Endocrine disruptors in water filters used in the Rio dos Sinos Basin region, Southern Brazil

<p>The activated carbon filter is used in residences as another step in the treatment of drinking water, based on a physical-chemical process to absorb pollutants that are not removed in conventional treatment. Endocrine disruptors (EDCs) are exogenous substances or mixtures of substances that...

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Main Authors: CM Furtado, C von Mühlen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842015000300015&lng=en&tlng=en