Occurrence of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in riverine sediments from the Pearl River Delta, China

Association of endocrine‐disrupting chemicals with total organic carbon in riverine water and suspended particulate matter from the Pearl River, China

“…Conversely, E1 was detectable in one SPM sample only (site Z1), and all other estrogens were undetectable. Overall, NP was the predominant contaminant in SPM, which was consistent with the previous results obtained in the water and sediments of the Pearl River Delta [22,23]. Moreover, the particulate NP concentrations were 1 to 2 orders of magnitude higher than those of OP (Supplemental Data, Fig.…”

“…The analytical methods for the extraction, purification, derivation, and instrumental detection have been previously published [22][23][24][25]. Briefly, the extraction of the EDCs from the water was performed by using Oasis HLB cartridges, which were conditioned with 5 ml ethyl acetate, 5 ml methanol, and 15 ml HCl (pH ¼ 3) sequentially before use.…”

E2, an Aquatic Hazard Worldwide

“…4.63 μg/kg Crucian (Zou et al, 2007) 0.08 mg/g Tilapia (Jiang et al, 2009) 4.7 μg/kg Greasy-back shrimp (Zou et al, 2007) 0.0783 mg/g Prawn (Jiang et al, 2009) 26.4-77.1 ng/L Surface water (Hintemann et al, 2006) 4.1 × 10 3 ng/L Sewage 12 ng/L Effluent from (STP) (Rujiralai et al, 2011) Nd Waste water (Liu et al, 2011) 1.2-10.7 ng/L WWTP (Ra et al, 2011) 75.2 ng/L bottled mineral water, Germany (Wagner & Oehlmann, 2009) 0.8-150 ng/L Water, Netherlands (Vethaak et al, 2005) 0.06-67 pM River water, Japan (Matsumoto et al, 2005) 1-191 ng/L effluents from sewage treatment plants (Pojana et al, 2004) Sediment 200 pg/g Fresh water sediment (Petrovic et al, 2001) 0.3 μg/kg Lake Temsah (Elnwishy et al, 2012) 0.9-2.6 ng/g River sediment (Gong et al, 2011) 3.1-289 μg/kg Sediment (Pojana et al, 2004) Big animals 4-28 ng/g Cattle Manure (Andaluri et al, 2011) 104-262 μg/kg Dairy cattle feces (Wei et al, 2011) 45-926 μg/kg Beef cattle feces (Wei et al, 2011) 40 pgm/L Male bovine (Biddle et al, 2007) 44 pgm/L Females bovine (Biddle et al, 2007) Also, it was detected in prawn and fish (Jiang et al, 2009), Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius, bivalves and snails (Zou et al, 2007), and in shellfish in France (Lagadic et al, 2007). Estrogens were detected in Llobregat catchment area in Spain in water samples at low levels between 2-5 ng L -1 (Brix et al, 2010).…”

“…Estrogens were detected in Llobregat catchment area in Spain in water samples at low levels between 2-5 ng L -1 (Brix et al, 2010). Furthermore, in Spain, detection was reported in sediments of rivers (Petrovic et al, 2001;Lopez et al, 2002;Gong et al, 2011). Lately, it was detected for the first time in Egypt (Elnwishy et al, 2012).…”

Revomal of Organic Pollutants by a River Water Purification Demonstration Project

“…Some kinds of organic pollutants, such as brominated flame retardants(BFRs)-Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs), Bisphenol A (BPA) and other pollutants, have been detected in water of East river, which was the one of upstream rivers of the Pearl River [3,4]. For example, The 16 kinds of PAEs concentrations in riverine sediments in the PRD region ranged from 0.567 to 47.3µg/g dry weight (dw), with the mean and median concentrations of 5.34µg/g dw and 2.15µg/g dw, respectively [1].The concentrations of BDE-209 in sediments of Pearl River in china ranged from 30 to 7340 ng/g [5].…”