Evaluation of the Presence of Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds in Dissolved and Solid Wastewater Treatment Plant Samples of Gran Canaria Island (Spain)

Table 3

Estradiol equivalency factors values of 17β-estradiol, estrone, estriol, 17α-ethinylestradiol, diethylstilbestrol, bisphenol-A, nonylphenol, octylphenol, and their short-chained ethoxylates.

E2

E1

E3

EE

DES

BPA

NP

NP1EO

NP2EO

OP

OP1EO

OP2EO

EEF^a

1^b

0.38^b

2.4×10^−3b

1.19^b

2.6^l

1.1×10^−4b

2.5×10^−5b

2.0×10^−7c

6.0×10^−6j

7.8×10^−6b

4.0×10^−6g

0^d

1^d

0.01^c

0.01^c

1.62^b

3.6×10^−5b

1.0×10^−5d

1.3×10^−5c

5.7×10^−6k

4.9×10^−4c

40×10^−6g

1^e

0.05^d

0.08^c

0.8^c

2.5×10^−3b

5.1×10^−4e

3.8×10^−6d

1.1×10^−6k

1.0×10^−5c

1^f

0.02^e

0.34^e

1.9^c

5.0×10^−5c

4.0×10^−4f

4×10^−6d

5.7×10^−4d

1^g

0.14^f

0.8^d

1.0×10^−5d

5.0×10^−4g

1×10^−6d

2.1×10^−4e

1^h

0.096^g

1.20^d

7.8×10^−6d

2.1×10^−4h

1.6×10^−4f

1^i

0.1^k

—

2.4×10^−5e

2.3×10^−4i

3.0×10^−5g

Average

1

0.11

0.11

1.25

2.6

3.9 × 10^−4

2.7 × 10^−4

4.4 × 10^−6

4.3 × 10^−6

2.1 × 10^−4

4.0 × 10^−6

2.0 × 10^−6

aEstradiol equivalency factor; ^bRutishauser et al., 2004 [17]; ^cCampbell et al., 2006 [14]; ^dMurk et al., 2002 [20]; ^eSun et al., 2008 [21]; ^fPurdom et al., 1994 [22]; ^gLegler et al., 2002 [23]; ^hSong et al., 2006 [24]; ⁱViganò et al., 2008 [25]; ^jDuft et al., 2003 [26]; ^kBrix et al., 2010 [18]; ^lPojana et al., 2004 [27].