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

人们越来越关注地表水中广泛分布的内分泌干扰物(EDCs)所产生的风险。暴露于内源性碳水化合物对人类和野生动物都有多种不良影响。在不断变化的气候下，更高的降雨量和洪水可以通过径流和废水排放增加水环境中的内分泌干扰物的数量。在加拿大大草原省份，了解地表水中EDCs的环境风险不仅是迫切需要的，而且也是极具挑战性的。为了确保我们在气候变化条件下的供水安全，有必要开发有效和实用的工具和战略，以确定紧急情况下对草原流域的影响。

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.