PMID- 18235177
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080606
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0273-1223 (Print)
IS  - 0273-1223 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008
TI  - Distribution profiles of endocrine disrupting PAHs/APEOs in river sediments: is 
      there a potential ecotoxicological problem?
PG  - 237-42
LID - 10.2166/wst.2008.829 [doi]
AB  - The endocrinic/mutagenic potencies of the endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) 
      polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), alkylphyenol ethoxylates (APEOs) and 
      their metabolites are well documented. Less so is the endocrinic 
      ecotoxicological/health risk potential of these persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) in river sediments. From approximately 5 x 10(8) m3/y of sewage produced 
      in Israel, approximately 70% are reused, mainly in agriculture, following a 
      conventional activated sludge treatment (AST). A major related question is: does 
      this practice conform to sustainability? We have found the APEOs concentration 
      profiles of Israel's rivers/streams, Mediterranean Sea coastal water and 
      groundwater, to be 12.5-74.6, 4.5-25.0 and trace-20.2 microg/L, respectively. In 
      two "representative" rivers, in the central coastal region of the country, the 
      total concentrations of the PAHs and APEOs were found to be (in the upper layers 
      of their sediments) 1.02-1.59, 1.78-2.30, 1.48-3.12 and 31.27-376.23, 2.40-91.70, 
      62.99-63.63 microg/g, respectively. The distribution of the PAHs in the 
      co-presence of APEOs in rivers and their sediments, can be rationalized in terms 
      of the hydrophobicity/nonbiodegradability of the former and the 
      hydrophilicity-CMC/nonbiodegradability of the latter. Based on (a) the zebrafish 
      egg production test (ZFEPT) - a long-term exposure of zebrafish to actually found 
      environmental concentrations of EDCs; and (b) the low effectiveness of POPs 
      removal in AST, our preliminary conclusions are that (1) there is a potential 
      ecotoxicological/health risk problem; and (2) the practice of conventional 
      wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)-treated water reuse is incompatible with 
      sustainability.
FAU - Zoller, Uri
AU  - Zoller U
AD  - Faculty of Science and Science Education - Chemistry, University of Haifa - 
      Oranim, Kiryat, Tivon 36006, Israel. uriz@research.haifa.ac.il
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Water Sci Technol
JT  - Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on 
      Water Pollution Research
JID - 9879497
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 339NCG44TV (Phenol)
SB  - IM
MH  - Alkylation
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Ecotoxicology
MH  - Endocrine System/*drug effects
MH  - Geologic Sediments/chemistry
MH  - Israel
MH  - Phenol/*chemistry/*pharmacology
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*pharmacology
MH  - Rivers/chemistry
MH  - Water Movements
MH  - Zebrafish
EDAT- 2008/02/01 09:00
MHDA- 2008/06/07 09:00
CRDT- 2008/02/01 09:00
PHST- 2008/02/01 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/06/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/02/01 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.2166/wst.2008.829 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Water Sci Technol. 2008;57(2):237-42. doi: 10.2166/wst.2008.829.