Risk Assessment of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in Prairie Surface Water under Changing Climate

气候变化下草原地表水中内分泌干扰物（EDCs）的风险评估

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-05978
• 负责人: An, Chunjiang
• 金额: $ 1.68万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=636407
• 关键词: Risk; Assessment; Endocrine; Disrupting; Chemicals

There are increasing concerns over the risks arising from the wide-spread distribution of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in surface water. Exposure to EDCs has been linked to a variety of adverse effects in both humans and wildlife. Under a changing climate, higher rainfall and flooding can increase the amount of EDCs in an aquatic environment via runoff and wastewater discharge. Understanding the environmental risk of EDCs in surface water is not only urgently needed but also extremely challenging in Canadian prairie provinces. The development of effective and practical tools and strategies for discerning the impacts of EDCs on prairie watersheds is necessary to ensure the safety of our water supply under changing climatic conditions.

地表水中内分泌干扰物（EDCs）的广泛分布所带来的风险日益受到关注。暴露于内分泌干扰物与人类和野生动物的各种不良影响有关。在气候变化的情况下，更高的降雨量和洪水可以通过径流和废水排放增加水生环境中的内分泌干扰物的数量。了解地表水中内分泌干扰物的环境风险不仅是迫切需要的，而且在加拿大草原省份也极具挑战性。开发有效和实用的工具和策略来识别EDCs对草原流域的影响，对于确保我们在不断变化的气候条件下的供水安全是必要的。