Detection of estrogenic disrupting compounds（EDCs） in drinking waters around China has led to rising concerns about health risks associated with these compounds.There is,however,a paucity of studies on the occurrenc...Detection of estrogenic disrupting compounds（EDCs） in drinking waters around China has led to rising concerns about health risks associated with these compounds.There is,however,a paucity of studies on the occurrence and identification of the main compounds responsible for this pollution in the source waters.To fill this void,we screened estrogenic activities of 23 source water samples from six main river systems in China,using a recombinant two-hybrid yeast assay.All sample extracts induced significant estrogenic activity,with E2 equivalents（EEQ） of raw water ranging from 0.08 to 2.40 ng/L.Additionally,16 samples were selected for chemical analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.The EDCs of most concern,including estrone（E1）,17β-estradiol（E2）,17α-ethinylestradiol（EE2）,estriol（E3）,diethylstilbestrol（DES）,estradiol valerate（EV）,4-t-octylphenol（4-t-OP）,4-nonylphenols（4-NP） and bisphenol A（BPA）,were determined at concentrations of up to 2.98,1.07,2.67,4.37,2.52,1.96,89.52,280.19 and 710.65 ng/L,respectively.Causality analysis,involving comparison of EEQ values from yeast assay and chemical analysis identified E2,EE2 and 4-NP as the main responsible compounds,accounting for the whole estrogenic activities（39.74% to 96.68%）.The proposed approach using both chemical analysis and yeast assay could be used for the identification and evaluation of EDCs in source waters of China.展开更多
文摘在扬水曝气条件下,在原位进行了强化生物接触氧化技术改善滦河水源水质的试验研究,分析测定其处理效果,研究了生物填料悬挂于自然水体不同水深、不同水力停留时间下对生物预处理效果的影响.试验结果表明,扬水曝气加原位采用生物接触氧化组合用于水源水质改善是可行的;该技术对水中CODMn、氨氮、叶绿素a、真实色度、TOC、UV254、铁和锰平均的去除率分别可达10.1%、64.1%、42.4%、48.6%、12.5%、9.5%、48.9%和41.9%;生物填料可悬挂在水体0～3 m水深区,停留时间应大于2～3 h.
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZCX1-YW-06-02)the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2007CB407304)the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’sRepublic of China (No. 200909040)
文摘Detection of estrogenic disrupting compounds（EDCs） in drinking waters around China has led to rising concerns about health risks associated with these compounds.There is,however,a paucity of studies on the occurrence and identification of the main compounds responsible for this pollution in the source waters.To fill this void,we screened estrogenic activities of 23 source water samples from six main river systems in China,using a recombinant two-hybrid yeast assay.All sample extracts induced significant estrogenic activity,with E2 equivalents（EEQ） of raw water ranging from 0.08 to 2.40 ng/L.Additionally,16 samples were selected for chemical analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.The EDCs of most concern,including estrone（E1）,17β-estradiol（E2）,17α-ethinylestradiol（EE2）,estriol（E3）,diethylstilbestrol（DES）,estradiol valerate（EV）,4-t-octylphenol（4-t-OP）,4-nonylphenols（4-NP） and bisphenol A（BPA）,were determined at concentrations of up to 2.98,1.07,2.67,4.37,2.52,1.96,89.52,280.19 and 710.65 ng/L,respectively.Causality analysis,involving comparison of EEQ values from yeast assay and chemical analysis identified E2,EE2 and 4-NP as the main responsible compounds,accounting for the whole estrogenic activities（39.74% to 96.68%）.The proposed approach using both chemical analysis and yeast assay could be used for the identification and evaluation of EDCs in source waters of China.
