Contamination and ecological risks of steroid metabolites require more attention in the environment: Evidence from the fishing ports

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第一作者： Liu, Shan

作者： Liu, Shan;Pan, Yun-Feng;Li, Heng-Xiang;Lin, Lang;Hou, Rui;Xu, Xiang-Rong;Tian, Fei;Zhang, Lin-Bao;Zhang, Zhe;Liu, Shuang-Shuang;Chen, Hai-Gang;Liu, Shan;Li, Heng-Xiang;Xu, Xiang-Rong;Pan, Yun-Feng;Cheng, Yuan-Yue

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关键词： Steroids; Metabolites; Marine; Sediment; Risk assessment

期刊名称：SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT （ 影响因子：10.753； 五年影响因子：10.237 ）

ISSN： 0048-9697

年卷期： 2022 年 807 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Due to strong endocrine disrupting effects, steroids in the environment have attracted substantial attention, with studies mostly focusing on the parent steroids. Here, we conducted the first investigation on the contamination profiles, possible sources, mass inventories, and ecological risks of 27 steroids and their metabolites in 15 typical fishing ports in Southeast China. Twelve steroids were detectable in the sediment samples with the total mean concentrations of 4.6-35 ng/g. High proportions of steroid metabolites were measured in the sediments and five metabolites were newly observed. Untreated municipal sewage and aquaculture wastes constitute the possible steroid sources in the studied fishing ports. The total inventories of steroids in fishing ports ranged from 2.1-16 mg/m(2), with their metabolites being important contributors. The ecological risk analysis indicated high risks across all sampling sites mainly due to the contributions of parent steroids. Furthermore, our results found that progesterone is an acceptable chemical indicator for various steroids in sediments. This study provides the first evidence of steroid metabolites in the marine environment, calling for more studies in environmental behavior and ecotoxicology of steroid metabolites. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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