Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Origin
Class
Examples
Problem Areas
Source
Biocides
Pesticides
DDT
Iwata et
al., 1994
Bignert et
al., 1998
Atrazine
Effects on
primary
producers
Solomon
et al., 1996
Tributyltin
Endocrine
effects
Tanabe et
al., 1999
Triclosan
Persistent
degradation
product
Lindstrom
et al., 2002
Detergents
Nonylphenol
ethoxylates
Endocrine active
transformation
product
Ahel et al.,
1994
Pharmaceutical
s
Antibiotics
Bacterial
resistance
Kolpin et
al., 2002
Hormones
Ethinyl estradiol
Fish
feminization
Geyer et
al., 2000
Personal care
products
Ultraviolet filters
Mostly unknown
effects
Daughton
& Ternes,
1999
Non
agricultural
Biocides
Consumer
Products
Disinfection
Drinking water
quality and
human health
Richardson
et al., 2002
Geogenic
Heavy metals
Lead
Cadmium
Mercury
Human health
Nriagu &
Pacyna,
1988
Inorganics
Arsenic
Selenium
Fluoride
Uranium
Human health
WHO,
2011
Human
hormones
Estradiol
Fish
feminization
Eggen et
al., 2003
Solvents
Tetrachloromethane
Drinking water
contamination
ECETOC,
1999
Intermediates
Methyl-tbutylether
Drinking water
contamination
ECETOC,
1999
Petrochemicals
Benzene
Drinking water
ECETOC,
Industrial
chemicals
Industrial
products
Toluene
Xylene
contamination
1999
Additives
Phtalates
Drinking water
contamination
Macdonald
et al., 2000
Lubricants
Polychlorinated
biphenyls
Biomagnificatio
n
Macdonald
et al., 2000
Flame
retardants
Polybrominated
diphenylethers
Biomagnificatio
n
Eriksson et
al., 2001
Choloracetanilid
e herbicide
metabolites
Drinking water
contamination
Hladik et
al., 2005
Transformation Metabolites
Products
References
Ahel, M., Giger, W. & Koch, M. (1994). Behavior of alkylphenol polyethoxylate
surfactants in the aquatic environment: Occurrence and transformation of in
sewage treatment. Water Resources, 28(5), 1131-1142.
Bignert, A., Olsson, M., Persson, W., Jensen, S., Zakrisson, S., Litzen, K., et al.
(1998). Temporal trends of organochlorines in Northern Europe 1967-1995:
Relation to global fractionation, leakage from sediments and international
measures. Environmental Pollution, 99, 177-198.
Daughton C. G. & Ternes, T. A. (1999). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products
in the environment: agents of subtle change? Environmental Health
Perspectives, 106, 907-938.
Eggen R. I. L., Bengtsson, B., Bowmer, C. T., Gerritsen, A. A. M., Gibert, M.,
Hylland, K., et al. (2003). Search for the evidence of endocrine disruption in
the aquatic environment: Lessons to be learned from the joint biological and
chemical monitoring in the European Project COMPREHEND. Pure and
Applied Chemistry, 75(11-12), 2445-2450.
Eriksson, P., Jakobsson, E. & Fredriksson, A. (2001). Brominated flame retardants: A
novel class of developmental neurotoxicants in our environment?
Environmental Health Perspectives, 109(9), 903-908.
European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals. (1999). Technical
Report No. 990317: Monitoring and modeling of industrial organic chemicals
with particular reference to aquatic risk assessment. Brussels: ECETOC.
Geyer, H. J., Rimkus, G. G., Scheunert, I., Kaune, A., Schramm, K., Kettrup, A., et al.
(2000). Bioaccumulation and occurrence of endocrine-disrupting chemicals
(EDCs), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and other organic compounds in
fish and other organisms including humans (Eds.), The Handbook of
Enviromnetal Chemistry. (pp. 1-166). Berlin: Springer.
Hladik, M. L., Hsiao, J. J. & Roberts, A. L. (2005). Are neutral chloroacetamide
herbicide degradates of potential environmental concerns? Analysis and
occurrence in the upper Chesapeake Bay. Environmental Science and
Technology, 39, 6561-6574.
Iwata, H., Tanabe, S., Sakai, N., Nishimura, A. & Tatsukawa, R. (1994). Geographical
distribution of persistent organochlorines in air, water and sediments from
Asia and Oceania, and their implications for global redistribution from lower
latitudes. Environmental Pollution, 85, 15-33.
Kolpin, D. W., Furlong, E. T., Meyer, M. T., Thurman, E. M., Zaugg, S. D., Barber, L.
B., et al. (2002). Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other emerging
contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: Methods, development, and
national reconnaissance. Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 12021211.
Lindstrom, A., Buerge, I. J., Poiger, T., Bergqvist, P. A., Muller, M. D. & Buser, H. R.
(2002). Occurrence and environmental behavior of the bactericide Triclosan
and its methyl derivative in surface waters and in wastewater. Environmental
Science and Technology, 36, 2322-2329.
Macdonald, R. W., Barrie, L. A., Bidleman, T. F., Diamond, M. K., Gregor, D. J.,
Semkin, R. G., et al. (2000). Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic: 5 years of
progress in understanding sources, occurrence and pathways. Science of the
Total Environment, 254(2-3), 93-244.
Nriagu, J. O. & Pacyna, J. M. (1988). Quantitative assessment of worldwide
contamination of air, water and soils by trace metals. Nature, 333,134-139.
Richardson, S. D., Simmons, J. E. & Rice, G. (2002). DBPs: The next generation.
Environmental Science and Technology, 36(9), 198A-205A.
Solomon, K. R., Baker, D. B., Richards, R. P., Dixon, K. R., Klaine, S. J., La Point, T.,
et al. (1996). Ecological risk assessment of atrazine on North American
surface waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 15(1), 31-76.
Tanabe, S. (1999). Butyltin contamination in marine mammals a review. Marine
Pollution Bulletin, 39, 62-72.
World Health Organization. (2011). Guidelines for drinking-water quality. (4th ed.).
Geneva: WHO Press.