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Occurrence, fate and risk assessment of androgens in ten wastewater treatment plants and receiving rivers of South China.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Zhang, Jiashun Ying, Guang-Guo Yang, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Wang-Rong Liu, Shuang-Shuang Chen, Juejing Liu, You-Sheng Zhao, Jian-Liang Zhang, Qian-Qian |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Androgens are one class of steroids that could cause endocrine disrupting effects in aquatic organisms. However, little information is available about androgens in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with different treatment technologies. Here we investigated the occurrence, removal, and fate of fourteen natural and synthetic androgens in ten WWTPs of Guangdong province, south China. The results showed detection of ten androgens in the influents of the ten WWTPs, with concentrations up to 4650 ng/L (androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione). But only three androgens androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione, 4-androstene-3,17-dione and 17β-boldenone were detected in the final effluents of the ten WWTPs, while six androgens androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (N.D. to 43.0 ng/g), 4-androstene-3,17-dione (2.06-42.7 ng/g), epi-androsterone (N.D. to 506 ng/g), testosterone (0.29-4.24 ng/g), 17β-boldenone (N.D. to 2.05 ng/g) and methyl testosterone (N.D. to 0.70 ng/g) were found in activated sludge. The aqueous phase removal rates for most androgens in the WWTPs exceeded 95% except for 4-androstene-3,17-dione with its removal rates varying between 79.5% and 100%. The removal of androgens in the WWTPs could be attributed mainly to biodegradation while removal by precipitation, volatilization, sludge absorption and oxidation was very limited. Eight androgens were also found in five receiving rivers. The risk quotients of some androgens (androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione, 4-androstene-3,17-dione, methyl testosterone, 17α-trenbolone) exceeded 1 in the receiving rivers, showing high risks to aquatic organisms. Further studies are needed to understand the origin of these high risk androgens and ecological effects. |
| Starting Page | 644 |
| Ending Page | 654 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.144 |
| PubMed reference number | 29547853 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 201 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://iehpc.gdut.edu.cn/2018-34.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.144 |
| Journal | Chemosphere |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
