One goal of this review is to bring out that the chemical enterprise needs to work to reduce
society's uncertainties with respect to the safety of persistent or pseudopersistent …

Estrogenic hormones (estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), 17α-ethinylestradiol
(EE2)) are the major contributor to the total estrogenicity in waterways. Presence of these …

Microplastics (MPs) and mesoplastics are able to sorb harmful substances and often contain
additives, eg, endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), that can cause adverse effects to …

In this paper, we evaluated the ecotoxicological potential of the 100 pharmaceuticals
expected to occur in highest quantities in the wastewater of a general hospital and a …

As part of a regional screening to evaluate the risk, for the health of populations, to certain
classes of emerging substances, several families of pharmaceuticals and hormones were …

A scoping study was conducted to investigate the residues of nineteen pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (PPCPs), including 4 natural and 3 synthetic steroid estrogens, 7 …

A sensitive rapid resolution liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (RRLC–
MS/MS) method, combined with solid-phase extraction, ultrasonic extraction and silica gel …

The information regarding endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) was reviewed, including
the definition and characteristics, the recent research trends concerning identification and …

The occurrence of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in the environment has been a
subject of concern for the past decade because many of these emerging contaminants have …

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 …