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Characterization of estrogenic compounds in water samples collected from United Kingdom estuaries.

This report describes the identification of important estrogenic compounds in surface and sediment pore-water samples collected from the Tyne and Tees estuaries (United Kingdom) through the application of toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) procedures. The Tyne and Tees estuaries represent estuaries that have been historically impacted by industrial activities and continue to receive treated domestic sewage and industrial effluent. In 1998, Dabholm Gut on the Tees received a mixture of treated and untreated effluent, while Howdon sewage treatment works (STW) discharged primary treated effluents. An estrogenically active water sample collected from Howdon STW on the Tyne was shown to contain 17beta-estradiol, androsterone, and an unknown estrogenic compound(s). Most of the activity contained in a sample collected from the Dabholm Gut combined discharges on the Tees was also due to 17beta-estradiol with additional activity from nonylphenol and (tentatively) bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate. The only sediment pore-water sample to demonstrate estrogenic activity was collected from Dabholm Gut.[1]

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  1. Characterization of estrogenic compounds in water samples collected from United Kingdom estuaries. Thomas, K.V., Hurst, M.R., Matthiessen, P., Waldock, M.J. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. (2001) [Pubmed]
 
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