Environmental Project, 899 – Degradation af estrogens in sewage treatment processes

Degradation of Estrogens in Sewage Treatment Processes

7 References

Andersen, H.R., Siegrist, H., Halling-Sørensen, B. & Ternes, T.A. (2003). Fate of Estrogens in a Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant. Environmental Science and Technology. Vol. 37 No. 18, pp. 4021-4026.

Dansk Standardiseringsråd (1991). DS 204 - Tørstof og Gløderest.
In: "Standarder for Vand og Miljø - Fysiske og kemiske metoder"; 22-25.

D'Ascenzo, G., Corcia, A Di, Gentili, A., Mancini, R., Mastropasqua, R., Nazzari, M. & Samperi, R. (2003). Fate of natural estrogen conjugates in municipal sewage transport and treatment facilities. The Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 302 pp. 199-209.

DEPA (1996). Activated Sludge Biodegradability Simulation Test. Environmental Project No. 337, 1996. Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

DEPA (2002a). Punktkilder 2001. Orientering fra Miljøstyrelsen Nr. 7, 2002. (Point Sources 2001. Danish Environmental Protection Agency. In Danish).

DEPA (2002b). Feminisation of fish - The effect of estrogenic compounds and their fate in sewage treatment plants and nature. Environmental Project No. 729, 2002.

DEPA (2003a). Hormonforstyrrende stoffer og lægemidler i spildevand. Miljøprojekt Nr. 799, 2003 fra Miljøstyrelsen. (Endocrine Disruptors and Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Wastewater. In Danish with an English summary).

DEPA (2003b). Evaluation of Analytical Chemical Methods for Detection of Estrogens in the Environment. Working Report No. 44, 2003. Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

DEPA (2003d). Punktkilder 2002. Orientering fra Miljøstyrelsen Nr. 10, 2003. (Point Sources 2002. Danish Environmental Protection Agency, 2003. In Danish).

Geyer H.J., Rimkus G., Scheunert I., Kaune A., et al. (2000). Bioaccumulation and Occurence of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and Other Organic Compouds in Fish and Other Organisms Including Humans. In:Bioaccumulation (Beek B, ed), Heidelberg, Germany:Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2000.

Holthaus K.I.E., Johnson A.C., Jürgens MD, Williams R.J., et al. (2002). The potential for estradiol and ethinylestradiol to sorb to suspended and bed sediments in some English rivers. Environ.Toxicol.Chem.; 21: 2526-2535.

Johnson, A.C. & Sumpter, J.P. (2001). Critical Review: Removal of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Activated Sludge Treatment Works. Environmental Science and Technology. Vol. 35 No. 24, pp. 4697-4703.

Joss, A. (12-9-2003). Personal Communication from Dr. Adriano Joss from EAWAG about oxygen saturation in aeration tanks of active sludge STPs.

Joss, A., Andersen, H.R., Ternes T., Richle, P.R. et al. (2003). Removal of estrogens in municipal wastewater treatment under aerobic and anaerobic conditions: consequences for plant optimization (Unpublished).

Kirk, L.A., Tyler, C.R., Lye, C.M., Sumpter, J.P. (2002). Changes in estrogenic and androgenic activities at different stages of treatment in wastewater treatment works. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Vol. 21 No. 5, pp. 972-979.

Lai K.M., Johnson K.L., Scrimshaw M.D., Lester J.N. (2000). Binding of waterborne steroid estrogens to solid phases in river and estuarine systems. Environmental Science & Technology; 34: 3890-3894.

Layton A.C., Gregory B.W., Seward J.R., Schultz T.W., et al. (2000). Mineralization of steroidal hormones by biosolids in wastewater treatment systems in Tennessee U.S.A. Environmental Science and Technology; 34: 3925-3931.

Löffler D, Herrmann N, Alder A, Bago B, et al. (2003). Fate and Analysis of PPCPs in sludge and sediments. POSEIDON Symposion - Presentation of Project Results, Braunschweig, October 2003; 19 (Abstract)

Matsui, S., Takigami, H., Taniguchi, N., Adachi, J., Kawami, H. & Shimizu, Y. (2000). Estrogen and estrogen mimics contamination in water and the role of sewage treatment. Water Science and Technology. Vol. 42 No. 12, pp. 173-179.

Matter-Müller C., Gujer W., Giger W., Stumm W. (1980). Non-biological elimination mechanisms in biological sewage treatment plant. Progress in Water Technology; 12: 299-314.

NERI (2002). Vandmiljø 2002. Tilstand og udvikling - faglig sammenfatning. Faglig rapport fra DMU nr. 423, 2002. (Water Environment 2002. National Environmental Research Institute. In Danish).

Metcalfe, C.D., Metcalfe, T.L., Kiparissis, Y., Koenig, B.G. (2001). Estrogenic potency of chemicals detected in sewage treatment plant effluents as determined by in vivo assays with Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry vol. 20, pp. 297-308.

Svenson, A., Allard, A.-S. & Ek, M. (2003). Removal of estrogenicity in Swedish municipal treatment plants. Water Research Vol. 37, pp. 4433-4443.

Tanaka, H., Yakou, Y., Takahashi, A., Higashitani, T., Tomori, K. (2000). Comparison between estrogenicities estimated from DNA recombinant yeast assay and from chemical analyses of endocrine disruptors during sewage treatment. Conference Preprint Book 1: Industrial Wastewater Treatment.

1st World Water Congress of IWA, Paris 3-7 July 2000.

Ternes, T.A., Stumpf, M., Mueller, J., Haberer, K., Wilken, R.-D., Servos, M. (1999a). Behavior and occurrence of estrogens in municipal sewage treatment plants - I. Investigations in Germany, Canada and Brazil. The Science of the Total Environment 225, pp. 81-90.

Ternes, T.A., Kreckel, P., Mueller, J. (1999b). Behavior and occurrence of estrogens in municipal sewage treatment plants - II. Aerobic batch experiments with activated sludge. The Science of the Total Environment 225, pp. 81-90.

Ternes, T.A., Andersen H.R., Gilberg D., Bonerz M. (2002). Determination of estrogens in sludge and sediments by liquid extraction and GC/MS/MS. Analytical Chemistry 74: 3498-3504.

Thorpe, K.L., Hutchinson, T.H., Hetheridge, M.J., Scholze, M. (2003). Relative potencies and combination effects of steroidal estrogens in fish. Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 37, pp. 1142-1149.

US EPA (1996a). Draft guideline "OPPTS 835.1110 Activated Sludge Sorption Isoterm".

US EPA (1996b). Draft guideline "OPPTS 835.1220 Sediment and Soil Adsorption/Desorption Isoterm".

Vader, J.S., van Ginkel, C.G., Sperling, F.M.G.M., de Jong, J. et al. (2000). Degradation of ethinylestradiol by nitrifying activated sludge. Chemosphere 41: 1239-1243.

Wegener, G., Persin, J., Karrenbrock, F., Rörden, O. et al. (1999). Vorkommen und Verhalten von natürlichen und synthetischen Estrogenen und deren Konjugate in der aquatischen Umwelt (Presence and Behaviour of Natural and Synthetic Estrogens and their Conjugates in the Aquatic Environment). Vom Wasser 92: 347-360.