + 00 | High |
| Caffeine | < LOQ | - | 8.99E + 01 | 3.88E - 02 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 1.39E + 03 | 6.00E - 01 | 2.68E + 03 | 1.16E + 00 | 2.42E + 03 | 1.04E + 00 | 1.16E + 00 | High |
| EE2 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 1.80E - 01 | 4.09E - 01 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 4.09E - 01 | Medium |
| E3 | 1.00E - 01 | 2.15E - 01 | 1.30E - 01 | 2.80E - 01 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 2.80E - 01 | Medium |
| Citalopram | 1.30E - 01 | 1.30E - 02 | 2.00E - 01 | 2.00E - 02 | < LOQ | - | 2.44E + 00 | 2.44E - 01 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 2.44E - 01 | Medium |
| Carbamazepine | 6.88E + 01 | 6.88E - 03 | 4.63E + 01 | 4.63E - 03 | 1.59E + 01 | 1.59E - 03 | 7.75E + 01 | 7.75E - 03 | 1.45E + 01 | 1.45E - 03 | 1.66E + 01 | 1.66E - 03 | 2.41E + 01 | 2.41E -03 | 7.75E - 03 | Negligible |
| Clozapine | 5.40E - 01 | 1.89E - 03 | 5.50E - 01 | 1.93E - 03 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 5.54E - 01 | 1.94E - 03 | 1.94E - 03 | Negligible |
| Fluoxetine | 1.68E + 00 | 1.56E - 03 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 1.56E - 03 | Negligible |
| Progesterone | 9.60E - 01 | 9.60E - 04 | 1.31E + 00 | 1.31E - 03 | < LOQ | - | 1.13E + 00 | 1.13E - 03 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 1.31E - 03 | Negligible |
| Testosterone | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 1.09E + 00 | 1.09E - 03 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 1.09E - 03 | Negligible |
| Diazepam | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 2.50E - 01 | 9.62E - 05 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 9.62E - 05 | Negligible |
| Metoprolol | < LOQ | - | 5.08E + 00 | 8.26E - 05 | < LOQ | - | 1.17E + 00 | 1.90E - 05 | 2.64E - 01 | 4.28E - 06 | < LOQ | - | 1.25E + 00 | 2.04E - 05 | 8.26E - 05 | Negligible |
| Quetiapine | 1.20E - 01 | 1.20E - 05 | 1.10E - 01 | 1.10E - 05 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 1.20E - 05 | Negligible |
| Lamotrigine | 8.57E + 00 | 5.71E - 08 | 1.62E + 02 | 1.08E - 06 | 2.21E + 01 | 1.47E - 07 | 3.34E + 01 | 2.23E - 07 | < LOQ | - | < LOQ | - | 5.54E + 01 | 3.69E - 07 | 1.08E - 06 | Negligible |
| maxRQperiod | 9.80E + 00 | 1.23E + 00 | 4.30E - 01 | 5.10E - 01 | 5.58E + 00 | 3.95E + 01 | 3.06E + 01 | |||||||||