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摘要

In this textbook the most important classes of toxic chemicals from personal care compounds are systematically covered, from cosmetics to plastics additives to pharmaceuticals. The book is divided into three major parts: pathways, fate, and methods of determination. The book contains the following topics: 1. Sewage treatment plant functions, enantioselective gas chromatography techniques, and enantioselective high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC);2. Various sources and pathways of the compounds in the environment and mass balance assessment; 3. Endocrine properties of UV filters, flame-retardants, discussion on chlorinated organophosphorus, and benzothiazoles in marine ecosystems; 4. Analytical chemical methods for fresh water and wastewater, steroid hormones and their adducts and macrolide antibiotics, lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds in marine water, and sewage sludges.