ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS IN EFFLUENTS
Problems and alternatives for mitigation
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https://doi.org/10.52138/sitec.v12i1.224Keywords:
Emerging pollutants, Environmental contamination., Wastewater treatment., Sewage treatment station, Hormones.Abstract
Endocrine disruptors (EDCs) encompass structurally diverse classes of emerging contaminants, including primarily synthetic steroid hormones; pharmaceutical products; industrial chemicals; pesticides; combustion by-products and dioxins. EDCs can be detected and measured in aquatic environments such as surface water, groundwater, wastewater, landfill runoff and leachate, these micropollutants are a threat to the environment and public health as these elements adversely affect the functions endocrine organs. Conventional effluent treatment systems are not effective in removing EDCs, and numerous studies in this direction are being carried out in order to reduce the presence of these contaminants in the environment. This work is a bibliographic review, with the objective of highlighting the environmental problems of EDCs in the environment and citing some effluent treatment alternatives available to reduce these.
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