Effect-directed analysis: a promising tool for the identification of organic toxicants in complex mixtures?

W Brack - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2003 - Springer
Wastewater effluents, groundwater, surface water, sediments, soils and air particulate matter
are often contaminated by a multitude of chemicals. Since often no a priori knowledge of …

Lessons from endocrine disruption and their application to other issues concerning trace organics in the aquatic environment

JP Sumpter, AC Johnson - Environmental science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
In the past 10 years, many thousands of research papers covering the many different
aspects of endocrine disruption in the environment have been published. What has been …

Benchmarking organic micropollutants in wastewater, recycled water and drinking water with in vitro bioassays

BI Escher, M Allinson, R Altenburger… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Thousands of organic micropollutants and their transformation products occur in water.
Although often present at low concentrations, individual compounds contribute to mixture …

European demonstration program on the effect-based and chemical identification and monitoring of organic pollutants in European surface waters

Z Tousova, P Oswald, J Slobodnik, L Blaha… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Growing concern about the adverse environmental and human health effects of a wide
range of micropollutants requires the development of novel tools and approaches to enable …

Phytoremediation potential of heavy metal accumulator plants for waste management in the pulp and paper industry

P Sharma, S Tripathi, R Chandra - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The present manuscript has focused on the heavy metal; accumulation potential by common
native plants ie Chenopodium album L., Ricinus communis, Ranunculus sceleratus, and …

Reproductive disruption in fish downstream from an estrogenic wastewater effluent

AM Vajda, LB Barber, JL Gray, EM Lopez… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
To assess the impact of an estrogenic wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent on fish
reproduction, white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) were collected from immediately …

Occurrence of androgens and progestogens in wastewater treatment plants and receiving river waters: comparison to estrogens

H Chang, Y Wan, S Wu, Z Fan, J Hu - water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Research has shown that exposure to androgens and progestogens can cause undesirable
biological responses in the environment. To date, however, no detailed or direct study of …

Multiple hormonal activities of UV filters and comparison of in vivo and in vitro estrogenic activity of ethyl-4-aminobenzoate in fish

PY Kunz, K Fent - Aquatic Toxicology, 2006 - Elsevier
UV filters have been detected in surface water, wastewater and fish, and some of them are
estrogenic in fish. At present, little is known about their additional hormonal activities in …

Detection of multiple hormonal activities in wastewater effluents and surface water, using a panel of steroid receptor CALUX bioassays

SC Van Der Linden, MB Heringa, HY Man… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
It is generally known that there are compounds present in the aquatic environment that can
disturb endocrine processes, for example via interaction with the endogenous hormone …

Biotransformation of progesterone and norgestrel by two freshwater microalgae (Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella pyrenoidosa): transformation kinetics and …

FQ Peng, GG Ying, B Yang, S Liu, HJ Lai, YS Liu… - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural and synthetic steroid hormones such as progesterone and norgestrel in the aquatic
environment may cause adverse effects on aquatic organisms. This study investigated the …