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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2016

17β-Estradiol influent and effluent concentrations in wastewater: demographic influences and the risk to environmental health.

K T Heffron, K F Gaines, J M Novak, T Canam, D A Collard

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exposure to 17β estradiol causes erosion of sexual dimorphism in Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K T HeffronDepartment of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL, 61920, USA.
K F GainesDepartment of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL, 61920, USA. kfgaines@eiu.edu.
J M NovakDepartment of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL, 61920, USA.
T CanamDepartment of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL, 61920, USA.
D A CollardCity of Charleston Wastewater Treatment Plant, Charleston, IL, 61920, USA.
Eastern Illinois University · USCity of Portland · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concentration of 17β-estradiol (E2) was measured through stages of wastewater treatment at a central Illinois wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). E2 concentration was quantified using a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The concentration of E2 was compared with demographic effects of a university; physical parameters of the wastewater (dissolved oxygen, pH, and temperature); and daily influent and effluent flow rates. Effluent concentrations ranged from 0 to 25.3 ng L(-1) with an average discharge of 3.6 ng L(-1). E2 concentration was shown to increase at the start of each university semester; however, this trend was not observed in the summer sessions. Low influent and effluent flow rates, which correspond to increased water retention time at the WWTP, were correlated to increased removal efficiency of E2, where low flow was linked to 91 % removal efficiency and high flow with 58 % removal efficiency. This study concludes that E2 was being discharged at concentrations known to cause ecological risk, and that the demographic changes in a university student body had a significant effect on E2 concentration throughout the treatment process.

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Environmental MonitoringDemographyEnvironmental HealthEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEstradiolEstrogensEthinyl EstradiolIllinoisWaste Disposal, FluidWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalEstradiolEstrogensEthinyl EstradiolWastewaterWater Pollutants, Chemical17β-estradiolEnvironmental healthWastewater treatmentWater quality

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