The potential for estradiol and ethinylestradiol degradation in english rivers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Tập 21 Số 3 - Trang 480-488 - 2002
Monika D. Jürgens1, Karlijn I. E. Holthaus, Andrew C. Johnson, Jennifer J. Smith, Malcolm J. Hetheridge, Richard J. Williams
1Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom

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AbstractWater samples were collected in spring, summer, and winter from English rivers in urban/industrial (River Aire and River Calder, Yorkshire, UK) and rural environments (River Thames, Oxfordshire, UK) to study the biodegradation potential of the key steroid estrogen 17β‐estradiol (E2) and its synthetic derivate ethinylestradiol (EE2). Microorganisms in the river water samples were capable of transforming E2 to estrone (E1) with half‐lives of 0.2 to 9 d when incubated at 20°C. The E1 was then further degraded at similar rates. The most rapid biodegradation rates were associated with the downstream summer samples of the River Aire and River Calder. E2 degradation rates were similar for spiking concentrations throughout the range of 20 ng/L to 500 μg/L. Microbial cleavage of the steroid ring system was demonstrated by release of radiolabeled CO2 from the aromatic ring of E2 (position 4). When E2 was degraded, the loss of estrogenicity, measured by the yeast estrogen screen (YES) assay, closely followed the loss of the parent molecule. Thus, apart from the transient formation of E1, the degradation of E2 does not form other significantly estrogenic intermediates. The E2 could also be degraded when incubated with anaerobic bed sediments. Compared to E2, EE2 was much more resistant to biodegradation, but both E2 and EE2 were susceptible to photodegradation, with half‐lives in the order of 10 d under ideal conditions.

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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Tập 21 Số 3

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