Distribution of 31 endocrine-disrupting compounds in the Taihu Lake and application of the fish plasma model

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 1 Detection frequencies and concentrations (ng/L) of 31 EDCs in nine sampling sites of Taihu Lake (n = 9)

Category	Compound	June, 2016					December, 2016
Category	Compound	Min	Max	Aver	Med	Frequency (%)	Min	Max	Aver	Med	Frequency (%)
Androgens	Nan-phen	0.05	1.1	0.58	0.58	22	0.4	13.78	4.23	2.77	100
	Me-TES	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	0.3	0.65	0.43	0.4	67
	Tren	1.13	1.5	1.32	1.32	22	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
	Epite^a	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
	TES^a	0.1	0.35	0.23	0.23	22	0.27	0.65	0.44	0.43	44
	Bold	0.54	1.24	0.84	0.78	56	0.8	1.45	1.13	1.13	11
	Nortes	0.77	0.85	0.81	0.81	22	3.15	3.15	3.15	3.15	11
	TES-pro	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	0.15	1.73	0.71	0.5	100
Glucocorticoids	Dexa	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	1.15	1.15	1.15	1.15	11
	Me-prednl	12.7	14.3	13.5	13.5	22	1.85	6.6	4.6	5.3	56
	Corti^a	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
	Prednl	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
	Predn	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	5.15	9	7.08	7.08	44
Estrogens	E2-ben	0.23	0.55	0.33	0.3	89	0.45	8.38	3.5	3.25	100
	Dieno	0.15	0.27	0.2	0.2	56	0.25	0.5	0.36	0.34	44
	DES	0.35	1.14	0.63	0.55	100	0.48	1.85	0.95	0.75	100
	E1^a	0.25	0.34	0.3	0.31	44	0.18	1.43	0.55	0.51	89
	Hexe	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	0.15	0.85	0.4	0.3	89
	E2^a	0.05	0.72	0.44	0.45	78	0.18	3.55	1.1	0.85	89
	E3^a	0.19	3.05	1.77	1.65	100	0.75	3.55	1.71	1.28	78
Progesterones	Me-ace	0.4	0.43	0.42	0.42	22	0.3	1.05	0.64	0.6	56
	Me-pro	0.15	0.23	0.19	0.19	22	0.2	0.48	0.33	0.32	44
	Noreth	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
	Hydrop^a	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	11	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	11
	Proges^a	0.24	0.97	0.5	0.34	56	0.2	0.65	0.47	0.51	89
	Norges	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	11	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
Individual compounds	BPF	1.97	7.44	3.62	2.53	44	0.6	114.03	21.98	4.15	100
	OP	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	11	1.08	3.1	2.09	2.09	22
	NP	1.35	1.35	1.35	1.35	22	5.9	6.5	6.2	6.2	22
	BPA	3.69	102.89	28.57	22.89	100	2.38	291.7	84.87	42.15	100
	BPS	2.7	45.35	10.2	3.77	100	4.65	230.45	37.35	14.05	100