Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water, Sediments and Fish Observed in Urban Tributaries of the Freshwater Tidal Potomac River: Occurrence, Bioaccumulation and Tissue Distribution

Foster, Gregory D.Arya, Golala2015-09-142015-09-142015https://hdl.handle.net/1920/9867The goal of the present study was to assess the ecological impacts of legacy and contemporary endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the upper tidal Potomac River associated with WWTP discharge. Legacy EDCs includes polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the present study quantified total-PCBs and dioxin like PCBs (dl-PCBs), which are the more toxic PCB congeners, in bed sediments and biota from Hunting Creek and Gunston cove to evaluate the significance of dl-PCBs in the upper Potomac River.219 pagesenCopyright 2015 Golala AryaChemistryEcologyEnvironmental studiesBioaccumulationBiota ContaminationEDCsEndocrine Disrupting ChemicalsPharmaceuticalsSediment ContaminationEndocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water, Sediments and Fish Observed in Urban Tributaries of the Freshwater Tidal Potomac River: Occurrence, Bioaccumulation and Tissue DistributionDissertation