Abstract
Testosterone, androstenedione and estrogens are found in run-off from cattle pasture and fields fertilized with manure. The distribution in the primary, secondary and tertiary branches of watersheds is described. In rivers, hormones from CAFOs can be traced over 60 km away.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Barel-Cohen K, Shore LS, Shemesh M, Wenzel A, Mueller J, Kronfeld-Schor N (2006) Monitoring of natural and synthetic hormones in a polluted river. J Environ Manage 78:16–23
Finlay-Moore O, Hartel PG, Cabrera ML (2000) 17β-estradiol and testosterone in soil and runoff from grasslands amended with broiler litter. J Environ Qual 29:1604–1611
Jenkins MB, Endale DM, Schomberg HH, Sharpe RR (2006) Fecal bacteria and sex hormones in soil and runoff from cropped watersheds amended with poultry litter. Sci Total Environ 358:164–177
Jürgens MD, Johnson AC, Williams RJ (1999) Fate and behavior of steroid oestrogens in rivers: a scoping study. R&D Technical Report P161. Environment Agency, London, UK
Jürgens MD, Holthaus KIE, Johnson AC, Smith JJL, Hetheridge M, Williams RJ (2002) Environ Toxicol Chem 21:480–488
Kolodziej EP, Sedlak DL (2007) Rangeland grazing as a source of steroid hormones to surface waters. Environ Sci Technol 4:3514–3520
Kolodziej EP, Harter T, Sedlak DL (2004) Dairy wastewater, aquaculture, and spawning fish as sources of steroid hormones in the aquatic environment. Environ Sci Technol 38:6377–6384
Kolpin DW, Furlong ET, Meyer MT, Thurman EM, Zaugg S, Barber LB, Buxton HT (2002) Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999–2000: a national reconnaissance. Environ Sci Technol 36:1202–1211
Labadie P, Budzinski H (2005) Determination of steroidal hormone profiles along the Jalle d’Eysines River (near Bordeaux, France). Environ Sci Technol 39:5113–5120
Matthiessen P, Arnold D, Johnson AC, Pepper TJ, Pottinger TG, Pulman KGT (2006) Contamination of headwater streams in the United Kingdom by oestrogenic hormones from livestock farms. Sci Total Environ 367:616–630
Nichols DJ, Daniel TC, Moore PA, Edwards DR, Pote DH (1997) Runoff of estrogenic hormone 17β-estradiol from poultry litter applied to pasture. J Environ Qual 26:1002–1006
Nichols DJ, Daniel TC, Edwards DR, Moore PA, Pote DH (1998) Use of grass filter strips to reduce 17β-estradiol in runoff from fescue-applied poultry litter. J Soil Water Conserv 53:74–77
Shore LS, Correll D, Chakroborty PK (1995) Fertilization of fields with chicken manure is a source of estrogens in small streams. In: Steele K (ed), Animal waste and the land-water interface. Lewis, Boca Raton, FL, pp 49–56
Shore LS, Reichman O, Shemesh M, Wenzel A, Litaor M (2004) Washout of accumulated testosterone in a watershed. Sci Total Environ 332:193–202
Williams RJ, Johnson AC, Smith JJL, Kanda R (2003) Steroid estrogens profiles along river stretches arising from sewage treatment works discharges. Environ Sci Technol 37:1744–1750
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Shore, L. (2009). Transport of Steroids in Surface Waters. In: Pruden, A., Shore, . (eds) Hormones and Pharmaceuticals Generated by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92834-0_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92834-0_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-92833-3
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-92834-0
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)