Endocrine disrupting activities in sewage effluent and river water determined by chemical analysis and in vitro assay in the context of granular activated carbon upgrade

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1512-1520

  Grover, D P ^a   Balaam, J ^b   Pacitto, S ^b   Readman, J W ^c   White, S ^b   Zhou, J L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EDCs; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry mass spectrometry; Sewage; Yeast anti androgen screen; Yeast estrogen screen

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; CATCHMENTS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; YEAST;

ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; EDCS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING ACTIVITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; RIVER WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YEAST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT;

ENGLAND; RAY RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79961211012     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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