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SUBMITTER: Vilela CLS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vilela Caren L S CLS Villela Helena D M HDM Duarte Gustavo A S GAS Santoro Erika P EP Rachid Caio T C C CTCC Peixoto Raquel S RS
Scientific reports 20210202 1
Synthetic estrogens such as ethinylestradiol (EE2) are persistent micropollutants that are not effectively removed from wastewater by conventional treatments. These contaminants are released into waterbodies, where they disrupt endocrine systems of organisms and cause harmful effects such as feminization, infertility, reproduction problems and genital malformations. The consequences of this pollution for key marine ecosystems such as coral reefs and their associated microbiomes are underexplored ...[more]