Environmental impact of estrogens on human, animal and plant life: A critical review

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 99; pp. 107 - 119
• Main Authors: Adeel, Muhammad, Song, Xiaoming, Wang, Yuanyuan, Francis, Dennis, Yang, Yuesuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: acceptable daily intake; Animals; Aquatic ecology; Bioavailability; breast neoplasms; Endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC); Environmental fate; environmental impact; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; estradiol; estriol; Estrogens; Estrogens - analysis; Estrogens - toxicity; estrone; fish; flowering; germination; groundwater; human food chain; human health; Humans; industrialization; men; metabolism; Plant uptake; pollutants; prostatic neoplasms; Refuse Disposal; risk; rivers; roots; shoots; synthetic estrogens; waste disposal; wastewater treatment; Water and soil; wild animals; women; ADI; Estrogens; Plant uptake; VTG; APX; HRT; E1; NOEL; E2; E3; GPX; JECFA; GLU; EE2; BW; Environmental fate; 17α-E2; GSH; MDHAR; CAFOs; MSH; STPs; WWTPs; AsA-GSH; Aquatic ecology; Endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC); SOD; DHAR; SUL; GR; IOP; Bioavailability; Water and soil; AsA; MSTPs; CAT; ROS; POX; PNEC; 17β-E2

Since the inception of global industrialization, steroidal estrogens have become an emerging and serious concern. Worldwide, steroid estrogens including estrone, estradiol and estriol, pose serious threats to soil, plants, water resources and humans. Indeed, estrogens have gained notable attention i...