Frontiers in Marine Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Feb. 3, 2025
Introduction
Steroid
hormones
are
widely
present
in
the
environment
and
pose
potential
risks
to
organisms.
Previous
studies
of
steroid
have
predominantly
focused
on
terrestrial
environments,
with
few
conducted
marine
environments.
Methods
In
this
study,
we
analyzed
occurrence
44
seawater,
sediment,
organisms
collected
from
coast
Guangdong,
China.
Results
Total
concentration
ranged
0.11
30.15
ng/L
ND
8.58
ng/g
(dw)
sediments,
80.52
(ww)
The
highest
average
concentrations
detected
were
progestins,
estrogens,
glucocorticoids,
respectively.
hormone
seawater
significantly
higher
during
dry
season
than
rainy
season.
Guanghai
Bay,
Pearl
River
Estuary,
Daya
Zhelin
Bay
those
other
bays.
Discussion
Negative
correlations
observed
between
salinity,
indicating
a
continental
input.
Risk
assessment
results
indicated
that
17α-ethinylestradiol
posed
high
risks.
Nevertheless,
consumption
seafood
does
not
significant
health
risk
humans.
To
best
our
knowledge,
is
first
study
concurrently
analyze
androgens,
estrogens
water,
diverse
Emerging contaminants,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(2), P. 100210 - 100210
Published: Feb. 3, 2023
Steroid
hormones
are
micropollutants
that
contaminate
the
water
worldwide
and
exhibit
a
significant
threat
to
human
health
environment
even
at
low
concentrations.
among
most
common
endocrine
disruptors
investigated
due
their
widespread
use
as
active
ingredients
in
hormonal
treatments
natural
secretions.
Three
main
types
of
steroids
critical
for
development
multiorgan
homeostasis
estrogens,
progesterone,
androgens.
The
sources
steroid
livestock
excretion,
veterinary
medicines,
agricultural
runoff,
pharmaceuticals.
When
they
reach
environment,
effects
on
detrimental.
Therefore,
this
review
discusses
sources,
efficiency
available
wastewater
treatment
techniques
remove
these
from
wastewater,
potential
environmental
risks,
international
standards
regulate
them.
This
concludes
different
emerging
hybrid
approaches
show
best
efficiencies
hormone
removal
wastewater.
Moreover,
studies
have
focused
estrogen,
but
equal
attention
research
should
also
be
given
progesterone
androgen.
national
need
more
detailed
guidelines
encourage
advanced
systems.
Overall,
many
modern
technologies
treatments,
there
is
still
gap
make
them
sustainable,
environmentally
safe,
cost-efficient.
Journal of Cleaner Production,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
387, P. 135798 - 135798
Published: Dec. 31, 2022
The
influx
of
emerging,
prescribed,
and
FDA
approved
pharmaceutical
contaminants
(PCs)
in
the
environment
is
continuously
affecting
human
health
cycle
(even
at
trace
amount)
via
contaminating
water
aquatic
life.
Among
them,
non-degradable
water-soluble
residues
which
have
been
integrated
with
streams
groundwater
a
serious
concern
now
focus
United
Nation's
Sustainable
Development
Goals
2030.
In
this
direction,
removal
eradication
PCs
from
wastewater
challenging
but
seems
manageable
selective
detection
efficient
remediation
using
nano-enabled
functional
systems.
To
explore
field
well
for
covering
gaps,
article
an
attempt
to
explain
wide
variety
emerging
contaminants,
related
bio-toxicity,
risks,
techniques,
approaches
remediation.
With
aim
environmental
management,
simultaneously
recommended
nano-system
tuneable
properties
managed
adopting
green
approaches.
Significant
efforts
are
being
made
achieve
1)
very
low
level
(ppb)
needed
early-stage
diagnostics
2)
eradicating
stimuli-responsive
catalysis.
both
cases,
design
development
electro-active
nano-systems
desired
feature
key
requirement
developing
acceptable
affordable
management
strategies.
outcomes
will
encourage
scholars
develop
novel
capable
targeted
produce
clean
healthy
everyone.
Liquids,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
2(3), P. 147 - 160
Published: Aug. 1, 2022
Data-driven
flow
forecasting
models,
such
as
Artificial
Neural
Networks
(ANNs),
are
increasingly
used
for
operational
flood
warning
systems.
In
this
research,
we
systematically
evaluate
different
machine
learning
techniques
(random
forest
and
decision
tree)
compare
them
with
classical
methods
of
the
NAM
rainfall
run-off
model
Vésubie
River,
Nice,
France.
The
modeled
network
is
trained
tested
using
discharge,
precipitation,
temperature,
evapotranspiration
data
about
four
years
(2011–2014).
A
comparative
investigation
executed
to
assess
performance
by
Root
Mean
Squared
Error
(RMSE),
Absolute
(MAE),
a
correlation
coefficient
(R).
According
result,
Feed
Forward
Network
(FFNN)
(a
type
ANN)
models
less
efficient
than
models.
precision
parameters
ANN
0.58
0.76
validation
dataset.
all
tree
which
performed
best
had
0.99.
prediction
good
compared
training,
opposite
in
model.
can
be
improved
fitting
more
input
variables
training
dataset
long
period.
Bioresource Technology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
381, P. 129144 - 129144
Published: May 11, 2023
This
study
reports
a
biocatalytic
system
of
immobilized
laccase
and
3D
printed
open-structure
biopolymer
scaffoldings.
The
scaffoldings
were
computer-designed
using
polylactide
(PLA)
filament.
immobilization
onto
the
PLA
scaffolds
optimized
with
regard
to
pH,
enzyme
concentration,
time.
Laccase
resulted
in
small
reduction
reactivity
(in
terms
Michaelis
constant
maximum
reaction
rate)
but
led
significant
improvement
chemical
thermal
stability.
After
20
days
storage,
free
showed
80%
35%
retention
initial
enzymatic
activity,
respectively.
on
achieved
10%
removal
estrogens
from
real
wastewater
as
compared
reusability
potential.
Results
here
are
promising
also
highlight
need
for
further
improve
activity
reusability.
RSC Advances,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(33), P. 22675 - 22697
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Steroidal
estrogens
(SEs)
pose
a
significant
threat
to
the
aquatic
environment
in
this
era
because
they
interfere
with
human
body's
normal
metabolic
functions,
calls
for
their
sequestration.