Toxicity identification fractionation of environmental estrogens in waste water and sludge using gas and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and recombinant yeast assay |
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Authors: | Marc P. Fernandez Tania-Noelia Noguerol Silvia Lacorte Ian Buchanan Benjamin Piña |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, 3-133 Markin, Edmonton, Canada, T6G-2W2;(2) Department of Molecular Biology, IBMB-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelóna, Catalonia, Spain;(3) Department of Environmental Chemistry, IIQAB-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelóna, Catalonia, Spain |
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Abstract: | We developed a toxicity identification fractionation (TIF) procedure to determine estrogenic compounds in wastewaters and sludge. The procedure consisted in fractionation of samples through a C18 solid-phase extraction cartridge, in which Fraction I contained nonylphenol (NP) and its mono (NPEO1) and diethoxylate (NPEO2) and the markers of faecal exposure, Fraction II contained bisphenol A (BPA) and synthetic and natural hormones, and Fraction III contained the hormone conjugates. These three fractions were analyzed in parallel using gas or liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and recombinant yeast assay (RYA). Water samples collected daily throughout a whole week contained from 0.45 to 7.22 μg L−1 of NP > NPEO1 > NPEO2 and were responsible for the estrogenicity of these samples. Fractions II and III were not estrogenic and that was due to the low ng L−1 level of hormones and hormone conjugates found, respectively. The biological treatment sewage treatment plant (STP) was capable to eliminate from 52 to 100% of the compounds, with bisphenol A being the least removed. Only alkylphenols were accumulated in sludge with concentrations from 8.69 to 26.3 mg kg−1 dw of NPEO1 > NPEO2 > NP. The integrated procedure herein proposed can be used as a screening method to evaluate estrogenic compounds in STPs and to survey faecal elimination. |
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Keywords: | Estrogenic endocrine-disrupting compounds Wastewater Sludge Toxicity identification fractionation GC-MS LC-MS |
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