PMID- 21268449
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110218
LR  - 20191112
IS  - 0048-7554 (Print)
IS  - 0048-7554 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 4
DP  - 2010 Oct-Dec
TI  - Synergistic ecotoxicity of APEOs-PAHs in rivers and sediments: is there a 
      potential health risk?
PG  - 351-7
AB  - The occurrence and persistence of anthropogenic pollutants in the environment 
      showing estrogenic-endocrine modulating effects in aquatic organisms is a 'hot' 
      issue of major health- and environment-related concern worldwide. The population 
      growth and the increasing scarcity of water in many regions of the world have led 
      to a comprehensive reuse of treated wastewater that, ultimately, may cause a 
      long-term concentration buildup of many toxic persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) in the closed cycle of water supply and wastewater treatment and reuse. 
      The endocrinic/mutagenic potencies of the EDCs-branched chain alkylphenol 
      ethoxylates (APEOs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and their 
      metabolites are well-documented. From approximately 5.5 x 108 m3/y of sewage 
      produced in Israel, approximately 70% are reused, following a conventional, or 
      advanced, activated sludge or sand aquifer treatment (SAT). A major related 
      question is: Does this practice conform to sustainability? Our studies reveal 
      that (a) the concentrations of APEOs and PAHs in Israel rivers and sediments do 
      pose a potential health risk problem; and (b) the synergistic ecotoxicologic 
      impact of environmentally relevant mixtures of these POPs, in WWTP effluents, 
      constitutes an inconsistency, healthwise, with sustainability practice.
FAU - Zoller, Uri
AU  - Zoller U
AD  - Faculty of Natural Sciences, Haifa University--Oranim, Kiryat Tivon 36006, 
      Israel. uriz@research.haifa.ac.il
FAU - Hushan, Marwan
AU  - Hushan M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Rev Environ Health
JT  - Reviews on environmental health
JID - 0425754
RN  - 0 (Endocrine Disruptors)
RN  - 0 (Ethyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Endocrine Disruptors/*analysis
MH  - Ethyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Fresh Water/*chemistry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Israel
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis
MH  - Waste Disposal, Fluid/methods
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/*analysis
EDAT- 2011/01/28 06:00
MHDA- 2011/02/22 06:00
CRDT- 2011/01/28 06:00
PHST- 2011/01/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/01/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/02/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1515/reveh.2010.25.4.351 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Environ Health. 2010 Oct-Dec;25(4):351-7. doi: 10.1515/reveh.2010.25.4.351.