Removal of endocrine disrupters from the contaminated environment: public health concerns, treatment strategies and future perspectives - A review.

ABSTRACT: Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are emerging contaminants of concern (ECC) that disturb endocrine hormones and system functionality even at very low concentrations (i.e. μg/L or ng/L levels). Hence, EDCs are found in all components of the environment including surface and groundwater, wastewater, soil, outdoor and indoor air and in the contaminated foods from a variety of sources (run off from agricultural activities, sewage treatment plants, leakage from septic tanks etc.), and the effects are more severe as the majority of EDCs do not have standard regulations. The environmental mobility of EDCs is higher as conventional wastewater treatment does not degrade efficiently and the development of effective and sustainable removal technologies specifically designed for the removal of th

SUBMITTER: Werkneh AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9026580 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature