Driven by the growing demand for food products of animal origin, industrial livestock and
poultry production has become increasingly popular and is on the track of becoming an …

Knowledge of the hazards and associated risks from chemicals discharged to the
environment has grown considerably over the past 40 years. This improving awareness …

Phytoremediation, the application of vegetation and microorganisms for recovery of nutrients
and decontamination of the environment, has emerged as a low-cost, eco-friendly, and …

Steroid hormones are extremely important natural hormones in all vertebrates. They control
a wide range of physiological processes, including osmoregulation, sexual maturity …

Expanding water reuse-the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including
irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation-could significantly increase the …

Low levels of human medicines (pharmaceuticals) have been detected in many countries in
sewage treatment plant (STP) effluents, surface waters, seawaters, groundwater and some …

Municipal wastewaters are a complex mixture containing estrogens and estrogen mimics
that are known to affect the reproductive health of wild fishes. Male fishes downstream of …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including the mass-produced component of
plastics, bisphenol A (BPA) are widely prevalent in aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Many …

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) have been of great concern as emerging contaminants of aquatic environment …

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 …