The potential role of water quality parameters on occurrence of nonylphenol and bisphenol A and identification of their discharge sources in the river ecosystems

Emission patterns and risk assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and bromophenols in water and sediments from the Beijiang River, South China

“…Due to the diverse uses of BPA in consumer products, it has been regularly detected in a wide range of environmental matrices, including air, water, sewage sludge and sediments (Huang et al, 2012;Lee et al, 2013;Xiong et al, 2015), even human blood and tissues (Vandenberg et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2013). Several studies have reported that BPA is a potential endocrine disruptor (Rogers et al, 2013;Vandenberg et al, 2010).…”

Seasonal and spatial distribution of 4-nonylphenol and 4-tert-octylphenol in the sediment of Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan

“…4-NP and 4-t-OP are both endocrine disruptors, which are able to mimic natural hormones and interact with estrogen receptor (Lee and Lee, 1996), posing harmful influences, including feminization and carcinogenesis, on several aquatic species (Schwaiger et al, 2002;Capaldo et al, 2012;Chen and Yen, 2013). Many researchers have shown that 4-NP and 4-t-OP widely exist in various mediums of water environment, such as water, sediments and biological bodies (Jonkers et al, 2005;Soares et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2010;Duan et al, 2014;Cheng et al, 2006a,b;Li et al, 2008;Lee et al, 2013), especially the sediments, which play the role of storing AP. According to some studies (David et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2010), the 4-NP and 4-t-OP contents of marine sediments are about 2.2-20 700 and 1.9-179 ng g À1 , respectively; the concentration of 4-NP is apparently higher than that of 4-t-OP, and is about 500 times the PNEC value (39 ng g À1 , predicted no effect concentration) (European Commission, 2002).…”

“…Lee et al, 2013) indicate that the 4-NP concentration (6.59-47 798 ng g À1 dw) of the 16 major rivers in Taiwan is relatively higher than that of the Tiber River of Italy (Patrolecco et al, 2006), the Elbe River of Germany (Heemken et al, 2001;Stachel et al, 2003), the Kalamazoo River of United States of America (Kannan et al, 2003), the Han River of South Korea (Li et al, 2004), the Chinese Yellow River (Xu et al, 2006) and 5 rivers near Jiaozhou Bay (Fu et al, 2007). Because of mass production and broad applications, the AP concentration in Taiwan's environment seems relatively higher than that of other regions.…”

Avaliação bacteriológica e físico-química de águas de irrigação, solo e alface (Lactuca sativa L.)

“…Os principais parâmetros físico-químicos utilizados na avaliação da qualidade da água utilizada para irrigação são: pH, turbidez, demanda bioquímica de oxigênio (DBO), C orgânico total e N total (Lee et al, 2013).…”