Environmental persistence, detection, and mitigation of endocrine disrupting contaminants in wastewater treatment plants – a review with a focus on tertiary treatment technologies
Jesús Alfredo Rodríguez-Hernández, Rafael G. Araújo, Itzel Y. López-Pacheco, Laura Isabel Rodas-Zuluaga, Reyna Berenice González-González, Lizeth Parra-Arroyo, Juan Eduardo Sosa‐Hernández, Elda M. Melchor-Martínez, Manuel Martínez-Ruiz, Damià Barceló, Lorenzo Pastrana, Hafiz M.N. Iqbal, Roberto Parra‐Saldívar
Abstract
Endocrine disrupting chemicals are a group of contaminants that have severe effects on humans and animals when exposed, like cancer and alterations to the nervous and reproductive systems.
Topics & Concepts
Endocrine systemPersistence (discontinuity)ContaminationSewage treatmentEnvironmental scienceBiologyEnvironmental chemistryHormoneEcologyEnvironmental engineeringEndocrinologyChemistryEngineeringGeotechnical engineeringMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals