This application note describes the creation of an accurate mass library for relevant environmental contaminants and its application for the screening of pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, their metabolites, and transformation products in effluents of municipal waste water treatment plants (WWTPs). An Agilent 1290 Infinity LC System coupled to an Agilent 6550 iFunnel Q-TOF ...

EDITORIAL article Front. Environ. Sci., 21 August 2023Sec. Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1277691

Historically, reptiles have been used as bioindicators of environmental contaminants and, currently, reptiles have the potential to elucidate the mechanisms of a newly described group of environmental contaminants--endocrine disrupters. Reptiles are particularly good models for studying endocrine altering compounds due to the fact that different species of reptiles have varying modes of gender ...

There has been considerable recent interest in the suggestion that mineral fibres other than asbestos might be associated with mesotheliomas in the pleural and peritoneal cavities. Compared with the wealth of information on the consequences of exposure to asbestos, information about the effects of other fibrous minerals is sparse and much of it is of a preliminary nature. In this editorial the ...

Environmental contaminants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), can disrupt the endocrine system and affect reproductive function of humans and wildlife. In this study, we exposed Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) to water-borne or food-spiked phenanthrene, an ubiquitous PAH, and investigated the chronic effects of the chemical on medaka reproduction. The results showed that phenan...

There has been considerable recent interest in the suggestion that mineral fibres other than asbestos might be associated with mesotheliomas in the pleural and peritoneal cavities. Compared with the wealth of information on the consequences of exposure to asbestos, information about the effects of other fibrous minerals is sparse and much of it is of a preliminary nature. In this editorial the ...