The occurrence and ecological risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals in sewage effluents from three different sewage treatment plants, and in natural seawater from a marine reserve of Hong Kong

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 352-362

  Xu, Elvis G B ^a   Liu, Shan ^b   Ying, Guang Guo ^b   Zheng, Gene J S ^c   Lee, Joseph H W ^d   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environmental risk assessment; Marine protected areas; Marine reserve; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER;

ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MARINE RESERVE;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

17ALPHA BOLDENONE; 4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; BOLDENONE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTRONE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROGESTERONE; SEA WATER; TESTOSTERONE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4-NONYLPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AHR GENE; ARNT GENE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19A GENE; CYP19B GENE; CYP1A GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ERALPHA GENE; ERBETA GENE; ERGAMMA GENE; GENE; HONG KONG; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PPARALPHA GENE; PPARBETA GENE; PPARGAMMA GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; VTG1 GENE; VTG2 GENE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SEASON; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAPE D'AGUILAR MARINE RESERVE; CHINA; HONG KONG; HONG KONG ISLAND;

ORYZIINAE;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; ORYZIAS; PHENOLS; RISK; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906280300     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.029     Document Type: Article

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