Impacts of emerging organic contaminants on freshwater resources: review of recent occurrences, sources, fate and effects

A Pal, KYH Gin, AYC Lin, M Reinhard - Science of the total environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization and frequent disposal of wastewater to surface water cause widespread
contamination of freshwater supplies with emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals …

Removal mechanisms for endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in wastewater treatment—physical means, biodegradation, and chemical advanced oxidation: a …

Z Liu, Y Kanjo, S Mizutani - Science of the total environment, 2009 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are pollutants with estrogenic or androgenic
activity at very low concentrations and are emerging as a major concern for water quality …

The environmental and health impacts of steroids and hormones in wastewater effluent, as well as existing removal technologies: a review

MMS Yazdan, R Kumar, SW Leung - Ecologies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Micro-pollutants especially estrogens, progesterone, androgens, glucocorticoids, and
growth hormones, are biological and chemical impurities that find their way into natural …

Chemical coagulation-based processes for trace organic contaminant removal: Current state and future potential

JT Alexander, FI Hai, TM Al-Aboud - Journal of environmental management, 2012 - Elsevier
Trace organic contaminants have become an increasing cause of concern for governments
and water authorities as they attempt to respond to the potential challenges posed by …

Occurrence of endocrine disrupting compounds in aqueous environment and their bacterial degradation: A review

C Zhang, Y Li, C Wang, L Niu, W Cai - Critical Reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), represented by steroidal estrogens
(estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estradiol (E3), and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and …

A critical review on the distribution and ecological risk assessment of steroid hormones in the environment in China

R Zhong, H Zou, J Gao, T Wang, Q Bu, ZL Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
During past two decades, steroid hormones have raised significant public concerns due to
their potential adverse effects on the hormonal functions of aquatic organisms and humans …

Determination and source apportionment of five classes of steroid hormones in urban rivers

H Chang, Y Wan, J Hu - Environmental science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
We developed an original analytical method for monitoring five estrogens, nine androgens,
nine progestogens, six glucocorticoids, and one mineralocorticoid in one water sample …

Occurrence, fate and environmental risk assessment of endocrine disrupting compounds at the wastewater treatment works in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)

T Manickum, W John - Science of the Total Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Steroid hormone Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs)(natural estrogens (17-β-
estradiol (E2), estrone (E1), estriol (E3), synthetic estrogen (17-α-ethinylestradiol (EE2)) …

Chemical calibration, performance, validation and applications of the polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) in aquatic environments

N Morin, C Miège, M Coquery, J Randon - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2012 - Elsevier
The polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) was relatively recently developed to
trap hydrophilic organic micropollutants in aquatic environments. The aim of this article is to …

A review of studies on androgen and estrogen exposure in fish early life stages: effects on gene and hormonal control of sexual differentiation

JK Leet, HE Gall, MS Sepúlveda - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Teleost fish are unique among vertebrates in that phenotypic sex or onset of sex inversion
can be easily manipulated by hormonal treatments. In recent years, researchers have begun …