Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass an array of anthropogenic organic and
elemental substances and their degradation and metabolic byproducts that have been found …

Health concerns regarding the potential interference of endocrine disrupting chemicals
(EDCs) in the immune system of wildlife and humans have increased in recent years …

Water utilities around the world are facing increasing demands being placed on the limited
water resources available and, as such, are turning to new strategies to ensure a …

The assessment of steroidal hormones in the environment requires sensitive and selective
analytical techniques suitable for sample matrices. This paper reports a simple method to …

During onsite wastewater treatment, trace organic compounds are often present in the
effluents applied to subsurface soils for advanced treatment during vadose zone percolation …

Methods were modified and tested to monitor the occurrence of 20 pharmaceuticals and
consumer product chemicals in raw wastewater and septic tank effluent (STE) from six single …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are a diverse group of compounds that can mimic,
block or modulate the synthesis of natural hormones. They are known to cause impairment …

Fish can be exposed to a complex mixture of chemical contaminants arising from the
exposure to wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) effluents. Some of these contaminants …

Exposure to environmental estrogens such as 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) has been
associated with feminization and a decline in fertility of male fish. To investigate the effect of …

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