Characterization of the Interactions Between Aquatic Humic Substances from Tropical Rivers and Endocrine Disruptors, Using an Ultrafiltration Procedure and Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry

摘要

Population increase, the development of new products, and intensified use of terrestrial and aquatic resources in industry and agriculture have resulted in the introduction into the environment of new compounds having varying toxicities and health effects in human and animals. Particular attention has recently been given to a class of substances, present in surface waters and effluents, known as endocrine disruptors (ED), due to the risks that they pose to life, even at the low concentrations found in the environment.