Progestins as endocrine disrupters in aquatic ecosystems: concentrations, effects and risk assessment

K Fent - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
In aquatic ecosystems, progesterone (P4) and synthetic progestins (gestagens) originate
from excretion by humans and livestock. Synthetic progestins are used for contraception and …

[HTML][HTML] Towards regulation of Endocrine Disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in water resources using bioassays–A guide to developing a testing strategy

J Robitaille, ND Denslow, BI Escher… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are found in every environmental medium and are
chemically diverse. Their presence in water resources can negatively impact the health of …

Effect-based trigger values for in vitro and in vivo bioassays performed on surface water extracts supporting the environmental quality standards (EQS) of the …

BI Escher, S Aїt-Aїssa, PA Behnisch, W Brack… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Effect-based methods including cell-based bioassays, reporter gene assays and
whole-organism assays have been applied for decades in water quality monitoring and …

European demonstration program on the effect-based and chemical identification and monitoring of organic pollutants in European surface waters

Z Tousova, P Oswald, J Slobodnik, L Blaha… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Growing concern about the adverse environmental and human health effects of a wide
range of micropollutants requires the development of novel tools and approaches to enable …

[图书][B] Bioanalytical tools in water quality assessment

P Neale, F Leusch, B Escher - 2021 - library.oapen.org
The first edition of Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment was released in 2012.
The field has exploded since and the second edition updates and reviews the application of …

Machine learning applications for chemical fingerprinting and environmental source tracking using non-target chemical data

E Dávila-Santiago, C Shi, G Mahadwar… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A frequent goal of chemical forensic analyses is to select a panel of diagnostic chemical
features─ colloquially termed a chemical fingerprint─ that can predict the presence of a …

Analysis of endocrine activity in drinking water, surface water and treated wastewater from six countries

FDL Leusch, PA Neale, C Arnal, NH Aneck-Hahn… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
The aquatic environment can contain numerous micropollutants and there are concerns
about endocrine activity in environmental waters and the potential impacts on human and …

The challenge presented by progestins in ecotoxicological research: a critical review

V Kumar, AC Johnson, A Trubiroha… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Around 20 progestins (also called gestagens, progestogens, or progestagens) are used
today in assisting a range of medical conditions from endometrial cancer to uterine bleeding …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of a full-scale wastewater treatment plant with ozonation and different post-treatments using a broad range of in vitro and in vivo bioassays

C Kienle, I Werner, S Fischer, C Lüthi, A Schifferli… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Micropollutants present in the effluent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) after
biological treatment are largely eliminated by effective advanced technologies such as …

Application of effect-based methods to water quality monitoring: Answering frequently asked questions by water quality managers, regulators, and policy makers

PA Neale, BI Escher, ML de Baat… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Effect-based methods (EBM) have great potential for water quality monitoring as they can
detect the mixture effects of all active known and unknown chemicals in a sample, which …