| Estrogens from sewage in coastal marine environments. | |
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PMID: 12676611 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Estrogens are ancient molecules that act as hormones in vertebrates and are biologically active in diverse animal phyla. Sewage contains natural and synthetic estrogens that are detectable in streams, rivers, and lakes. There are no studies reporting the distribution of steroidal estrogens in marine environments. We measured estrogens in sewage, injection-well water, and coastal tropical and offshore tropical water in the Pacific Ocean, western Atlantic Ocean, and Caribbean Sea. Concentrations of unconjugated estrone ranged from undetectable (< 40 pg/L) in the open ocean to nearly 2,000 pg/L in Key West, Florida, and Rehoboth Bay, Delaware (USA); estrone concentrations were highest near sources of sewage. Enzymatic hydrolysis of steroid conjugates in seawater samples indicated that polar conjugates comprise one-half to two-thirds of "total estrone" (unconjugated plus conjugated) in Hawaiian coastal samples. Adsorption to basalt gravel and carbonate sand was less than 20% per week and indicates that estrogens can easily leach into the marine environment from septic fields and high-estrogen groundwater. Of 20 sites (n = 129 samples), the mean values from 12 sites were above the threshold concentration for uptake into coral, indicating that there is a net uptake of anthropogenic steroidal estrogen into these environments, with unknown impacts. |
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Shannon Atkinson; Marlin J Atkinson; Ann M Tarrant |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
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Title: Environmental health perspectives Volume: 111 ISSN: 0091-6765 ISO Abbreviation: Environ. Health Perspect. Publication Date: 2003 Apr |
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Created Date: 2003-04-04 Completed Date: 2003-07-15 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0330411 Medline TA: Environ Health Perspect Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 531-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA. shannon_atkinson@alaskasealife.org |
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Atlantic Ocean Caribbean Region Environmental Monitoring Estrogens / analysis* Pacific Ocean Reference Values Seawater Sewage / chemistry* Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis* |
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0/Estrogens; 0/Sewage; 0/Water Pollutants, Chemical |
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Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Apr;111(4):A232
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Journal Information Journal ID (nlm-ta): Environ Health Perspect ISSN: 0091-6765 |
Article Information Download PDF  Print publication date: Month: 4 Year: 2003 Volume: 111 Issue: 4 First Page: 531 Last Page: 535 ID: 1241440 PubMed Id: 12676611 |
| Estrogens from sewage in coastal marine environments. | |
| Shannon Atkinson | |
| Marlin J Atkinson | |
| Ann M Tarrant | |
| Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA. shannon_atkinson@alaskasealife.org |
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