Wastewater-contaminated groundwater as a source of endogenous hormones and pharmaceuticals to surface water ecosystems

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2457-2468

  Standley, Laurel J ^a   Rudel, Ruthann A ^a   Swartz, Christopher H ^b   Attfield, Kathleen R ^a   Christian, Jeff ^c   Erickson, Mike ^c   Brody, Julia G ^a  

^a Silent Spring Institute   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia Analytical Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Groundwater; On site septic system; Pharmaceuticals; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AQUACULTURE; AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTAMINATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HORMONES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOGENOUS HORMONES; ESTROGENIC HORMONES; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; MASSACHUSETTS , USA; NATURAL HORMONES; ON-SITE SEPTIC SYSTEM; ORGANIC WASTEWATERS; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; RECHARGE AREAS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; STEROIDAL HORMONES; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER CONTAMINATIONS; WATER ECOSYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CARBAMAZEPINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; GROUND WATER; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AQUIFER; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HORMONE; INDUCED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POND; RECHARGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEM; HORMONES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649124279     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-604.1     Document Type: Article

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