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标题：Distribution and Characterization of Sex Hormones in Sediment and Removal Estimate by Sewage Treatment Plant in South Brazil
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作者：Karina Scurupa Machado ; Julio Cesar R Azevedo ; Maria Cristina Borba Braga 等
期刊名称：Environment Pollution and Climate Change
电子版ISSN：2573-458X
出版年度：2017
卷号：1
期号：2
DOI：10.4172/2753-458X.1000115
语种：English
出版社：OMICS International
摘要：Sex hormones are a group of endocrine disruptors excreted by humans and animals. These compounds have been detected in surface waters and sewage treatment plant (STP), all over the word. Due their physicochemical properties significant amount is deposited in the sediment of surface waters acting as reservoirs able to contaminate the water column. Although these compounds have origin in different sources, it is widely accepted that the main source of these contaminants is STP effluents. Despite toxicity and high input of this compound in the aquatic systems, little information is available on their concentration in the sediment and how these compounds are distributed in the environment. In this study, natural and synthetic female sex hormones (estrone - E1, 17β-estradiol - E2, 17α-Ethinylestradiol – EE and progesterone - PG) were monitored in the sediment of three rivers from the Iguaçu river basin, South Brazil. Also, a removal estimate of these compounds by the local STP was performed. The results showed significant concentrations of hormones, mainly E2, in the sediment samples and an inefficient removal by the STP, resulting in some cases, in the increasing of estrogens. An assessment of the sediment-water partition coefficient (Kd) showed high mobility in the environment for the estrogens, in contrast to the higher affinity for the sediment of the progesterone.
关键词：Sex hormones; Sediment; Estrogens; Progestogens; Endocrine disruptor; Sewage