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Project Metadata Element | Details |
Project Title | Endocrine Disrupting Substances in the Irish Aquatic Environment |
Research Area | Water |
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Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Heloise Tarrant |
Lead Institution or Organisation | Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) |
Lead Country | Ireland |
Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 51.88540, -8.53455 |
Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
Approximate Project Start Date | 22/02/2001 |
Approximate Project Finishing Date | 22/06/2004 |
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Project Keywords | Freshwater; Drinking Water; Endocrine Disrupting Substances |
Project Abstract | The objective of the current project is to provide an assessment of the potential risk from EDCs to Irish freshwaters, their ecosystems and associated drinking water resources. This Interim Report provides a report on the progress achieved during the first twelve months of this two-year project. A thorough literature review of the area has been carried out, with special reference made to the Irish aquatic environment. This review is included in the Interim report. A toxicity identification and evaluation (TIE) method has been developed for the determination of estrogenic substances in a variety of aqueous environmental matrices and its performance determined using a number of estrogenic substances most likely to be present in the aquatic environment. SOPs are also included in the report giving a detailed description of the analytical techniques used. A preliminary TIE assessment of undiluted effluent from Ballincollig WWTP has been performed and the effluent has been shown to have estrogenic activity. |