Whether the implementation of additional treatments for the removal of estrogens from
wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) effluents will eliminate their feminizing effects in …

Background Environmental estrogens in wastewater treatment work (WwTW) effluents are
well established as the principal cause of reproductive disruption in wild fish populations …

Estrogenic chemicals found within wastewater treatment work (WwTW) effluents have been
shown individually to inhibit reproduction in fish, but the impact of the WwTW effluents …

Effluents from wastewater treatment works (WwTW) exhibit both temporal and spatial
variation in oestrogenicity, however few studies have attempted to quantify how this variation …

The knowledge that exposure to estrogenic wastewater treatment work (WwTW) effluents
induces a range of reproductive abnormalities in fish has highlighted the need to understand …

Effluents from wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) contain estrogenic substances that
induce feminizing effects in fish, including vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis and gonadal …

Steroid estrogens are thought to be the major cause of feminization (intersex) in wild fish.
Widely used wastewater treatment technologies are not effective at removing these …

To assess the impact of an estrogenic wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent on fish
reproduction, white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) were collected from immediately …

A wide range of health effects in fish have been reported for exposure to wastewater
treatment work (WwTW) effluents including feminized responses in males. Most of these …

Environmental pollutants, including estrogens, are widespread in aquatic environments
frequently as a result of treated wastewater effluent discharged. Exposure to estrogens has …