Additional treatment of wastewater reduces endocrine disruption in wild fish-a comparative study of tertiary and advanced treatments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5565-5573

  Baynes, Alice ^a   Green, Christopher ^a   Nicol, Elizabeth ^a   Beresford, Nicola ^a   Kanda, Rakesh ^b   Henshaw, Alan ^c   Churchley, John ^d   Jobling, Susan ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Severn Trent Services   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; ADVANCED TREATMENT; AQUATIC WILDLIFE; CHLORINE DIOXIDES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EARLY LIFE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FEMINIZING EFFECTS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; STEROID ESTROGENS; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENTS; FISH;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CHARCOAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STEROID; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COCKROACH; FISH; NONHUMAN; SAND; SAND FILTRATED; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CYPRINIDAE; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 84861169808     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204590d     Document Type: Article

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