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Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Florian Faure, Olivier Wieser, Colin Demars

Marine microplastic (,5 mm) water pollution has met growing public and scientific interest in the last few years. The situation in freshwater environments remains largely unknown, although it appears that they play an important role as part of the origin o ...

Csiro Publishing2015

An evaluation of surface micro- and mesoplastic pollution in pelagic ecosystems of the Western Mediterranean Sea

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Pascal Hagmann, Florian Faure

This study examines the distribution, abundance and characteristics of surface micro- and mesoplastic debris in the Western Mediterranean Sea. 41 samples were collected in 2011 (summer) and 2012 (summer). Results, firstly, revealed that micro- (

Springer Heidelberg2015

Divergent PCB organohalide-respiring consortia enriched from the efflux channel of a former Delor manufacturer in Eastern Europe

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Christof Holliger, Pierre Rossi, Martina Praveckova

Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) organohalide-respiring communities from the efflux channel of a former Delor manufacturer in Eastern Slovakia were assessed using metagenomic, statistical and cultivation-adapted approaches. Multivariate analysis of environme ...

Elsevier2015

Effect of advanced oxidation processes on the micropollutants and the effluent organic matter contained in municipal wastewater previously treated by three different secondary methods

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean, César Pulgarin, Anoys Magnet, Franco Alejandro Gamarra Vives, Stefanos Giannakis

In this study, wastewater from the output of three different secondary treatment facilities (Activated Sludge, Moving Bed Bioreactor and Coagulation-Flocculation) present in the municipal wastewater treatment plant of Vidy, Lausanne (Switzerland), was furt ...

Elsevier2015

Degradation of Eight Relevant Micropollutants in Different Water Matrices by Neutral Photo-Fenton Process under UV254 and Simulated Solar Light Irradiation – a comparative study

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean, César Pulgarin, Andrzej Sienkiewicz

This is a comparative study of photolytic degradation under exposure to UV254 nm and solar-simulator irradiation of a mixture of eight equally concentrated relevant micropollutants in the presence of H2O2 and Fe(II) in ultrapure water, Lake Geneva water, a ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Trace metals and persistent organic pollutants in sediments from river-reservoir systems in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Spatial distribution and potential ecotoxicological effects

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean

This paper discusses the occurrence and spatial distribution of metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs: including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and polycyclic aromatic hy ...

Elsevier2014

The Use of Passive Samplers to Reveal Industrial and Agricultural Pollution Trends in Swiss Rivers

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Julien Omlin, Nicolas Estoppey, Adrien Schopfer, Robin Udrisard

This study shows the efficiency of passive sampling to reveal industrial and agricultural pollution trends. Two practical applications for nonpolar and polar contaminants are presented. Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) samplers were deployed for one year in ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2014

Effect of water velocity on the uptake of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by silicone rubber (SR) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) passive samplers. An assessment of the efficiency of performance reference compounds (PRCs) in river-like flow conditions

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Julien Omlin, Nicolas Estoppey, Adrien Schopfer

One aim of this study is to determine the impact of water velocity on the uptake of indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (iPCBs) by silicone rubber (SR) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) passive samplers. A second aim is to assess the efficiency of perfor ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

The herbicide glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA in the Lavaux vineyard area, western Switzerland: proof of widespread export to surface waters. Part I: Method validation in different water matrices

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean

An analytical method for the quantification of the widely used herbicide, glyphosate, its main by-product, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) and the herbicide glufosinate at trace level was developed and tested in different aqueous matrices. Their derivati ...

2013

The herbicide glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA in the Lavaux vineyard area, western Switzerland: Proof of widespread export to surface waters. Part II: The role of infiltration and surface runoff

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro

Two parcels of the Lavaux vineyard area, western Switzerland, were studied to assess to which extent the widely used herbicide, glyphosate, and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) were retained in the soil or exported to surface waters. They w ...

2013

Treatment of micropollutants in municipal wastewater: Ozone or powdered activated carbon?

Luca Rossi, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Jonas Margot, Anoys Magnet, David Andrew Barry

Many organic micropollutants present in wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals and pesticides, are poorly removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). To reduce the release of these substances into the aquatic environment, advanced wastewater ...

Elsevier2013

Degradation of emergent contaminants by UV, UV/H2O2 and neutral photo-fenton at pilot scale in a domestic wastewater treatment plant

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean, César Pulgarin, Anoys Magnet, Natalia de la Cruz

This study focuses on the removal of 22 selected micropollutants in an effluent from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (MWTP) at pilot scale. A reactor of 37 L with five low pressure mercury lamps emitting at 254 nm (UV254) was used. The 22 micropollu ...

Elsevier2013

Pollution due to plastics and microplastics in Lake Geneva and in the Mediterranean Sea

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Hadrien Baecher, Florian Faure, Marie Corbaz

Aquatic pollution due to plastics, and especially microplastics, is becoming the subject of growing research together with an increasing awareness of their environmental harm. While most of the studies focus on oceans, the situation regarding lakes remains ...

2012

Degradation of 37 emergent contaminants by UV and neutral fenton and photo-fenton in domestic wastewater effluent previously treated by activated sludge

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean, César Pulgarin, Natalia de la Cruz

This study focuses on the removal of 32 selected micropollutants (pharmaceuticals, corrosion inhibitors and biocides/pesticides) found in an effluent coming from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (MWTP) based on activated sludge. Dissolved organic mat ...

Elsevier2012

Surveillance de la qualité des sédiments en Suisse - État actuel des méthodes disponibles et mise en place de recommandations

Nathalie Chèvre Rossi, Luca Rossi, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Sophie Campiche, Benoît Jean Dominique Ferrari

Le sédiment constitue un compartiment dynamique et essentiel dans les écosystèmes aquatiques.Il joue un rôle important pour de nombreux animaux et végétaux en tant qu’habitat ou site de ponte. Cependant, il présente la caractéristique d’adsorber des pollua ...

2012

Second interlaboratory exercise on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug analysis in environmental aqueous samples

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro

Several interlaboratory exercises were organised within the framework of European FP6 project NOR-MAN Among others. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were investigated in different aqueous samples in two sequential ring studies. The aim of both studies ...

Elsevier2010

Occurrence and fate of micropollutants in the Vidy Bay of Lake Geneva, part II: Micropollutant removal between wastewater and raw drinking water

Frédéric Bonvin, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean, Chiara Perazzolo, Florence Bonvin, Tamar Kohn

The occurrence and removal of 58 pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, corrosion inhibitors, biocides, and pesticides, were assessed in the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as in the effluent-receiving water ...

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Press2010

Brominated flame retardants in fish of Lake Geneva (Switzerland)

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) were determined in fish (Salmo trutta forma lacustris) from Lake Geneva. Brominated flame retardants were detected in all nine samples with an average concentration for the sum of BDE ...

Springer-Verlag2009

Chemical, Biological and Ecotoxicological Assessment of Pesticides and Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Bahlui River, in Romania

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Kristin Becker van Slooten

Background, aim, and scope Current knowledge on environmental impacts of industrial activities in Romania, particularly persistent organic pollutants (POPs), indicates that environmental standards of the European Union are not systematically met. In our st ...

2009

First interlaboratory exercise on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs analysis in environmental samples

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro

2008

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