Rapid urbanization and frequent disposal of wastewater to surface water cause widespread
contamination of freshwater supplies with emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals …

Micro-pollutants especially estrogens, progesterone, androgens, glucocorticoids, and
growth hormones, are biological and chemical impurities that find their way into natural …

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are pollutants with estrogenic or androgenic
activity at very low concentrations and are emerging as a major concern for water quality …

The presence of pharmaceutical pollutants in water sources has become a growing concern
due to its potential impacts on human health and other organisms. The physicochemical …

Abstract Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), represented by steroidal estrogens
(estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estradiol (E3), and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and …

Trace organic contaminants have become an increasing cause of concern for governments
and water authorities as they attempt to respond to the potential challenges posed by …

During past two decades, steroid hormones have raised significant public concerns due to
their potential adverse effects on the hormonal functions of aquatic organisms and humans …

Abstract Steroid hormone Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs)(natural estrogens (17-β-
estradiol (E2), estrone (E1), estriol (E3), synthetic estrogen (17-α-ethinylestradiol (EE2)) …

We developed an original analytical method for monitoring five estrogens, nine androgens,
nine progestogens, six glucocorticoids, and one mineralocorticoid in one water sample …

The polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) was relatively recently developed to
trap hydrophilic organic micropollutants in aquatic environments. The aim of this article is to …