WP2 Chemical and Biological Analysis of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
255 Portland Ballroom
1:20 PM - 4:40 PM, Wednesday
() Monitoring of Selected Herbicides, Antibiotics, Steroids, and Industrial Chemicals in Water by ELISA.
Rubio, F1, Ramsey, K1, Stackelberg, P2, Barber, L3, Meyer, M4, 1 Abraxis LLC, Warminster, PA, US2 USGS, West Trenton, NJ, US3 USGS, Boulder, CO, US4 USGS, Lawrence, KS, US
ABSTRACT- Concerns due to the potential health effects on human health and wildlife resulting from the production, use, and disposal of numerous chemicals used in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, industry, and household conveniences, have increased over the years. Many of these compounds find their way into rivers and streams from agriculture run off, raw sewage waste overflows, incomplete waste treatment, other point discharges and diffuse sources. Very sensitive methods are required to analyze for these contaminants in water samples because in many instances, they are present at very low concentrations (ng/mL). Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technology was used to analyze water samples collected at various locations of a water treatment plant (WTP) in New Jersey, a waste treatment plant in south Florida, and surface waters from Colorado and Iowa. Each sample was analyzed for selected herbicides, antibiotics, steroids, and industrial chemicals. Details of the technology, testing procedures, and results obtained will be presented.
Key words: ELISA, endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC), herbicides, antibiotics, steroids, water monitoring