Integrated approaches for detecting the occurrence and effects of endocrine disrupting substances in surface waters
| Autor: | Ricardo Barra, Matias Campos-Garagay, Mark E. McMaster, Diana M. Cárdenas-Soracá, L. Mark Hewitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis Aquatic ecosystem 0208 environmental biotechnology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Chemical mixtures Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Identification (biology) Biochemical engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 18:20-25 |
| ISSN: | 2468-5844 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.coesh.2020.06.002 |
| Popis: | In this article, we document a strategy for addressing the difficulties of analyzing complex chemical mixtures of endocrine-disrupting substances (EDSs) in surface waters. The overall approach includes effect-based assessments to detect mixtures of EDSs exerting real-world effects, the use of passive samplers for in situ extraction and preconcentration of compounds, effect-directed analysis to isolate causative substances and finally, nontargeted analysis to facilitate their identification. This package of integrated approaches can be instrumental to address endocrine-disrupting mixtures in water bodies because it balances chemical- and effect-based methods that are inclusive of the broad diversity of chemicals functioning as EDSs. These methods are complementary to each other and, when used together, result in a synergistic and multidisciplinary approach to holistically detect and manage complex mixtures of EDSs exerting a myriad of effects in aquatic ecosystems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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