Anthropogenic tracers, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and endocrine disruption in Minnesota lakes

Seasonal variation and partitioning of endocrine disrupting chemicals in waters and sediments of the Pearl River system, South China

“…They were reported to bring about widespread sexual disruptions in aquatic species such as fish, snail, tadpoles, and turtle etc., and impacts on human such as breast cancer (Jobling et al, 1996;Routledge et al, 1998;Oehlmann, 2000;Writer et al, 2010). Moreover, they were regarded as an important factor for the decline of fish abundance in freshwater (Kidd et al, 2007).…”

Risk assessment of xenoestrogens in a typical domestic sewage-holding lake in China

“…Xenoestrogens have been extensively detected in various aquatic environment such as wastewater treatment plant effluent, rivers, estuaries, and even drinking water (Campbell et al, 2006;Caliman and Gavrilescu, 2009;Rahman et al, 2009;Li et al, 2010;Racz and Goel, 2010;Writer et al, 2010). The concentrations of xenoestrogens were reported in the range of a few ng L À1 to several mg L À1 in these waters (Campbell et al, 2006;Zhao et al, 2011).…”

Concentrations of hormones, pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants in groundwater affected by septic systems in New England and New York

“…The introduction of micropollutants to groundwater systems from septic systems is of concern due to the possibility of downgradient transport to adjacent drinking water supplies, and potential for effects on non-target biologic organisms in surface waters receiving groundwater discharge (Schaider et al, 2014;Standley et al, 2008;Underwood et al, 2011, Writer et al, 2010. Hormones, antidepressants, antimicrobials, and other micropollutants associated with septic discharges have been identified as having multiple effects on aquatic species, including impairing the ability of native bacteria in groundwater discharge zones to reduce nitrogen concentrations (Underwood et al, 2011), and affecting physiological and behavioral aspects of fish Vajda et al, 2008;Hinck et al, 2009;Painter et al, 2009).…”