Endocrine disrupting chemicals entering European rivers: Occurrence and adverse mixture effects in treated wastewater
Saskia Finckh, Sebastian Buchinger, Beate I. Escher, Henner Hollert, Maria König, Martin Krauß, Warich Leekitratanapisan, Sabrina Schiwy, Rita Schlichting, Aliaksandra Shuliakevich, Werner Brack
Abstract
) demonstrated good correlations of chemical target analysis and receptor-based testing results with deviations mostly within a factor of 10. Bioassay-specific effect-based trigger values (EBTs) from the literature, but also newly calculated EBTs based on previously proposed derivation options, were applied and allowed a preliminary assessment of the water quality of the tested WWTP effluent samples. Overall, this study demonstrates the high potential of linking chemical with effect-based analysis in water quality assessment with regard to EDC contamination.