- Title
- Occurrence of selected endocrine disrupting compounds in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa:
- Creator
- Farounbi, Adebayo I
- Creator
- Ngqwala, Nosiphiwe P
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148447
- Identifier
- vital:38740
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08082-y
- Description
- Endocrine-disrupting compounds are attracting attention worldwide because of their effects on living things in the environment. Ten endocrine disrupting compounds: 4-nonylphenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, estrone, 17β-estradiol, bisphenol A, 4-tertoctylphenol, triclosan, atrazine, imidazole and 1,2,4-triazole were investigated in four rivers and wastewater treatment plants in this study. Rivers were sampled at upstream, midstream and downstream reaches, while the influent and effluent samples of wastewater were collected from treatment plants near the receiving rivers. Sample waters were freeze-dried followed by extraction of the organic content and purification by solid-phase extraction. Concentrations of the compounds in the samples were determined with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The instrument was operated in the positive electrospray ionization (ESI) mode.
- Format
- 13 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Relation
- Farounbi, A.I. and Ngqwala, N.P., 2020. Occurrence of selected endocrine disrupting compounds in the eastern cape province of South Africa. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(14). pp.1-12.
- Relation
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research volume 27 number 14 1 12 May 2020 1614-7499
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