Hormone Discharges from a Midwest Tile-Drained Agroecosystem Receiving Animal Wastes

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 45; no. 20; pp. 8755 - 8764
• Main Authors: Gall, Heather E, Sassman, Stephen A, Lee, Linda S, Jafvert, Chad T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 15.10.2011
• Subjects: Agricultural pollution; Agriculture, rearing and food industries wastes; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Androgens; Androstenedione - analysis; Animals; Applied sciences; Aquatic ecosystems; Biological and medical sciences; Biological and physicochemical phenomena; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Effluents; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Processes; Estradiol - analysis; Estrenes - analysis; Estriol - analysis; Estrogens - analysis; Estrone - analysis; Exact sciences and technology; Feces; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Groundwater; Hormones; Hormones - analysis; Irrigation; Manure; Manures; Natural water pollution; Pollution; Pollution, environment geology; Soil and water pollution; Soil science; Testosterone - analysis; Trenbolone Acetate - analysis; Waste Disposal, Fluid; Wastes; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water treatment and pollution; United States; North America; America; Midwest states; Subsurface drainage; Endocrine disruptor; Agricultural soil; Sustainable development; Waste management; Amendment; Upgrading; Waste reuse; Water pollution; Agricultural waste; Sex steroid hormone; Animal waste; Organic compounds

Manure is increasingly being viewed as a threat to aquatic ecosystems due to the introduction of natural and synthetic hormones from land application to agricultural fields. In the Midwestern United States, where most agricultural fields are tile-drained, there is little known about hormone release...