Endocrine Disrupting chemicals: Fate, Detection and Remediation, provides both the practical and theoretical aspects of the origin and removal of EDCs. The book integrates in one system all relevant research in monitoring, detection and control, and provides a multi-barrier approach to managing EDCs that helps relevant stakeholders take preventive measures for the risks associated with EDCs in the environment (e.g., water, wastewater, soil and other natural ecosystems). The book not only provides a technological solution for managing these emerging pollutants but also comprehensively treats the origin, fate, and mechanisms of EDCs.
This book focuses on determining the sources, fate, analytical techniques of detecting POPs as well as their health impacts. It further dwells on the regulatory aspects, management of POPs, best environmental practices (BEPs), Indian and international case studies, gaps in understanding the regulatory aspects. A few key recommendations for the way forward form the concluding chapters of this book.
Since POPs are found in trace levels in environmental matrices, high-end analytical techniques, such as gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-ECD), gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS), GC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-MS (LC-MS), and GC-high resolution MS (GC-HRMS) are used for the analysis of POPs. In this chapter, several such techniques have been discussed for the analysis of new POPs.