An Overview of the Glucocorticoids’ Pathways in the Environment and Their Removal Using Conventional Wastewater Treatment Systems

Numerous micropollutants, especially endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), can pollute natural aquatic environments causing great concern for human and ecosystem health. While most of the conversation revolves around estrogen androgen, glucocorticoids (GCs) are also prevalent in waters. Despite fact that GCs play a crucial role both inflammatory immunologic development activities, they detected waters considered as one EDCs. Although many researchers have mentioned adverse effect on organisms, complete management technology to remove these pollutants from surface coastal is yet be established. In current study, six (prednisone, prednisolone, cortisone, cortisol, dexamethasone, 6R-methylprednisolone) been selected according their higher detection frequency environmental The concentration ranged 0.05 ng/L 433 removal efficiency 10% 99% depending water source associated technologies. advanced technologies available achieving successful GCs, operational economic considerations make implementation processes unsustainable. Further studies necessary resolve entry routes into or drinking permanently well employ sustainable