The guidelines for the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) of pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (PPCP) recommend the use of standard ecotoxicity assays and the …

The environmental release and fate of estrogens are becoming an increasing public
concern. Bacterial degradation has been considered the main process for eliminating …

Abstract The Laurentian Great Lakes are a valuable natural resource that is affected by
contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including sex steroid hormones, personal care …

Nitrate is a ubiquitous aquatic pollutant that is commonly associated with eutrophication and
dead zones in estuaries around the world. At high concentrations nitrate is toxic to aquatic …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), wastewater indicators (WWIs), and
pesticides (herein, Contaminants of Emerging Concern [CECs]) have been documented in …

Endocrine active compounds (EACs) are pollutants that have been recognized as an
emerging and widespread threat to aquatic ecosystems globally. Intersex, the presence of …

Adverse effects resulting from potential exposure of wild fishes to estrogenic endocrine
disruptors were assessed at seven United States Great Lakes Areas of Concern using …

Persistent and bioaccumulative contaminants often reach concentrations that threaten
aquatic life by causing alterations in organism behavior and development, disruption of …

The health of resident fishes serves as a biologically relevant barometer of aquatic
ecosystem integrity. Here, the health of the Ottawa River and Ashtabula River (both within …

The sex ratio of the feral Southern catfish is about 1: 1, while the fish obtained by artificial
fertilization are all female. Hence, the possible influence of the microenvironment (pH of the …