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Detection, Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Steroid Hormones in Agricultural Environments
Author(s) -
Snow Daniel D.,
Bartelt–Hunt Shan L.,
Brown Delshawn L.,
Sangster Jodi,
Cassada David A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143010x12756668800618
Subject(s) - agriculture , steroid , hormone , environmental chemistry , environmental science , steroid hormone , biology , chemistry , ecology , endocrinology
Thirty–six papers were published in 2009 describing new methods for analysis of veterinary pharmaceuticals, natural and synthetic steroid hormones, and their occurrence in agricultural settings. New methods continue to be developed and applied toward understanding the sources and environmental significance of these chemicals. Advances in sample preparation methods and instrumentation provide detection limits into parts per trillion ranges. Analysis of water samples indicates that many of these compounds do occur in the environment.