Background Since the inception of global industrialization, steroidal estrogens have become
an emerging and serious concern. Worldwide, steroid estrogens including estrone, estradiol …

Anthropogenic contaminants in water can impose risks to reproductive health. Most of these
compounds are known to be endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs can impact the …

Veterinary drugs used for treatment and prevention of diseases in animals represent
important source of environmental pollution due to intensive agri-and aquaculture …

While manure has been used as nutrient-rich fertilizer for centuries, anaerobic digestion
(AD) of manure has only been recognized recently as a promising renewable energy source …

Micro-pollutants especially estrogens, progesterone, androgens, glucocorticoids, and
growth hormones, are biological and chemical impurities that find their way into natural …

The growing persistence of estrogenic pollutants in water resources is a worrying concern
because of their endocrine disrupting activities and potentially hazardous consequences on …

Steroids are abundant growth substrates for bacteria in natural, engineered, and host-
associated environments. This study analyzed the distribution of the aerobic 9, 10-seco …

The current study proposes a simple and inexpensive technique to synthesise core–shell Fe
3 O 4@ ZnO as a promising photocatalyst. An easily scalable original procedure was …

Limited information is available regarding the seasonal and spatial distribution of endocrine
disrupting compounds (EDCs) in Canadian surface waters. Using improved analytical …

Overabundance of endocrine disruptors (EDs), such as steroid estrogens, in the natural
environment disrupts hormone synthesis in aquatic organisms. Livestock and wastewater …