Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Freshwater: Monitoring and Regulating Water Quality

This report from the OECD can help you to better understand the environmental, human health, and economic impacts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in freshwater. Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are contaminants of emerging environmental and health concern that interfere with the endocrine system in humans and wildlife, producing adverse effects such as developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune effects. The report explains the challenge and impacts of endocrine disruptors in freshwater; considers the role of science in this context, including traditional chemical and biological analysis and effect-based monitoring; highlights policy options to reduce and manage endocrine disruptors in freshwater; and documents case studies of such new monitoring methods and explores how they can benefit water quality regulation.