A device for predicting the effects of pollution in aqueous environments

Beyond the Basics Ltd. 2011 A device for predicting the effects of pollution in aqueous environments. UK, Patent No: GB2448682.

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Abstract/Summary

The invention relates to a device for analysing the levels of steroid estrogens in freshwater and predicting the risk posed by steroid estrogen pollutants to freshwater organisms, such as fish.

Item Type:	Patent
Identification Number/DOI:	GB2448682
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 onwards > Biogeochemistry CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 onwards > Water
CEH Sections:	Acreman Boorman
Additional Information:	CEH contribution relates to the use of the method of Johnson and Williams (2004) for the calculation of steroid oestrogen levels in sewage treatment work. Johnson AC, Williams RJ. A model to estimate influent and effluent concentrations of estradiol, estrone, and ethinylestradiol at sewage treatment works. Environmental Science & Technology 2004; 38: 3649-58.
Additional Keywords:	oestrogens, fish
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment Hydrology
Date made live:	05 Mar 2012 10:33
URI:	http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16462

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