Triclosan: occurrence and fate of a widely used biocide in the aquatic environment: field measurements in wastewater treatment plants, surface waters, and lake sediments.

By H. Singer, S. Müller, C. Tixier, L. Pillonel. Environmental Science and Technology, 2002

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EU-wide monitoring survey on emerging polar organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluents. (2013, background): “Triclosan is an antimicrobial agent used in a multitude of household products; in WWTPs around 90% of the incoming triclosan is removed from the water, by degradation and adsorption to sludge (Bester, 2003; Heidler and Halden, 2008; Singer et al., 2002), which is a high but not complete removal.”
Triclosan: environmental exposure, toxicity and mechanisms of action (2011, methodology): “Field measurements from a Swiss WWTP have detailed the elimination process of TCS: 79% was biologically degraded, 15% was sorbed to sludge and 6% left the plant in the final effluent at a concentration of 42 ng l−1 (Singer et al., 2002; Table 1).”
Review of 'emerging' organic contaminants in biosolids and assessment of international research priorities for the agricultural use of biosolids. (2011, background): “Antimicrobial agents TCS and TCC have received increasing research attention internationally (Singer et al., 2002; Ying and Kookana, 2007) and are capable of ecological toxicity (Yang et al.”
Occurrence and removal of antibiotics, hormones and several other pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants of the largest industrial city of Korea. (2011, background): “Singer et al. (2002) reported the reduction of triclosan as high as 90%, of which 79% was biologically degraded.”