Estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are natural hormones, synthetic
compounds or industrial chemicals that mimic estrogens due to their structural similarity with …

Potential risks associated with releases of human pharmaceuticals into the environment
have become an increasingly important issue in environmental health. This concern has …

Background Sewage sludge, the inevitable byproduct of municipal wastewater-treatment
plant operation, is a key issue in many countries due to its increasing volume and the …

Previous studies lacked quantitative evaluation studies of the probability of ecology and
human health risks from soil heavy metals. This study assessed heavy metal risk level by …

Effluents of sewage treatment plants (STPs) are an important source of estrogenic
substances to the receiving water bodies affecting their ecological safety. In this study …

Urban rivers may receive contamination from various sources including point sources like
domestic sewage and nonpoint sources (eg, runoff), resulting in contamination with various …

Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are sinks of per-and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFASs) generated by human activities and are also sources of PFASs in …

Fish populations constitute an important part of aquatic ecosystems. Thus, their
accumulation of nonylphenol (NP) and bisphenol A (BPA) may pose risks to ecosystems and …

The occurrence, distribution, and ecological risk of 10 quinolones (QNs) were investigated in
the water and sediment samples from Baiyangdian Lake, China. The field samplings were …

For the first time, a field survey was conducted to investigate the present situation, vertical
distribution and ecological risks of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Mn, Cr, Pb and As) from 21 in-situ …