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Occurrence of twenty-six endocrine-disrupting compounds in environmental water samples from Catalonia, Spain.
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Environmental toxicology and chemistry [Environ Toxicol Chem] 2005 Feb; Vol. 24 (2), pp. 261-7. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- We monitored 26 compounds known or suspected to be endocrine disruptors in several environmental water samples from a river, the sea, and an irrigation canal. Because of the various chemical properties of the compounds monitored, analyses were carried out by using two different methods. One method is based on solid-phase extraction (SPE) on-line coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry through an on-column interface. Another is based on high-performance liquid chromatography-(electrospray) mass spectrometry working in negative ionization mode and using off-line SPE. The limits of detection for the two methods were at levels of low microg/L. Phthalates and bis-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate were found at levels between 0.05 and 13 microg/L in all of the water samples analyzed. Some pesticides, alkylphenols, and estrogens were determined in a few samples at levels below 0.1 microg/L.
- Subjects :
- Adipates analysis
Adipates toxicity
Endocrine Glands metabolism
Estrogens analysis
Estrogens toxicity
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Oceans and Seas
Pesticides analysis
Pesticides toxicity
Phenols analysis
Phenols toxicity
Phthalic Acids analysis
Phthalic Acids toxicity
Rivers
Seasons
Spain
Water analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis
Endocrine Glands drug effects
Water chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical toxicity
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0730-7268
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Environmental toxicology and chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15719984
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1897/04-076r.1