Water contamination by endocrine disruptors: Impacts, microbiological aspects and trends for environmental protection

CLS Vilela, JP Bassin, RS Peixoto - Environmental pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
Hormone active agents constitute a dangerous class of pollutants. Among them, those
agents that mimic the action of estrogens on target cells and are part of the group of …

Application of nanostructured carbon-based electrochemical (bio) sensors for screening of emerging pharmaceutical pollutants in waters and aquatic species: A …

Á Torrinha, TMBF Oliveira, FWP Ribeiro, AN Correia… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pharmaceuticals, as a contaminant of emergent concern, are being released uncontrollably
into the environment potentially causing hazardous effects to aquatic ecosystems and …

Occurrence and ecological risk assessment of emerging organic chemicals in urban rivers: Guangzhou as a case study in China

FJ Peng, CG Pan, M Zhang, NS Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban rivers may receive contamination from various sources including point sources like
domestic sewage and nonpoint sources (eg, runoff), resulting in contamination with various …

Steroidal and phenolic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in surface water of Bahe River, China: Distribution, bioaccumulation, risk assessment and estrogenic …

S Wang, Z Zhu, J He, X Yue, J Pan, Z Wang - Environmental Pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated selected steroidal and phenolic endocrine disrupting compounds
(EDCs) in the surface water of the Bahe River (China) using gas chromatography mass …

Occurrence, distribution and bioaccumulation of endocrine disrupting compounds in water, sediment and biota samples from a European river basin

N Salgueiro-González, I Turnes-Carou… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
The occurrence, distribution and bioaccumulation of five endocrine disrupting compounds (4-
tert-octylphenol, 4-n-octylphenol, 4-n-nonylphenol, nonylphenol and bisphenol A) in water …

Zebrafish sex differentiation and gonad development after exposure to 17α-ethinylestradiol, fadrozole and their binary mixture: A stereological study

A Luzio, SM Monteiro, S Garcia-Santos, E Rocha… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Current knowledge on zebrafish (Danio rerio) sex determination suggests that this trait has a
polygenic genetic basis, although environmental factors, such as endocrine disrupting …

Testing the effects of ethinylestradiol and of an environmentally relevant mixture of xenoestrogens as found in the Douro River (Portugal) on the maturation of fish …

P Silva, MJ Rocha, C Cruzeiro, F Malhão, B Reis… - Aquatic toxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
In natural environments fish populations are exposed to many potential xenoestrogens,
whereby understanding the impacts of mixtures continue to be of great interest. The main …

Disruption of apoptosis pathways involved in zebrafish gonad differentiation by 17α-ethinylestradiol and fadrozole exposures

A Luzio, M Matos, D Santos… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2016 - Elsevier
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) sex determination seems to involve genetic factors (GSD) but also
environmental factors (ESD), such as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that are known …

Effects of 17α-ethinylestradiol at different water temperatures on zebrafish sex differentiation and gonad development

A Luzio, D Santos, AA Fontaínhas-Fernandes… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2016 - Elsevier
In the current climate change scenario, studies combining effects of water contaminants with
environmental parameters, such as temperature, are essential to predict potentially harmful …

Frequency of micronuclei and of other nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes of the grey mullet from the Mondego, Douro and Ave estuaries—Portugal

J Carrola, N Santos, MJ Rocha… - … science and pollution …, 2014 - Springer
Fish are bioindicators of water pollution, and an increased rate of their erythrocyte nuclear
morphological abnormalities (ENMAs)—and particularly of erythrocyte micronuclei (EMN) …